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1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Johannes Gutenberg is famous for which invention, made in Europe around 1450?
- AThe printing press
- BThe telescope
- CThe steam engine
- DThe mechanical clock
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2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Alexander Graham Bell received a patent in 1876 for which invention?
- AThe radio
- BThe television
- CThe telephone
- DThe light bulb
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3Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which American inventor developed a practical, long-lasting version of this invention in 1879?
- AAlexander Graham Bell
- BNikola Tesla
- CBenjamin Franklin
- DThomas Edison
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4Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Who built this aeroplane, the Flyer, and flew it near Kitty Hawk, USA, in December 1903?
- AThe Montgolfier brothers
- BThe Lumière brothers
- CCharles Lindbergh
- DThe Wright brothers
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5Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In 1928, Alexander Fleming saw mould like this kill bacteria in a dish. What had he discovered?
- AInsulin
- BAspirin
- CPenicillin
- DVitamin C
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6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Edward Jenner developed a vaccine in 1796 against which deadly disease?
- AMeasles
- BSmallpox
- CPolio
- DMalaria
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7True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Vaccines work by killing all the germs that are already in your body.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
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8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
About how long ago was this invention, the wheel, first made?
- AAbout 500 years ago
- BAbout 2,000 years ago
- CAbout 5,500 years ago
- DAbout 50,000 years ago
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9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which country was the magnetic compass first invented?
- AGreece
- BChina
- CEgypt
- DItaly
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10True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Paper was first invented in ancient China.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
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11Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
James Watt is famous for greatly improving which machine?
- AThe telephone
- BThe steam engine
- CThe printing press
- DThe bicycle
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12Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Steam engines like the one in this train were key inventions of which period?
- AThe Stone Age
- BThe Middle Ages
- CThe Industrial Revolution
- DThe Roman Empire
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13Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What did Tim Berners-Lee invent in 1989 while working at CERN?
- AThe internet
- BThe World Wide Web
- CThe smartphone
- DEmail
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14Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In 1610, Galileo used a telescope to discover four moons orbiting which planet?
- AMars
- BSaturn
- CVenus
- DJupiter
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15Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Alessandro Volta built the first electric battery in 1800. Which unit is named after him?
- AThe volt
- BThe watt
- CThe amp
- DThe ohm
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16True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895.
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- ✕False · རྫུན།
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17Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. What did he use his fortune to set up?
- AThe Nobel Prizes
- BThe Olympic Games
- CThe Red Cross
- DThe United Nations
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18Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The process of heating milk to kill harmful germs is named after which scientist?
- AMarie Curie
- BIsaac Newton
- CCharles Darwin
- DLouis Pasteur
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19True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Wright brothers' first flight in 1903 lasted more than one hour.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
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20Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
René Laennec invented which tool that doctors use to listen to the heart?
- AThe stethoscope
- BThe thermometer
- CThe microscope
- DThe X-ray machine
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