Multiple choice general knowledge

To whom was the first patent for a technical invention awarded?

  1. Christiaan Huygens, mathematician and engineer

  2. Filippo Brunelleschi, architect and engineer

  3. Leonardo da Vinci, artist and inventor

  4. Sir Christopher Wren, architect and scientist
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Explanation

The first known patent for a technical invention was awarded to Filippo Brunelleschi in 1421 for a hoist mechanism used in constructing Florence's dome. Huygens worked on clock mechanisms and wave theory much later, da Vinci designed many inventions but didn't patent them, and Wren was a 17th-century architect-scientist.

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