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Incredible Inventions

Explore groundbreaking inventions and discoveries from ancient rockets to modern computers, from DNA structure to social media. Test your knowledge of the innovations that shaped our world.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

This two-time Nobel Prize winner's work led to the creation of x-rays and 2 new elements.

  1. Max Planck
  2. Niels Bohr
  3. Marie Curie
  4. Jonas Salk
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Einstein discovered this theory that merges space & time and made atomic bombs possible.

  1. The Big Bang Theory
  2. Theory of Relativity
  3. Quantum Theory
  4. Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

F. Crick & J. Watson made this ground-breaking discovery, forever changing how we study life.

  1. cell nuclei & structures
  2. vaccines
  3. double helix DNA structure
  4. brain neurology
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In 1883, Charles Fritz invented the 1st _______ that helped build the idea of renewable energy.

  1. windmill
  2. solar cell
  3. hydroelectric dam
  4. geothermal storage
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who discovered electric currents are created when gold plates are exposed to solar radiation.

  1. A.E. Becquerel
  2. Charles Fritz
  3. Paul Berg
  4. Elon Musk
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In 1973 Boyer & Cohen's work on this discovery led to many medicinal & agricultural benefits.

  1. genetic engineering
  2. artificial organs
  3. fertilization techniques
  4. vaccines
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Although this modern invention has no single inventor, it began with Friendster & MySpace.

  1. the Internet
  2. touchscreen capabilities
  3. cloud-based storage
  4. social networking
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

V. Zworykin & P. Farnsworth both invented this object and sparked debate over who did it first:

  1. the tractor
  2. the television
  3. the radio
  4. GPS location
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Though currently used to put satellites & people in space, this was invented in Ancient times:

  1. the space shuttle
  2. the sling shot
  3. GPS location
  4. the rocket
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In 1976, Steve Jobs & ______ created the 1st Apple computer, thus making home computers common.

  1. Tim Berners-Lee
  2. Charles Babbage
  3. Steve Wozniak
  4. Bill Gates
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the mid-1800's, Charles Babbage created an "Analytical Engine" that developed into:

  1. the personal computer
  2. the diesel engine
  3. the calculator
  4. the television
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Most people agree that Karl Benz created this invention in Germany in 1886.

  1. the steam engine
  2. diesel fuel
  3. the automobile
  4. a speed train
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

This development by Easton, Getting, & Parkinson in 1974 can now be found in every smartphone.

  1. touch screen capabilities
  2. earbuds
  3. GPS location
  4. bluetooth capabilities
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

There was a huge rivalry between N. Tesla & G. Marconi as to who invented this item first:

  1. the engine
  2. the radio
  3. the television
  4. the telegraph
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What Italian-born physicist led the team who 1st discovered nuclear power in 1942?

  1. Enrico Fermi
  2. Philo Taylor Farnsworth
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. A.E. Becquerel
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

This power source became viable in 1942 when scientists created the 1st nuclear chain reaction:

  1. solar power
  2. biofuel
  3. nuclear power
  4. geothermal energy
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The invention of the airplane made all of the following possible EXCEPT:

  1. extinguishing forest fires
  2. tracking hurricanes
  3. storing photos & videos
  4. fertilizing crops
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

This modern form of travel was 1st developed by the Wright Brothers in 1903:

  1. steam engine train
  2. automobile
  3. bicycle
  4. airplane
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Penicillin, an antibiotic that reduced death rates, was discovered where by A. Fleming in 1928?

  1. the mold inside a Petri dish
  2. bacteria found on a microscope
  3. inside a water molecule
  4. the bottom of Fleming's shoe
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

This modern invention put the world at our fingertips with help from Tim Berners-Lee in 1990:

  1. airplanes
  2. World Wide Web (Internet)
  3. social media
  4. telegraph
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