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History Quiz - British Inventors (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 History for children aged 5, 6 and 7 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with historical figures and understanding the lives and achievements of significant people in history.

Studying the lives and achievements of significant people in history is a key part of the KS1 history curriculum. Children must understand how the creations, inventions and discoveries of significant inventors through history have shaped and influenced the lives and homes of people today.

1. John Logie Baird invented something most of us have in our living rooms. What is it?
[ ] The carpet
[ ] The armchair
[ ] The television
[ ] The window
2. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. This is why we sometimes say...
[ ] Alexander is calling
[ ] I'm calling Graham
[ ] Pick up the Alex
[ ] Give me a bell
3. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. His first version was called...
[ ] Ask And Understand Most Things
[ ] Enquire Within Upon Everything
[ ] Query All Things Always
[ ] Challenge All The Answers
4. Percy Shaw invented a road safety device after he saw a cat at the side of the road. What was it?
[ ] The reflective cats' eyes in the centre of the road
[ ] The traffic light
[ ] The white line
[ ] The road sign
5. William Caxton invented the printing press. The first English printed book was all about...
[ ] How to train dogs
[ ] The history of the city of Troy
[ ] The discovery of America
[ ] The development of car racing
6. Stephen Perry invented a little thing we all have in our homes. What was it?
[ ] The drawing pin
[ ] The staple
[ ] The paper clip
[ ] The elastic band
7. John Montagu invented something most of us have eaten in our lifetime. What was it?
[ ] The chocolate bar
[ ] The sandwich
[ ] The banana
[ ] The yoghurt
8. John Venn invented a visual device used in mathematics. What was it?
[ ] The John Graph
[ ] The Venn Diagram
[ ] The John Chart
[ ] The Venn Axis
9. Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt invented Radar in 1935. What does RADAR stand for?
[ ] Reminding Army Duty And Rifles
[ ] Ranging And Delivering Any Radios
[ ] RAdio Detection And Ranging
[ ] Red And Dark Always Runs
10. Edwin Beard Budding developed something for gardeners in 1830. What was it?
[ ] The lawn mower
[ ] The seed packet
[ ] The hosepipe
[ ] The spade

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History Quiz - British Inventors (Answers)
1. John Logie Baird invented something most of us have in our living rooms. What is it?
[ ] The carpet
[ ] The armchair
[x] The television
[ ] The window
Televised moving images first appeared in 1926, but they were very blurry!
2. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. This is why we sometimes say...
[ ] Alexander is calling
[ ] I'm calling Graham
[ ] Pick up the Alex
[x] Give me a bell
Another man, Thomas Watson, helped Bell with his invention. They had the very first telephone conversation!
3. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. His first version was called...
[ ] Ask And Understand Most Things
[x] Enquire Within Upon Everything
[ ] Query All Things Always
[ ] Challenge All The Answers
The WWW was first used in 1990 and is used in most homes today
4. Percy Shaw invented a road safety device after he saw a cat at the side of the road. What was it?
[x] The reflective cats' eyes in the centre of the road
[ ] The traffic light
[ ] The white line
[ ] The road sign
The light from his headlights shone and was reflected by the cat's eyes, saving him from driving off the edge of the road
5. William Caxton invented the printing press. The first English printed book was all about...
[ ] How to train dogs
[x] The history of the city of Troy
[ ] The discovery of America
[ ] The development of car racing
The book sold recently for hundreds of thousands of pounds
6. Stephen Perry invented a little thing we all have in our homes. What was it?
[ ] The drawing pin
[ ] The staple
[ ] The paper clip
[x] The elastic band
Perry invented the rubber band to hold papers or envelopes together
7. John Montagu invented something most of us have eaten in our lifetime. What was it?
[ ] The chocolate bar
[x] The sandwich
[ ] The banana
[ ] The yoghurt
John was the Earl of Sandwich. One day, he was too busy to have a formal meal, and instructed his cook to pack his meat inside the bread to save him time - and the sandwich was invented!
8. John Venn invented a visual device used in mathematics. What was it?
[ ] The John Graph
[x] The Venn Diagram
[ ] The John Chart
[ ] The Venn Axis
The diagram is a visual way to represent sets, and their unions and intersections
9. Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt invented Radar in 1935. What does RADAR stand for?
[ ] Reminding Army Duty And Rifles
[ ] Ranging And Delivering Any Radios
[x] RAdio Detection And Ranging
[ ] Red And Dark Always Runs
Radar was invented to track storms and keep aircraft safe
10. Edwin Beard Budding developed something for gardeners in 1830. What was it?
[x] The lawn mower
[ ] The seed packet
[ ] The hosepipe
[ ] The spade
The reel mower was a set of blades set in a cylinder on two wheels. When you push the lawn mower, the cylinder rotates, and the blades cut the grass
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