KS1 Inventions | Lightbulb, Radio, Camera

History Quiz - Inventions which Changed History 1 (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 significant finds or inventions that have changed the world.

Man has been an inventor since he discovered uses for fire and the wheel. Some inventions have been so significant that they have altered the course of history and changed the world we live in today. This is the first of two quizzes looking at finds and inventions which have done just that.

James Watt invented a type of engine which changed factory production and transport. What powered it?

[ ]	Oil
[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Milk
[ ]	Steam

Two brothers are credited with inventing the modern aeroplane. What was their surname?

[ ]	Wrong
[ ]	West
[ ]	Wright
[ ]	Wrist

How long ago was the first known wheel invented?

[ ]	3,000 years ago
[ ]	30 years ago
[ ]	3 years ago
[ ]	300 years ago

The camera was first designed by Joseph N. Niépce. It was called the camera _______.

[ ]	Hidden
[ ]	Blocked
[ ]	Obscura
[ ]	Transparent

The radio was a huge step in communication. It was invented in which year?

[ ]	1999
[ ]	2010
[ ]	1892
[ ]	1982

In 1450, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. What was the first thing ever printed?

[ ]	A car magazine
[ ]	A bible
[ ]	A children's story book
[ ]	A comic

The first desktop computer went on sale in 1974. Not long afterwards, Stephen Wozniack and Steven Jobs started which business?

[ ]	Pineapple Computers
[ ]	Banana computers
[ ]	Pear Computers
[ ]	Apple Computers

Thomas Edison conducted thousands of experiments in order to invent what?

[ ]	The microwave
[ ]	The electric lightbulb
[ ]	The parachute
[ ]	The roller skate

Alexander Graham Bell said, 'Come here Watson. I want you' on the first working what?

[ ]	MP3 player
[ ]	Tape recorder
[ ]	Loud speaker
[ ]	Telephone

10.

Who demonstrated the first public television?

[ ]	Jim Lagie Beard
[ ]	John Logie Baird
[ ]	James Lurgie Bead
[ ]	Jake Lergie Bean

History Quiz - Inventions which Changed History 1 (Answers)

James Watt invented a type of engine which changed factory production and transport. What powered it?

[ ]	Oil
[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Milk
[x]	Steam

The engine was quite basic but was the inspiration for how engines are made today

Two brothers are credited with inventing the modern aeroplane. What was their surname?

[ ]	Wrong
[ ]	West
[x]	Wright
[ ]	Wrist

The brothers started off with a bicycle repair shop!

How long ago was the first known wheel invented?

[x]	3,000 years ago
[ ]	30 years ago
[ ]	3 years ago
[ ]	300 years ago

The first wheels were used by weavers and potters, not on vehicles!

The camera was first designed by Joseph N. Niépce. It was called the camera _______.

[ ]	Hidden
[ ]	Blocked
[x]	Obscura
[ ]	Transparent

It was a simple design with two boxes and a screen

The radio was a huge step in communication. It was invented in which year?

[ ]	1999
[ ]	2010
[x]	1892
[ ]	1982

The inventor was Nicola Tesla, a Serbian scientist

In 1450, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. What was the first thing ever printed?

[ ]	A car magazine
[x]	A bible
[ ]	A children's story book
[ ]	A comic

The bible was appropriately called the Gutenberg Bible!

The first desktop computer went on sale in 1974. Not long afterwards, Stephen Wozniack and Steven Jobs started which business?

[ ]	Pineapple Computers
[ ]	Banana computers
[ ]	Pear Computers
[x]	Apple Computers

They built the first Apple computer in Steve Jobs' parents' garage!

Thomas Edison conducted thousands of experiments in order to invent what?

[ ]	The microwave
[x]	The electric lightbulb
[ ]	The parachute
[ ]	The roller skate

Scientists had tried and failed in the past but Edison's carbon filament was better than the rest

Alexander Graham Bell said, 'Come here Watson. I want you' on the first working what?

[ ]	MP3 player
[ ]	Tape recorder
[ ]	Loud speaker
[x]	Telephone

The telephone has been around since 1876

10.

Who demonstrated the first public television?

[ ]	Jim Lagie Beard
[x]	John Logie Baird
[ ]	James Lurgie Bead
[ ]	Jake Lergie Bean

Strangely enough, colour televisions were patented before black and white televisions were even fully functional