KS1 Inventions | Compass, Paper, Penicillin

History Quiz - Inventions which Changed History 2 (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 second of two quizzes looking at finds and inventions which have done just that.

The compass was invented by the Chinese between the 9th and 11th Century. Before its introduction, how did ships navigate?

[ ]	By watching the sun's movement
[ ]	By telephoning a sea captain for help
[ ]	By using maps on the internet
[ ]	By recognising landmarks and looking at the stars

In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. How is it used?

[ ]	As a cough medicine
[ ]	As an antibiotic
[ ]	As a foot powder
[ ]	As a treatment for lice

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, invented something we nearly all use. What was it?

[ ]	The hairbrush
[ ]	The World Wide Web
[ ]	The shoe
[ ]	The lunch box

Where was paper invented?

[ ]	France
[ ]	America
[ ]	China
[ ]	Germany

Dozens of scientists tried to refine a design for refrigeration, including one very famous name. Who was it?

[ ]	Albert Einstein
[ ]	Sir Isaac Newton
[ ]	Louis Pasteur
[ ]	Charles Darwin

An American chef, George Crum, was trying to make French Fries for a complaining customer in 1853. What did he supposedly invent?

[ ]	The jacket potato
[ ]	The roast potato
[ ]	The potato crisp
[ ]	Mashed potato

In 1968, Spencer Silver invented a not-so-sticky glue. What was that glue used for eventually?

[ ]	Sticking wigs to ladies
[ ]	Sticking plasters
[ ]	Wallpaper paste
[ ]	The Post-It note

Norman Woodland's invention has changed the way the world shops. What did he invent?

[ ]	The shopping trolley
[ ]	The supermarket
[ ]	Plastic packaging
[ ]	The barcode

John Shepherd Barron invented the cash machine in 1967. Which was the first bank to have one?

[ ]	Barclays
[ ]	NatWest
[ ]	Halifax
[ ]	Santander

10.

In 1893, Whitcomb Judson invented a fastening device which people all over the world use every day. What was it?

[ ]	The button
[ ]	The zip
[ ]	Velcro
[ ]	The press stud

History Quiz - Inventions which Changed History 2 (Answers)

The compass was invented by the Chinese between the 9th and 11th Century. Before its introduction, how did ships navigate?

[ ]	By watching the sun's movement
[ ]	By telephoning a sea captain for help
[ ]	By using maps on the internet
[x]	By recognising landmarks and looking at the stars

Compasses were originally made from lodestone, which is naturally magnetic

In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. How is it used?

[ ]	As a cough medicine
[x]	As an antibiotic
[ ]	As a foot powder
[ ]	As a treatment for lice

Penicillin fights a great many infections in humans, without causing harm

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, invented something we nearly all use. What was it?

[ ]	The hairbrush
[x]	The World Wide Web
[ ]	The shoe
[ ]	The lunch box

He wrote his proposal on the 12th of March, 1989 and the web has been growing ever since

Where was paper invented?

[ ]	France
[ ]	America
[x]	China
[ ]	Germany

Earlier materials used instead of paper included papyrus, parchment and palm leaves

Dozens of scientists tried to refine a design for refrigeration, including one very famous name. Who was it?

[x]	Albert Einstein
[ ]	Sir Isaac Newton
[ ]	Louis Pasteur
[ ]	Charles Darwin

Before the fridge, food would go off very quickly

An American chef, George Crum, was trying to make French Fries for a complaining customer in 1853. What did he supposedly invent?

[ ]	The jacket potato
[ ]	The roast potato
[x]	The potato crisp
[ ]	Mashed potato

Crisps were already known in the UK. They appear in a cookbook written in 1822

In 1968, Spencer Silver invented a not-so-sticky glue. What was that glue used for eventually?

[ ]	Sticking wigs to ladies
[ ]	Sticking plasters
[ ]	Wallpaper paste
[x]	The Post-It note

The glue made it possible to stick and then remove the note without damage

Norman Woodland's invention has changed the way the world shops. What did he invent?

[ ]	The shopping trolley
[ ]	The supermarket
[ ]	Plastic packaging
[x]	The barcode

Woodland thought of the idea after remembering his boy scout training in Morse Code

John Shepherd Barron invented the cash machine in 1967. Which was the first bank to have one?

[x]	Barclays
[ ]	NatWest
[ ]	Halifax
[ ]	Santander

The machine's formal name is the Automated Teller Machine, or ATM

10.

In 1893, Whitcomb Judson invented a fastening device which people all over the world use every day. What was it?

[ ]	The button
[x]	The zip
[ ]	Velcro
[ ]	The press stud

42 years earlier Elias Howe developed something similar but it didn't work very well