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Inventions which Changed History 1

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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.

Try this quiz to see how much you know about finds and inventions which changed the world.

Who demonstrated the first public television?

Jim Lagie Beard

John Logie Baird

James Lurgie Bead

Jake Lergie Bean

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

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 bible was appropriately called the Gutenberg Bible!

How long ago was the first known wheel invented?

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 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

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

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

MP3 player

Tape recorder

Loud speaker

Telephone

The telephone has been around since 1876

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

1999

2010

1892

1982

The inventor was Nicola Tesla, a Serbian scientist

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

Wrong

West

Wright

Wrist

The brothers started off with a bicycle repair shop!

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

The microwave

The electric lightbulb

The parachute

The roller skate

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

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

Hidden

Blocked

Obscura

Transparent

It was a simple design with two boxes and a screen

10.

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

Oil

Wood

Milk

Steam

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

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