Inventors and inventions quiz

The questions

1. 1Who is credited with inventing the telephone in 1876?

   • AThomas Edison
   • BNikola Tesla
   • CGuglielmo Marconi
   • DAlexander Graham BellAnswer

2. 2Who built and flew the first successful powered aeroplane in 1903?

   • AThe Montgolfier brothers
   • BThe Wright brothersAnswer
   • CCharles Lindbergh
   • DAmelia Earhart

3. 3Who introduced the movable-type printing press to Europe around 1450?

   • ALeonardo da Vinci
   • BGalileo Galilei
   • CJohannes GutenbergAnswer
   • DIsaac Newton

4. 4Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?

   • ABill Gates
   • BSteve Jobs
   • CAlan Turing
   • DTim Berners-LeeAnswer

5. 5Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?

   • ALouis Pasteur
   • BMarie Curie
   • CAlexander FlemingAnswer
   • DEdward Jenner

6. 6What did James Watt greatly improve in the 1700s?

   • AThe telescope
   • BThe light bulb
   • CThe steam engineAnswer
   • DThe bicycle

7. 7Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes for her work on what?

   • AElectricity
   • BGravity
   • CRadioactivityAnswer
   • DVaccines

8. 8Which invention uses lenses or mirrors to make distant objects look closer?

   • AThe thermometer
   • BThe compass
   • CThe barometer
   • DThe telescopeAnswer