Famous Inventions

Question 1

Who is credited with inventing the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Guglielmo Marconi

Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

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Nikola Tesla

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Thomas Edison

Question 2

Who is considered the inventor of the World Wide Web?

Accepted Answer

Tim Berners-Lee

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Charles Babbage

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Ada Lovelace

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Alan Turing

Question 3

Who is known for popularizing the assembly line for mass production of automobiles?

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

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Karl Benz

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Gottlieb Daimler

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Rudolf Diesel

Question 4

Which invention is Eli Whitney best known for?

Accepted Answer

The light bulb

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The printing press

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The telegraph

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The cotton gin

Question 5

Which invention is James Watt most famous for improving?

Accepted Answer

The steam engine

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The compass

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The telescope

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The microscope

Question 6

Who were significant contributors to the invention of television?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Philo Farnsworth

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John Logie Baird

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Vladimir Zworykin

Question 7

Who discovered X-rays?

Accepted Answer

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

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Marie Curie

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Henri Becquerel

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Ernest Rutherford

Question 8

What is Jack Kilby credited with inventing?

Accepted Answer

The integrated circuit

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The mechanical calculator

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The slide rule

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The abacus

Question 9

Who invented the printing press with movable type?

Accepted Answer

Johannes Gutenberg

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Benjamin Franklin

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Isaac Newton

Question 10

Which invention is Theodore Maiman credited with?

Accepted Answer

Laser

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GPS

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Radar

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