Famous Inventions

Question 1

Who is credited with inventing the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Guglielmo Marconi

Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer

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

Answer

Charles Babbage

Answer

Ada Lovelace

Answer

Alan Turing

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Answer

Karl Benz

Answer

Gottlieb Daimler

Answer

Rudolf Diesel

Question 4

Which invention is Eli Whitney best known for?

Accepted Answer

The light bulb

Answer

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

Answer

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

Answer

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

Answer

The mechanical calculator

Answer

The slide rule

Answer

The abacus

Question 9

Who invented the printing press with movable type?

Accepted Answer

Johannes Gutenberg

Answer

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

Answer

GPS

Answer

Radar

Answer

Sonar

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