Famous Inventions Quiz

Question 1

Who invented the World Wide Web?

Accepted Answer

Tim Berners-Lee

Answer

Bill Gates

Answer

Steve Jobs

Answer

Mark Zuckerberg

Question 2

Arrange the following programming languages based on their year of creation, from earliest to latest.

Accepted Answer

FORTRAN → C → Java → Python

Question 3

Who is credited with inventing the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer

Thomas Edison

Answer

Nikola Tesla

Answer

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 4

Match the inventors with their inventions.

Accepted Answer

Wright Brothers → Airplane; Marie Curie → Radioactivity; Albert Einstein → Theory of Relativity; Nikola Tesla → Alternating Current

Question 5

Match the inventions with their primary purpose.

Accepted Answer

Microscope → Observe Small Objects; Telescope → Observe Distant Objects; Compass → Navigation; Thermometer → Measure Temperature

Question 6

What did Karl Benz invent?

Accepted Answer

The automobile

Answer

The airplane

Answer

The television

Answer

The computer

Question 7

The inventor of the microwave oven was Percy Spencer.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 8

The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 9

The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 10

Place the following inventions in chronological order, from earliest to latest.

Accepted Answer

Printing Press → Steam Engine → Telephone → Internet