Famous inventors

Questions

1. Who is famous for inventing the first practical telephone in 1876?

   • Alexander Graham Bell
   • Nikola Tesla
   • Samuel Morse
   • Thomas Edison
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   Alexander Graham Bell

2. Which inventor made the first long-lasting practical electric light bulb?

   • Albert Einstein
   • Isaac Newton
   • Louis Pasteur
   • Thomas Edison
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   Thomas Edison

3. Which two brothers built and flew the first powered airplane in 1903?

   • The Grimm brothers
   • The Lumière brothers
   • The Marx brothers
   • The Wright brothers
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   The Wright brothers

4. Who invented the printing press with movable metal type in Europe around 1440?

   • Benjamin Franklin
   • Galileo Galilei
   • Johannes Gutenberg
   • Leonardo da Vinci
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   Johannes Gutenberg

5. Which invention is Tim Berners-Lee famous for creating?

   • The World Wide Web
   • The airplane
   • The telephone
   • The television
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   The World Wide Web

6. Which invention helps people who cannot see clearly to see better?

   • Eyeglasses
   • Stethoscopes
   • Thermometers
   • Umbrellas
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   Eyeglasses

7. How do refrigerators mainly help us in daily life?

   • They cook food quickly
   • They keep food fresh longer
   • They make food taste sweeter
   • They wash our clothes
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   They keep food fresh longer

8. Louis Pasteur's work showed that heating milk can do what?

   • Kill harmful germs
   • Make it last forever
   • Make it sweeter
   • Turn it into cheese
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   Kill harmful germs

9. What is the first thing an inventor usually does before building something?

   • Find a problem to solve
   • Name the invention
   • Paint the invention
   • Sell the invention
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   Find a problem to solve

10. Your first invention does not work. What would a good inventor do?

    • Blame a friend
    • Give up forever
    • Hide it from everyone
    • Learn from it and try again
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    Learn from it and try again

11. Marie Curie was a scientist who discovered two new chemical elements. (True or false?)

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    True

12. Inventors usually get everything right on their very first try. (True or false?)

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    False

13. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, a medicine that fights infections. (True or false?)

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    True

14. Name one invention that helps people travel from place to place. (Answer out loud)

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    Car, bicycle, train, airplane, boat (any)

15. Name a problem you have at school or home that a new invention could solve. (Answer out loud)

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    Any sensible problem (teacher judges)

16. What do we call a first test model of an invention? (Answer out loud)

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    A prototype

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