• 1. 
    In what year was the ball bearing patented?

  • 1913
  • 1794
  • 1899
  • 1826
  • 2. 
    When were the first rockets launched?

  • 13th century
  • 17th century
  • 19th century
  • 18th century
  • 3. 
    In which decade did television become widely available around the world?

  • 1990s
  • 1950s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 4. 
    Who discovered the X-ray?

  • Ray Stevens
  • Wilhelm Roentgen
  • Alexander Fleming
  • Stephen Hawking
  • 5. 
    Which of these inventors registered nearly 1,100 patents?

  • Luther Burbank
  • Thomas Alva Edison
  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Lawrence Livermore
  • 6. 
    Which vehicle was invented about 3000 BCE?

  • the helicopter
  • the space shuttle
  • the chariot
  • the bicycle
  • 7. 
    Which group invented and developed the early Internet?

  • The United Nations
  • The U.S. government
  • The Soviet Union
  • The European Union
  • 8. 
    Who invented the diesel engine?

  • Rudolf Diesel
  • Bill Diesel
  • Danny Diesel
  • Stan Diesel
  • 9. 
    Popularly known as Tin Lizzie, name the automobile built by Ford Motor Company?

  • BMC Mini
  • Citroën DS
  • Type 1
  • Model T
  • 10. 
    This explosive was invented by Alfred Nobel:

  • W54
  • Tsar Bomba
  • Dynamite
  • Atomic bomb
  • 11. 
    The ballpoint pen, an easy-to-use writing instrument, was invented by:

  • Conrad Gessner
  • Caspar Peucer
  • László Bíró
  • Aelian
  • 12. 
    This American engineer is widely regarded as the father of cell phones:

  • Martin Cooper
  • W. Rae Young
  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Eric Tigerstedt
  • 13. 
    He is known as the father of video games:

  • Frank Whittle
  • Ralph Henry Baer
  • Ray Tomlinson
  • Shigeru Miyamoto
  • 14. 
    The first implantable cardiac pacemaker was developed by:

  • Wilson Greatbatch
  • Gustaf de Laval
  • Rune Elmqvist
  • Arne Larsson
  • 15. 
    Which scientist is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web?

  • Steve Jobs
  • Charles Babbage
  • Robert Cailliau
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • 16. 
    What is Sir Rowland Hill famous for?

  • Telegram
  • E-mail
  • Modern postal service
  • Duct tape
  • 17. 
    Developed in the 1990s, this technology enables short-range wireless communication between electronic devices:

  • Mobile
  • Bluetooth
  • Wifi
  • PDA
  • 18. 
    Clarence Birdseye changed the world by developing a process for preserving food for a longer time? What is it called?

  • Canning
  • Freezing
  • Drying
  • Refrigeration
  • 19. 
    The Kodak camera was invented in 1888 by:

  • George Eastman
  • Louis Daguerre
  • Henry Fox Talbot
  • Eadweard Muybridge
  • 20. 
    In which year did Nikola Tesla invent the Tesla coil, an induction coil widely used in radio technology?

  • 1900
  • 1884
  • 1898
  • 1891
  • 21. 
    Name the Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the barometer.

  • Evangelista Torricelli
  • Otto von Guericke
  • Vincenzo Viviani
  • Bartolomeo Cristofori
  • 22. 
    What is Denis Papin known for inventing?

  • Heat pump
  • Oven
  • Pressure cooker
  • Refrigerator
  • 23. 
    What did French physician René Laënnec invent?

  • Otoscope
  • Stethoscope
  • Sphygmomanometer
  • Endoscope
  • 24. 
    Who invented the first saxophone, patented in 1846?

  • Charlie Parker
  • Adolphe Sax
  • Charles-Joseph Sax
  • Johann Christoph Denner
  • 25. 
    This Dutch inventor is credited with building the first navigable submarine

  • John P. Holland
  • Cornelis Drebbel
  • Cesare Laurenti
  • William Bourne
  • 26. 
    Who built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine?

  • Karl Benz
  • Nicolaus Otto
  • Wilhelm Maybach
  • Gottlieb Daimler
  • 27. 
    What is Margaret Sanger known for?

  • Birth control
  • Pregnancy
  • Sterilization
  • Abortion
  • 28. 
    Which inventor built the first steam engine?

  • Richard Trevithick
  • Robert Fulton
  • Thomas Savery
  • James Watt
  • 29. 
    Who invented the atmospheric steam engine, a precursor of James Watt’s engine?

  • George Stephenson
  • Robert Fulton
  • Eli Whitney
  • Thomas Newcomen
  • 30. 
    Name the inventor who originated the movable type printing?

  • Samuel Morse
  • Alois Senefelder
  • Johannes Gutenberg
  • Martin Luther
  • 31. 
    John Bardeen shared the 1956 prize with William B. Shockley and Walter H. Brattain for their joint invention for:

  • Morse code
  • Integrated circuit
  • Vacuum tube
  • Transistor
  • 32. 
    Who patented the first mechanical refrigeration in 1851?

  • Jacob Perkins
  • John Gorrie
  • Benjamin Thompson
  • Willis Carrier
  • 33. 
    This African American inventor received the first U.S. patent for a traffic signal.

  • Granville T. Woods
  • Elijah McCoy
  • Thomas L. Jennings
  • Garrett Augustus Morgan
  • 34. 
    Bubble gum was accidentally invented in 1928 by:

  • Walter E. Diemer
  • John Stith Pemberton
  • Charles Alderton
  • Colonel Sanders
  • 35. 
    The space shuttle, designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, was developed by:

  • SpaceX
  • ESA
  • Roscosmos
  • NASA
  • 36. 
    Who discovered the process called embryonic induction?

  • Willem Einthoven
  • Alphonse Laveran
  • Viktor Hamburger
  • Hans Spemann
  • 37. 
    Name the inventor who developed the wireless telegraph in 1896

  • Antonio Meucci
  • Heinrich Hertz
  • Enrico Fermi
  • Guglielmo Marconi
  • 38. 
    For what invention is Ali Javan, William Bennett, Jr., and Donald Herriott known?

  • Amplifier
  • Laser diode
  • Gas laser
  • Halogen lamp
  • 39. 
    Gideon Sundback is known for his patent on:

  • Zipper
  • Paper Clip
  • Double-sided tape
  • Stapler
  • 40. 
    The kidney dialysis machine, used for cleansing the blood of patients experiencing kidney failure, was invented by:

  • Joseph Murray
  • Harold Ridley
  • Willem Johan Kolff
  • Allvar Gullstrand
  • 41. 
    Who developed the substance resembling modern concrete by using lime and gypsum as binders?

  • Egyptian
  • Chinese
  • Mesopotamian
  • Persian
  • 42. 
    Who is credited with the invention of the first hovercraft?

  • Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell
  • John Logie Baird
  • Trevor Baylis
  • Hans von Ohain
  • 43. 
    What did Chester F. Carlson invent?

  • Videography
  • Xerography
  • Photography
  • Cardiography
  • 44. 
    Who designed the first modern air-conditioning system?

  • Willis Carrier
  • Lewis Howard Latimer
  • Lewis Waterman
  • Schuyler Wheeler
  • 45. 
    When was the machine gun first made?

  • 16th century
  • 19th century
  • 17th century
  • 20th century
  • 46. 
    Who made the first fully automatic machine gun?

  • Alexander Lodygin
  • Richard Jordan Gatling
  • Joseph Swan
  • Hiram Maxim
  • 47. 
    Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox?

  • Louis Pasteur
  • Edward Jenner
  • Alexander Fleming
  • Joseph Lister
  • 48. 
    Why did Willard Boyle and George E. Smith win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2009?

  • Light
  • RAM
  • Optical scanner
  • Charge-coupled device
  • 49. 
    What did Eli Whitney invent in 1793?

  • Cotton gin
  • Lightning Rod
  • Moldboard plow
  • Power loom
  • 50. 
    Who invented the game of basketball?

  • James Naismith
  • William G. Morgan
  • Senda Berenson
  • Phog Allen
  • 51. 
    The jet engine was invented by which English aviation engineer?

  • Sir Frank Whittle
  • Christopher Cockerell
  • Hans von Ohain
  • Stanley Hooker
  • 52. 
    Who won the 1902 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for discovering sugar and other related purine?

  • Otto Diels
  • Adolf von Baeyer
  • Hans von Euler-Chelpin
  • Emil Fischer
  • 53. 
    Igor Sikorsky, a pioneer in aircraft design, is known for the development of:

  • Flying car
  • Drone
  • Seaplane
  • Helicopter
  • 54. 
    What did Jacques Cousteau and Émile Gagnan coinvent?

  • Aqua-Lung
  • Atmospheric diving suit
  • Diving helmet
  • Snorkel
  • 55. 
    Who invented the safety elevator?

  • Emily Warren Roebling
  • George M. Pullman
  • Elisha Otis
  • Gustave Eiffel
  • 56. 
    The instant noodle was invented by:

  • Kōnosuke Matsushita
  • Momofuku Ando
  • Akio Morita
  • Koki Ando
  • 57. 
    American inventor Douglas Engelbart has the patent for which device:

  • Touchscreen
  • Keyboard
  • Webcam
  • Computer mouse
  • 58. 
    Alessandro Volta is known for the invention of:

  • Voltaic pile
  • Methane
  • Electric battery
  • Hydrogen lamp
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