Historical figures

Who explored Asia and China in 1271?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

Which artist painted The Mona Lisa in 1503?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

Which English playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1594?

• William Shakespeare

• Oscar Wilde

• Jonathan Swift

Which English scientist discovered the laws of gravity and motion?

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Stephen Hawking

Which Austrian composer (1756 - 1791) wrote his first symphony at the age of 8?

• Strauss

• Mozart

• Schubert

Who discovered Australia in 1770?

• James Cook

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who invented the telephone in 1876?

• Thomas Edison

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Alexander Graham Bell

Who invented the lamp in 1879?

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

Who invented radio signalling in 1896?

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Louis Braille

• James Watt

Who was the first man who landed on the moon in 1969?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

• Edwin Aldrin