Passive Trivia

Who was the telephone invented by?

• Steve Jobs

• Thomas Augustus Watson

• Alexander Graham Bell

Who were the Americas discovered by?

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Colombus

• Amerigo Vespucci

Why were the Americas named after Amerigo Vespucci?

• He was the first person to set foot on the continent.

• He was the first person to recognize America as a different continent.

• He was quicker than Colombus.

Who was the X-ray discovered by?

• Carl Zeiss

• Wilhelm Roentgen

• Henry Ford

What was the first genetically modified organism to be approved for sales in 1994?

• Corn

• Cucumber

• Tomato

Which group was the early Internet invented and developed by?

• The United Nations

• The Soviet Union

• The United States Department of Defence

What is the name of the seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

• Hiram Walker

• Giuseppe Mercalli

• Charles Richter

Who was Penicillin discovered by?

• Alexander Fleming

• Ian Fleming

• Amalia Fleming

Which writer was James Bond created by?

• Alexander Fleming

• Ian Fleming

• Amalia Fleming

Who were blue jeans invented by?

• Ralf Lauren

• Levi Strauss

• Calvin Klein