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Inventors and Innovations Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Alexander Graham Bell revolutionize communications?

a)

He invented the telephone.

b)

He invented the hearing aid.

c)

He invented the grain mill.

d)

He invented the television.

2.

What does the author mostly describe in the Alexander Graham Bell passage?

a)

how Bell's mother overcame her difficulties

b)

why Bell chose to tutor deaf students

c)

how the telephone was invented

d)

the rules of the United States patent system

3.

Who was Bell's assistant who helped him invent the telephone?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Elisha Gray

d)

Thomas Watson

4.

What year did Bell finally get his telephone to work?

a)

1876

b)

1880

c)

1892

d)

1867

5.

Where was Bell originally from?

a)

Nova Scotia, Canada

b)

Edinburgh, Scotland.

c)

New York City

d)

London, England

6.

How long did the Wright brothers first test flight last in the air?

a)

12 seconds

b)

30 seconds

c)

1 minute

d)

30 minutes

7.

What year did the Wright brothers first begin attempting to fly?

a)

1920

b)

1900

c)

1903

d)

1912

8.

What of these was NOT part of the control flight system on the Wright brothers plane?

a)

Pitch

b)

Yaw

c)

Roll

d)

Wind

9.

Who was the first person to fly a small, one-seater plane across the Atlantic.

a)

Charles Lindbergh

b)

Orville Wright

c)

Wilbur Wright

d)

Amelia Earhart

10.

What did the Wright brothers make before they began building planes?

a)

Cars

b)

Bicycles

c)

Clothing

d)

Factory machines