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Inventors and Inventions Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two inventions we learnt about today? (Select TWO)

a)

Telephone

b)

Telegram

c)

Television

d)

Computer

2.

What is the meaning of the word "invent"?

a)

draw

b)

design

c)

create

d)

write

3.

A person who creates something new is called an __________.

a)

invent

b)

inventor

c)

inventing

d)

invention

4.

Who invented the world's first telephone?

a)

Thomas Watson

b)

John Logie Baird

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

The Wright Brothers

5.

How did Alexander Graham Bell know that his telephone worked?

a)

It could ring loudly.

b)

He could send a text message.

c)

He had a successful telephone conversation with his assistant.

d)

He could use it to surf the internet.

6.

The world's first mobile phone weighed 1.1 kilograms. (Select ONE)

a)

True

b)

False

7.

John Logie Baird invented the world's first __________ in 1924.

a)

telephone

b)

telegram

c)

camera

d)

television

8.

The first televisions sold in 1920s were __________. (Select ONE)

a)

coloured

b)

black and white

9.

The television could be controlled by a __________ in the 1980s.

a)

key

b)

switch

c)

remote control

d)

mobile phone

10.

Based on the passage:

Today, we can use the television to watch _______, _______ and _______.

(select THREE)

a)

theatre

b)

news

c)

sports

d)

entertainment