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Inventions and Discoveries (Advanced)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Q. Who invented the telephone?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

2.

Q. Who invented the phonograph and light bulb?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Newton

3.

Q. What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?

a)

Car

b)

News Paper

c)

Printing Press

d)

Air plane

4.

Q. Who invented Polonium and Radium.

a)

Anne Frank

b)

Graham bell

c)

Marie curie

d)

J.C Bose

5.

Who invented Electricity?

answer choices

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Zacharias Janssen

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Thoman Alva Edison

6.

What was the problem with Edison's first light bulb?

a)

It did not last but for a few days.

b)

It lasted for over a year.

c)

It was too expensive to make.

d)

It got too hot and burned people.

7.

Q. Who invented the Pennicilin?

a)

Jeremy Corbin

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

J.C Bose

8.

Q. Where was the first ballpoint pen invented?

a)

England

b)

Hungary

c)

France

d)

India

9.

What was the first bicycle made of?

a)

wood

b)

plastic

c)

metal

d)

glass

10.

Q.Who discovered America?

a)

Juzepe Ledenson

b)

Leonardo di Caprio

c)

Pre Clovis

d)

Christopher Columbus

11.

Q.who invented the telescope?

a)

Galileo Galile

b)

Issac Newton

c)

Aristotle

d)

Alexander flemming

12.

Q. which of the following inventions made by chance:

a)

T.V

b)

Fridge

c)

Washing machine

d)

Microwave

13.

Q. who invented first airplane?

a)

Wright brothers

b)

Karl Jatho

c)

Lancelot de Mole

d)

Alberto Santos-Dumont

14.

Q. What invention, that we still use today, did the Chinese first make from the bark of a mulberry tree?

a)

paper

b)

paddlewheel boats

c)

porcelain

d)

tea

15.

Q. What popular beverage did the Chinese develop that is made by pouring boiling water over dried leaves?

a)

coffee

b)

hot cocoa

c)

tea

d)

Cola

16.

Q. When the Chinese already had iron, why did they develop a way to make steel?

a)

Steel is softer and heavier than iron.

b)

Steel is stronger and more malleable than iron.

c)

Steel has a higher melting temperature than iron.

d)

Steel is easier to make than iron.

17.

Q. Which Swedish scientist invented the dynamite in 1865? (Hint: The most prestigious award for science was named after him)

a)

Sir Isac Newton

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Thomas Edison

18.

Q. Which statements are correct about X-Ray?

a)

It was discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Röntgen.

b)

The first X-Ray image was the image of the hand of Röntgen's wife.

c)

The discoverer got the Nobel Prize for that in 1901 - the first-ever Nobel Prize for physics.

d)

All the above

19.

Q. The calculator is a very important school supply for many students. The very first calculator was invented in the 17th century (1642) by....

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Carl Friedrich Gauss

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Leonhard Euler

20.

Q. He is one of the most famous painters of all time, he painted Mona Lisa. However, he also was an inventor. Who am I talking about?

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Josef Lada

d)

Vincent van Gogh

21.

Q. Who is the author of The theory of biological evolution by natural selection?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Richard Feynman

c)

Francis Crick

d)

Charles Darwin

22.

Q.Which physicist reportedly discovered the gravitation after the incident, when an apple had fallen on his head?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Louis Pasture

23.

Q. In which year did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone?

a)

1905

b)

1866

c)

1858

d)

1876

24.

Q. Who invented Coca-Cola?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

John Stith Pemberton

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

George Washington

25.

Q. Which company invented the iphone?

a)

Apple

b)

Vivo

c)

Motorala

d)

Samsung