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Great Inventions & Great Minds

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Marie Curie

2.

In which decade was the telephone invented?

a)

1750s

b)

1870s

c)

1950s

d)

1820s

3.

Who invented the ball point pen?

a)

Bicc Brothers

b)

Waterman Brothers

c)

Biro Brothers

d)

Write Brothers

4.

Who had an explosive idea and first patented dynamite?

a)

G. Fawks

b)

J. R. Gluber

c)

W. Bickford

d)

A. Nobel

5.

Who developed the first modern automobile?

a)

Karl Benz

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Nils Bohlin

6.

Who invented X rays?

a)

Michael Faraday

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Pierre Curie

d)

Wilhelm Roentgen

7.

Which inventor discovered penicillin?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Francis Crick

8.

Albert Einsten was a famous...

a)

Physician

b)

 Chemist

c)

 Physicist

d)

 Biologist

9.

Father of Printing is ___

a)

Guttenberg

b)

Herodotus

c)

John Locke

d)

Pythagorus

10.

Who is the father of geometry?

a)

Volta

b)

Euclid

c)

Waterman

d)

Harvey

11.

Who invented the lightning?

a)

Edward Priestly

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Vint Cerf

d)

 John Dalton

12.

The first text message was sent from a 22-year-old engineer from his personal computer. What did the message say?

a)

New phone, who dis?

b)

Hi

c)

Merry Christmas

d)

Testing 1,2,3

13.

Electric lamp was invented by...

a)

Rupert Jones

b)

Hal Epperstein

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

John Dalton

14.

Paper was invented in ___

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

India

d)

Poland

15.

Who invented TV?

a)

J.L. Baird

b)

Aristotle

c)

James Clerk Maxwell

d)

Nikola Tesla