Inventions by Decade
Instructions: Can you guess when these famous inventions were created?
- 1.
In which decade was the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell?
A1850sB1870sC1860sD1880s - 2.
In which decade did the Wright Brothers achieve the first powered flight?
A1920sB1900sC1910sD1890s - 3.
In which decade was television first demonstrated to the public?
A1920sB1910sC1930sD1940s - 4.
In which decade was the World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee?
A2000sB1980sC1970sD1990s - 5.
In which decade was the light bulb made commercially practical by Thomas Edison?
A1880sB1860sC1870sD1890s - 6.
In which decade was penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming?
A1930sB1920sC1940sD1910s - 7.
In which decade was the first personal computer, the Altair 8800, introduced?
A1960sB1990sC1980sD1970s - 8.
In which decade was the microwave oven accidentally invented?
A1940sB1930sC1960sD1950s - 9.
In which decade was the first successful heart transplant performed?
A1980sB1970sC1960sD1950s - 10.
In which decade was the iPhone first introduced?
A2020sB2010sC2000sD1990s - 11.
In which decade was the printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg?
A1440sB1480sC1460sD1420s - 12.
In which decade was the first practical steam engine developed by Thomas Newcomen?
A1730sB1750sC1690sD1710s - 13.
In which decade was the transistor invented at Bell Laboratories?
A1950sB1960sC1940sD1930s - 14.
In which decade was dynamite invented by Alfred Nobel?
A1850sB1840sC1870sD1860s - 15.
In which decade was the first GPS satellite launched by the United States?
A1960sB1990sC1970sD1980s