Famous Inventions Recall

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Instructions: Match inventions to their inventors

1.
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
A
Guglielmo Marconi
B
Nikola Tesla
C
Thomas Edison
D
Alexander Graham Bell
2.
Who invented the printing press around 1440?
A
Johannes Gutenberg
B
Galileo Galilei
C
William Caxton
D
Leonardo da Vinci
3.
Who is credited with inventing the light bulb for practical use?
A
Benjamin Franklin
B
Nikola Tesla
C
Thomas Edison
D
Michael Faraday
4.
Who invented the World Wide Web?
A
Tim Berners-Lee
B
Steve Jobs
C
Bill Gates
D
Vint Cerf
5.
Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?
A
Cyrus McCormick
B
Robert Fulton
C
Samuel Morse
D
Eli Whitney
6.
Who is credited with developing the first successful airplane?
A
The Wright Brothers
B
Charles Lindbergh
C
Alberto Santos-Dumont
D
Samuel Langley
7.
Who invented the first practical steam engine used in mining?
A
Robert Fulton
B
Thomas Newcomen
C
George Stephenson
D
James Watt
8.
Who invented the phonograph in 1877?
A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
Emile Berliner
C
Thomas Edison
D
Nikola Tesla
9.
Who is credited with inventing the telescope for astronomical use?
A
Isaac Newton
B
Galileo Galilei
C
Nicolaus Copernicus
D
Johannes Kepler
10.
Who invented dynamite in 1867?
A
Robert Oppenheimer
B
Samuel Colt
C
Richard Gatling
D
Alfred Nobel
11.
Who invented the sewing machine for practical use?
A
Elias Howe
B
Barthélemy Thimonnier
C
Walter Hunt
D
Isaac Singer
12.
Who invented the smallpox vaccine in 1796?
A
Louis Pasteur
B
Edward Jenner
C
Robert Koch
D
Jonas Salk
13.
Who invented the radio?
A
Heinrich Hertz
B
Thomas Edison
C
Guglielmo Marconi
D
Nikola Tesla
14.
Who invented the bifocal glasses?
A
Benjamin Franklin
B
George Washington
C
John Adams
D
Thomas Jefferson
15.
Who invented the television system used for modern broadcasts?
A
Philo Farnsworth
B
Guglielmo Marconi
C
John Logie Baird
D
Nikola Tesla

Answer Key

Question 1

D. Alexander Graham Bell

Question 2

A. Johannes Gutenberg

Question 3

C. Thomas Edison

Question 4

A. Tim Berners-Lee

Question 5

D. Eli Whitney

Question 6

A. The Wright Brothers

Question 7

B. Thomas Newcomen

Question 8

C. Thomas Edison

Question 9

B. Galileo Galilei

Question 10

D. Alfred Nobel

Question 11

A. Elias Howe

Question 12

B. Edward Jenner

Question 13

C. Guglielmo Marconi

Question 14

A. Benjamin Franklin

Question 15

A. Philo Farnsworth

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