Tech Inventions Recall
Instructions: From the printing press to the smartphone, how well do you remember the great technological inventions of history?
- 1.
In what year was the first Apple Macintosh computer introduced?
A1984B1990C1981D1986 - 2.
Who invented the first practical incandescent light bulb?
AHumphry DavyBMichael FaradayCNikola TeslaDThomas Edison - 3.
What was the name of the first commercially successful video game console by Atari?
AAtari LynxBAtari 5200CAtari JaguarDAtari 2600 - 4.
Who invented the printing press around 1440?
AAldus ManutiusBJohannes GutenbergCWilliam CaxtonDBi Sheng - 5.
In what decade was the first microwave oven sold for home use?
A1960sB1970sC1950sD1940s - 6.
What was the first programmable electronic computer, built during World War II?
AColossusBENIACCBabbage EngineDUNIVAC - 7.
Who is credited with inventing the first practical steam engine in 1712?
AJames WattBRichard TrevithickCThomas NewcomenDGeorge Stephenson - 8.
What year was the first iPhone released?
A2006B2008C2007D2005 - 9.
Who invented the first successful airplane?
ASamuel LangleyBGlenn CurtissCAlberto Santos-DumontDThe Wright Brothers - 10.
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957?
ALuna 1BSputnik 1CVanguard 1DExplorer 1 - 11.
Who invented the phonograph in 1877?
ANikola TeslaBEmile BerlinerCThomas EdisonDAlexander Graham Bell - 12.
What year was the first email sent?
A1971B1965C1978D1983 - 13.
Who invented the first mechanical television system?
AJohn Logie BairdBVladimir ZworykinCCharles JenkinsDPhilo Farnsworth - 14.
What was the first handheld mobile phone, demonstrated in 1973?
AEricsson GH 337BNokia 1011CMotorola DynaTACDIBM Simon - 15.
Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?
AVint CerfBRobert KahnCMarc AndreessenDTim Berners-Lee