Inventions & Innovations trivia

Question 1

When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, he said "That's one small step for man, _________________"

Accepted Answer

"one giant leap for mankind"

Question 2

In 1903, the Wright brothers flew the first aircraft. The first flight lasted _____

Accepted Answer

3.5 seconds

Question 3

Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. He called Thomas Watson. What did he say to Watson?

Accepted Answer

"Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you."

Question 4

_____ people invented the magnetic compass in the year 1190

Accepted Answer

Chinese

Question 5

Scientists first cloned an adult mammal in the year ___

Accepted Answer

1997

Question 6

Amelia Earhart's airplane disappeared in the year _____

Accepted Answer

1937

Question 7

In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote instructions for a machine called the analytical engine. Her instructions were the first ___

Accepted Answer

Computer program

Question 8

According to popular myth, Albert Nobel created the Nobel Prize because he didn't want to be remembered for inventing __

Accepted Answer

Dynamite

Question 9

In 1915, Albert Einstein published his ___

Accepted Answer

General theory of relativity

Question 10

This Austrian monk began genetic experiments with pea plants. He is now credited with beginning the field of genetics.

Accepted Answer

Gregor Mendel

Question 11

A man named ____ invented the printing press

Accepted Answer

Gutenberg

Question 12

In 1961, the Russians sent ______

Accepted Answer

The first man to space

Question 13

In the early 20th century, the Ford Motor Company created a its first mass-produced car. They called it the _______

Accepted Answer

Model T

Question 14

The person who designed and built the first electric lightbulb was ____

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 15

Isaac Newton wrote his laws of motion in a book called

Accepted Answer

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Question 16

In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine. What disease did his vaccine protect against?

Accepted Answer

Smallpox

Question 17

In 2020, Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in _______ because she helped develop the gene editing method called CRISPR

Accepted Answer

Chemistry

Question 18

From 1989 to 1991, Tim Berners-Lee developed the ________

Accepted Answer

World Wide Web (Internet)

Question 19

Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes?

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

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