Category: Discoveries and Inventions

1. Which two brothers are credited with inventing the first successful airplane? (a) Charles and Frank Lindbergh (b) Orville and Wilbur Wright (c) Amelia Earhart and Bessie Coleman (d) Glenn Curtiss and Alexander Graham Bell 2. Where did the Wright brothers conduct their early flight experiments? (a) Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (b) New York City (c) Los Angeles, California (d) Chicago, Illinois 3. What was the name of the Wright brothers' first successful airplane? (a) The Wright Flyer (b) The Spirit of St. Louis (c) The Red Baron (d) The Black Bird

1) Which is the most famous invention of Thomas Alva Edison? a) Projector b) Radio c) Telephone d) Electric bulb 2) How many inventions were patented by Thomas Alva Edison? a) 500 b) 997 c) 1093 d) 1100 3) Which of the following quotations is attributed to Thomas Alva Edison? a) We have nothing to fear but fear. b) I promise you blood, sweat, toil and tears. c) We make our destiny by our actions. d) Genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration.

Clyde William Tombaugh Quiz Questions 1. When was Clyde William Tombaugh born? a) 4 February 1906 b) 5 May 1904 c) 8 July 1909 d) 6 December 1905 2. Where was Clyde William Tombaugh born? a) Chicago b) Streator c) Richmond d) Topeka 3. Where did Clyde William Tombaugh serve as assistant astronomer? a) Caltech b) Palomar Observatory c) Mount Wilson Observatory d) Lowell Observatory

1. When was George Westinghouse born? a) 6 October 1846 b) 26 June 1840 c) 14 August 1849 d) 22 January 1844 2. On which ship did George Westinghouse serve during the Civil War? a) USS Arizona b) USS Lexington c) USS Muscoota d) USS Oklahoma 3. What was George Westinghouse’s first invention? a) Winnower b) Rotary steam engine c) Elevator d) Water meter

1. When did Jack Kilby win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1976 b) 1988 c) 2000 d) 2004 2. When was Jack Kilby born? a) 8 March 1928 b) 30 June 1926 c) 1 August 1924 d) 8 November 1923 3. Where was Jack Kilby born? a) Sacramento b) Jefferson City c) Atlanta d) New Orleans

1. Where was Ferdinand Magellan born? a) Venice b) Saborosa c) Lisboa d) Goa 2. Whose expedition to India in 1505 did Ferdinand Magellan join? a) Vasco da Gama b) Alphonoso Albuquerque c) Francis d’Almeida d) Bartholomew Dias 3. Ferdinand Magellan began his voyage around the world with five ships. Which ship did he command? a) Conception b) Santiago c) Trinidad d) Victoria

1. When was Nikola Tesla born? a) 9 March 1964 b) 4 April 1860 c) 10 July 1856 d) 3 October 1852 2. Where was Nikola Tesla born? a) Smiljan b) Belgrade c) Skopje d) Turin 3. Where did Nikola Tesla first see the Gramme dynamo? a) Budapest b) Paris c) Berlin d) Graz

1. When was Blaise Pascal born? a) 2 February 1626 b) 19 June 1623 c) 9 September 1619 d) 18 October 1624 2. Where was Blaise Pascal born? a) Clermont-Ferrand b) Rouen c) Chevreuse d) Le Havre 3. When did Blaise Pascal write Essai pour les coniques? a) 1636 b) 1638 c) 1635 d) 1640

1. When did Fridtjof Nansen get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1916 b) 1927 c) 1922 d) 1934 2. When was Fridtjof Nansen born? a) 5 February 1856 b) 23 May 1867 c) 26 July 1865 d) 10 October 1861 3. Where was Fridtjof Nansen born? a) Store-Froen b) Nordfold c) Tromsa d) Svolver

1. When did Albert Abraham Michelson win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1912 b) 1907 c) 1904 d) 1916 2. When was Albert Abraham Michelson born? a) 14 February 1856 b) 2 May 1864 c) 19 September 1848 d) 19 December 1852 3. Where was Albert Abraham Michelson born? a) Potsdam b) Danzig c) Strelno d) Krakow