Inventions That Changed Everything
A mould that saved millions of lives, a machine that made books cheap, and a system built to share physics papers. Ten questions on the ideas that reshaped the world.
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What did Gutenberg's printing press change most?
Multiple Choice · 20s
AHow quickly ships could cross oceansBHow accurately clocks kept timeCHow cheaply books could be producedDHow far messages could travelHow was penicillin discovered?
Multiple Choice · 20s
ABy accident, from mould on a dishBBy testing thousands of plantsCBy studying soil from a volcanoDBy copying a traditional medicineThe World Wide Web was invented at a physics laboratory.
True / False · 20s
TRUEFALSE- What did the Wright brothers achieve in 1903?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone? Family name is enough.Type Answer · 30s
- Why was the wheel such an important invention?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Vaccination was developed before scientists knew about viruses.True / False · 20s
- What does a transistor do?Multiple Choice · 20s
- What was the main effect of refrigeration?Multiple Choice · 20s
- What navigation system, built on satellites, tells a phone where it is? (three letters)Type Answer · 30s
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