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The Inventing Quiz

How much do you know about the inventions that shaped our world as it is today?

A multiple-choice quiz by MTizzone. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
MTizzone

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
265,346

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
603

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Dynamite is used for commercial rock breaking and quarrying. It has many uses from mining to large scale construction. It was invented by a Swedish chemist. What was his name? Hint

Albert Einstein

Ascanio Sobrero

Enrico Fermi

Alfred Nobel

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Question 2 of 10

2. Today we have many cars, motorbikes, generators, ships, trains, buses and a whole lot more. What do they have in common? They all run on an engine. Early in the 1700s the first type of engine was developed, a steam engine. Who invented this? Hint

James Watt

Percy Spencer

Werner von Siemens

Thomas Newcomen

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Question 3 of 10

3. This man pioneered the electro-mechanical industry and is known around the world for his work with morse code transmitters and telegraphy. The unit of electric conductance is named after him. Who was it? Hint

Andre-Marie Ampere

James Watt

Werner von Siemens

Alessandro Volta

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Question 4 of 10

4. This man did ground breaking theoretical work in physics, coming up with many different theories including the theory of relativity. He also won a Nobel Prize in Physics. He was none other than? Hint

Albert Einstein

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison

Isaac Newton

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Question 5 of 10

5. Have you ever gone 80km/h in 60km/h zone? Did you go to prom night in a limousine? Have you ever been injured and had to be hurried to hospital? Have you ever ordered pizza and the delivery boy was ten minutes early? Have you ever been in a life threatening situation requiring the help of the police? Well you needed a car, first invented by _____? Hint

Alexader Bell

Karl Benz

Michael Faraday

Henry Ford

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Question 6 of 10

6. Now on to a substance which revolutionized the world of warfare for just over a millennium! It has however been greatly improved by the Swede Alfred Nobel and turned into gunpowder. But prior to gunpowder this substance (which is chemically similar) was used in warfare and even in quarrying. It is rated in F, FF, FFF, FFFF. F being very coarse and FFFF being ground up to a very fine almost dust like substance. This substance is _________ and was invented by the _______? Hint

Berzinite powder ... Italians

Berzinite powder ... Chinese

Black powder ... Chinese

Black powder ... Romans

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Question 7 of 10

7. Diesel, which is a distillate of petroleum, was also developed by Karl Benz (inventor of the gasoline engine).

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. The electric motor is used extensively in our lives. It is used in our pool pumps, grinding machine, fans, heaters, blow dryers, radios, and most household appliances. Michael Faraday's greatest work was in electricity. Did he invent the electric motor?

Yes

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Question 9 of 10

9. I'm a fan of Nobel. Which of these statements about Alfred Nobel is FALSE? Hint

Nobel killed his brother

He was born in Stockholm

His father was a scientist

Nobel died from lung cancer

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Question 10 of 10

10. Archimedes was truly one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. He came up with countless different formulae and inventions. He truly shaped the world as it is today. He was actually not born in Greece but on Sicily, which is a part of Italy.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Dynamite is used for commercial rock breaking and quarrying. It has many uses from mining to large scale construction. It was invented by a Swedish chemist. What was his name?

Answer: Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden and he later moved to the U.S.A where he built and managed a factory. He tried several ways to make nitroglycerin safer and easier to use. He in the end, however managed to mix nitoglycerin with a type of clay to make dynamite. (Ascanio Sobrero discovered nitroglycerin).

Answer: Thomas Newcomen

Contrary to popular belief the Newcomen engine was the first ever steam engine, later improved greatly by James Watt.

Answer: Werner von Siemens

He invented the needle telegraph which improved morse code. Electric conductance is not measured in watts (James Watt), it's not measured it voltage (Alessandro Volta) and it's not measured in amperes (Andre-Marie Ampere).

Answer: Albert Einstein

He left Germany after being dismissed from his professorship by the Nazis for being a Jew and spent the rest of his life in the U.S. In 1952 Israel invited him to become its second president, but he declined.

By the way E = MC2 means: Energy is equal to mass multiplied by the speed of light, squared.

Answer: Karl Benz

Mercedes Benz was named after him. The first car engine was gasoline powered, then came diesel and now there's even ethanol!

Answer: Black powder ... Chinese

Black Powder is a mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal. The Chinese were also the first nation to use black powder in warfare and in fireworks.

P.S Berzinite is just a name I made up.

7. Diesel, which is a distillate of petroleum, was also developed by Karl Benz (inventor of the gasoline engine).

Answer: False

Rudolf Diesel was the first to use diesel in an internal combustion engine.

Answer: Yes

Michael Faraday in my opinion was truly one of the greatest inventors of all time. He greatly improved William Hyde Wollaston's failed electric motor. And indirectly without him there wouldn't be dynamos. If you think about it, a dynamo is simply the reverse form of an electric motor.

9. I'm a fan of Nobel. Which of these statements about Alfred Nobel is FALSE?

Answer: Nobel died from lung cancer

He actually died of heart complications, and ironically they used nitroglycerin to try and treat it. Nobel did accidentally kill his brother in an experiment gone wrong, and he was obviously born in Stockholm.

Answer: True

Sicily was ruled by Greece at the time. He was born in Syracuse, a city in the south east of Sicily.

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Source: Author MTizzone

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