Inventors Quiz
Who invented the telephone?
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Who is credited with inventing the light bulb?
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Who invented the airplane?
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Who invented the World Wide Web?
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Who is credited with inventing the radio?
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Who invented the steam engine?
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Who invented dynamite?
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Who is credited with inventing the first successful automobile?
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Who invented the first practical electric battery?
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Who discovered penicillin?
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Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?
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Who invented the first modern computer?
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Who invented the first motion picture camera?
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Who invented the first successful vaccine for smallpox?
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Who invented the first mechanical computer?
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Who developed the electric motor?
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Who invented Morse code?
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Who is credited with developing alternating current (AC) electricity?
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Who invented the first successful electric light bulb?
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Who is credited with inventing the ballpoint pen?
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About the Famous Inventors Quiz
Who invented the telephone? The light bulb? The World Wide Web? Twenty multiple-choice questions on inventors and their inventions, from the steam engine and dynamite to penicillin, the polio vaccine and the first modern computer.
Some questions say "credited with", because inventions like the light bulb and the automobile had many contributors. Four options per question; click to answer.
Frequently asked questions
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with the first practical telephone in 1876.
Who invented the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners-Lee, in 1989, while working at CERN.
How long is the quiz?
20 questions, about four minutes.
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