Inventors

This German inventor revolutionized thinking all over the world with his invention, the printing press. Without this invention, you'd be unable to play this Quizizz game.

• Gutenberg

• Da Vinci

• Huygens

• Galileo

This inventor found, through his experiments, that mixing nitroglycerine with a fine sand called kieselguhr would turn the liquid into a paste which could be shaped into rods. These rods could create massive, earth-moving explosions. This inventor is also famous because of the peace prize he created.

• Lister

• Nobel

• Whittle

• Biro

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This inventor was an Italian electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and radio telegraph system.

• Wright Bros

• Whittle

• Newton

• Marconi

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This inventor gave the world antiseptic surgery, which massively improved survival rates during operations.

• Faraday

• Nobel

• Lister

• Edison

What did Edward Jenner invent?

• the bicycle

• the raincoat

• the smallpox vaccination

• the microscope

This French inventor, mathematician, physicist, philosopher and writer gave us the Pascaline calculator. This would eventually lead us to today's computers.

• Huygens

• Galileo

• Pascal

• Leeuwenhoek

What is a person called that creates something?

• A master

• An inventor

• A scientist

• A mastermind

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Who invented the light bulb?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Charles Lindbergh

Who is known as the father of modern physics?

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Niels Bohr

Which inventor is credited with the creation of the first practical telephone?

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Thomas Edison