Inventions and Innovations Quiz

Who were the founders of YouTube?

• Jed Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim

• Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Steve Ballmer

• Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, and Andrew McCollum

• Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt

What was the first video ever uploaded to YouTube?

• A tutorial on how to bake a cake

• A documentary about space

• Me at the Zoo

• A cat playing piano

Who is credited with proposing a world wireless system in the early 1900s?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

What was the first prototype of the modern internet created by?

• A group of independent scientists

• A private tech company

• The military

• A university research team

Who is often credited with inventing the first car?

• Henry Ford

• Karl Benz

• Rudolf Diesel

• Leonardo da Vinci

What was the nickname of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X?

• The Brick

• The Pebble

• The Stone

• The Rock

Which company released the first smartphone?

• Samsung

• Nokia

• Apple

• IBM

Who designed the first prototype of a mechanical computer?

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

• John von Neumann

What was the name of Charles Babbage's more complex computer design?

• The Analytical Engine

• The Difference Engine

• The Calculating Machine

• The Computing Device

What was a key feature of Babbage's Analytical Engine?

• A graphical user interface

• A central processing unit (CPU)

• A touch screen

• Wireless connectivity