INVENTIONS & DISCOVERIES

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Do you know the famous candy bar named after a horse? Or perhaps you know the Wright Brothers’ first names? Test your knowledge with these questions about the inventions and discoveries that have shaped our world. Click or tap on the question card to reveal the answer.

In what country was the Rubik’s Cube invented and first sold?

Hungary

In what year did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?

1928

What sticky substance was originally a wall cleaner before becoming a children’s toy?

Play-Doh

What board game, invented by Elizabeth Magie, was first called The Landlord’s Game?

Monopoly

Who founded Google in 1998?

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

What year did Levi Strauss patent blue jeans?

1873

What hygiene aid was invented by William Addis while in prison?

Toothbrush

Who did Alexander Graham Bell phone in the first telephone call on March 10, 1876?

His assistant, Thomas Watson

What candy bar was named after its inventor’s family horse?

Snickers

What year was the first successful Concorde flight?

1969

Who developed the theory of relativity, E=mc²?

Albert Einstein

What toy was invented by accident while trying to develop springs to stabilize cargo on ships?

Slinky

Who invented the periodic table of elements?

Dmitri Mendeleev

What iconic motorcycle brand was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1903?

Harley-Davidson

What is Johannes Gutenberg famous for inventing?

The printing press

What year did Apple release the first iPhone?

2007

Which ancient Greek mathematician is called the father of geometry?

Euclid

What game created in 1933 was originally called Lexiko and then Criss-Cross Words?

Scrabble

What were the first names of American aviation pioneers, the Wright brothers?

Orville and Wilbur

What country did Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, come from?

Belgium