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  • Who invented the airplane?
    The wright brothers
  • Charles Babbage famously invented what?
    The computer
  • Hs has a lot of __________, he's really sorry!
    regret
  • Which tech billionaire is associated with the invention of PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceEx?
    Elon Musk
  • In what year did British computer scientist Tim Berners Lee invent the World wide web?
    1989
  • Alexander Fleming ______________ penicillin. ( Found first)
    discovered
  • Which famous toy did Ruth Handler invent in 1959?
    The Barbie doll
  • Future Harvard dropout ________ ____________ launches “thefacebook.com,” a social network site originally restricted to his fellow classmates, in February 2004.
    Mark Zuckerberg
  • Which scientist discovered gravity?
    Sir Isaac Newton
  • Who developed the theory of relativity?
    Albert Einstein
  • Batman has more g________ than Superman. (new devices)
    gadgets
  • Who directed the film Titantic?
    James Cameron
  • Scissors were invented by whom?
    Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Fireworks were invented in which country?
    China
  • ____________ _________________ is credited with the invention or introduction of over 1,700 words that are still used in English today.
    William Shakespeare
  • Alexander Graham Bell ____________ the telephone.
    invented
  • Which country launched the first human into space?
    The Soviet Union (Russia)
  • What did Johannes Gutenberg invent in 1450 that changed the world forever?
    The printing press
  • _______ ___________ are a way for companies to put employees into tight spaces.
    Office cubicles
  • Which kitchen appliance was invented by ​Percy Spencer after WWII?
    The microwave
  • Which company is credited with creating the smartphone?
    IBM
  • Which tech company introduced the first touchscreen phone?
    Apple
  • In "Back to the Future", what vehicle was used as a time machine?
    A DeLorean car
  • Laszlo Biro invented which writing implement?
    The ballpoint pen
  • The Lumière brothers gave us arguably one of the most popular inventions of all time—______________!
    cinema/ the movies
  • The first _____ players went on sale in Japan on November 1, 1996.
    DVD
  • Tu Youyou is a Chinese scientist who turned to Chinese medical texts from the Zhou, Qing, and Han Dynasties to find a traditional cure for _____________. Her discovery saved millions of lives in tropical and sub-tropical countries.
    Malaria
  • An AK47 is a kind of assault ________ (gun)
    rifle
  • What dog is this?
    A Labradoodle
  • Who invented the dual cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner?
    James Dyson
  • Complete the proverb: Necessity is _________________________________
    the mother of invention.
  • What did Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invent?
    dynamite
  • Edison invented the ____________
    lightbulb
  • _______ __________ was a Polish scientist who discovered the elements Polonium and Radium.
    Marie Curie
  • Dolly the sheep was the first __________ mammal.
    cloned
  • I hope one day ________________ will be invented so I can travel anywhere in an instant.
    teleportation
  • What is the name of Thors brother?
    Loki
  • Mikhail Kalashnikov regretted creating which weapon?
    AK-47