Hard Invention Quiz: Master the Makers and Their Marvels
A rigorous quiz probing the stories behind humanity’s most influential inventions, designed for experts seeking a serious challenge.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
Which inventor filed the first patent for a practical incandescent light bulb in the United States?
- 2
The first programmable computer, the Z3, was built by which engineer in 1941?
- 3
Which ancient civilization is credited with inventing the first known mechanical clock, the water‑driven clepsydra?
- 4
The technique of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was pioneered by which scientist in 1983?
- 5
What was the original purpose of the invention known as the telephone when Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated it?
- 6
The first successful powered flight in 1903 was achieved by the Wright brothers using which type of engine?
- 7
Which material, discovered in 1905 by Albert A. Michelson, revolutionized early computer memory as the first practical magnetic storage medium?
- 8
What term describes the process Joseph Nicéphore Niépce used in 1826 to capture the first permanent photograph?
- 9
In 1973, the invention of the Ethernet protocol was credited to which researcher at Xerox PARC?
- 10
The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by which nation in 1957?
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