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Publié : 3 février 2010

The Big Inventors’ Quiz

Here are some inventors’ names and their inventions.

You can listen, read and repeat to learn these inventors.

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  • Darwin : Charles Darwin was the naturalist who came up with the theory of evolution in 1859.
    Who was charles darwin ?
    What was he famous for ?
  • Columbus : columbus discovered america in 1492.
  • Vauban : vauban designed fortifications and his innovations revolutionized the defensive fortifications in 1668.
  • Bill Gates : he created windows in 1970.
  • Gutenberg : he created the first modern printing system in 1455.
  • Galileo : he created the first astrominical telescope in the 17th century.
  • Marie Curie : she discovered the radium and polonium in 1891.
  • Robert Boyle : robert boyle came up with boyle’s law in the 17th century.
  • Robert Hooke : Robert Hooke was the english scientist who invented the microscope in 1665.
  • Isaac Newton : isaac newton uncovered the laws of gravity.
  • Michael Jackson invented the moonwalk on march 25,1983.
  • Frédéric auguste Bartholdi sculpted the statue of the liberty (1875-1886) and the lion of belfort (1871-1880).
  • Pythagoras discovered the pythagorean theorem in the fifth century before christ.
  • Walt Disney invented mickey in 1920.
  • the Lumière Brothers invented the cinema in 1895.
    - who invented the cinema ?
    - what did the lumière brothers discover ?
    - when did the lumière brothers invent the cinema ?
  • Louis Pasteur discovered the first vaccination in 1885.
  • Mark Zuckerberg invented facebook in 2004.
  • Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1877.
  • Gustave Courbet painted the first burial in 1850.
    - what did gustave courbet paint in 1850 ?
  • Gustave Eiffel built the eiffel tower in 1889.
    - when did gustave eiffel build the eiffel tower ?
  • Nicolas Copernicus discovered the solar system in 1530.
  • Armstrong : he was an astronomer. Neil Armstrong became the first human being to walk on the moon in july, 20th 1969.
    - who was neil amstrong ?
    - what was he famous for ?
    - when did he go to the moon ?
  • Einstein : he was a scientist. In 1905, einstein published a paper proposing a "special theory of relativity.
    - who was albert einstein ?
    - what did he write ?
    - when did he invent his theory ?
  • Edison : thomas edison was the great genius and inventor of the electricity at the beginning of the 20th century.
    - who was edison ?
    - what did he invent ?
  • Archimedes : one of the great scientists of antiquity in 287 before christ. He found the principle of buoyancy : archimedes’ principle
  • Pierre Vernier invented geometry instruments (the sextant, the caliper, the barometer) in 1631
  • Larry Page created google in 1998.