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35 Cards in this Set
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Who invented the first steam powered locomotive? |
Richard Trevithick |
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Who first discovered the North Pole and when? |
Robert E. Peary in 1909 |
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Who designed the first railway to use steam locomotives? |
George Stephenson |
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Who was the first person to go into outer space and when? |
Yuri Gargarin in 1961 |
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Who discovered the South Pole and when? |
Roald Amundsen in 1911 |
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Who invented the internet and when? |
Tim Berners-Lee introduced it in 1990. |
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What was the first video game console and when was it invented? |
Magnavox Odyssey in 1972 |
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Who proved the existence of radio waves? |
Heinrich Hertz |
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Who invented the first petrol powered car and when? |
Karl Benz in 1886 |
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When were the first eyeglasses invented? |
1286 |
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When was Pluto discovered and by whom? |
In 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh |
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When was the first Mexican wave? |
June 1986 |
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Where, whom, and when was the first female Prime Minister? |
Sirimavo Bandaranaike in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1960. |
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When and where was velcro invented? |
Switzerland in 1948 |
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Who invented the bullet and when? |
Claude Minie in 1849 |
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Who invented the electric battery and when? |
Volta in 1800 |
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Where was paper invented? |
China |
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Who invented the revolver and when? |
Samuel Colt in 1835 |
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Who invented the submarine and when? |
David Bushnell in 1776 |
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When, approximately, was the wheel invented? |
3800-3600BC (Sumerian) |
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Who invented the X-ray and when? |
William Roentgen in 1895 |
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Who was the third person who traveled with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon (but didn't walk on the moon with them)? |
Michael Collins |
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Who accompanied Sir Edmund Hilary to the top of Mt Everest? |
Tenzing Norgay |
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When did Sir Edmund Hilary reach the summit of Mt Everest? |
1953 |
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What was the name of Charles Darwin's ship? |
H.M.S. Beagle |
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Who organised the first circumnavigation of the world and when? |
Ferdinand Magellan from 1519 to 1522 (but he died in 1521) |
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Who invented the first vaccine? |
Edward Jenner |
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What replaced the Julian calendar and when? |
The Gregorian calendar in 1582 |
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Who invented the earliest television technology? |
Philo Farnsworth |
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What did Abel Tasman originally call New Zealand in 1642? |
Staten Landt |
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When was the declaration of independence really signed? |
August 2nd 1776 |
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Who invented the microwave? |
Lloyd Copeland |
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What does BMW stand for? |
Bavarian Motor Works |
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What show was the first televised toilet on? |
Leave it to Beaver |
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Who carried out the second circumnavigation of the world? |
Sir Francis Drake |
