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QuizMora Editorial TeamPublished July 29, 2026 · Updated July 29, 2026

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Question 1 of 20HistoryThe World Wide Web and the internet are exactly the same invention.
Question 2 of 20HistoryGPS was originally created by smartphone companies for navigation apps.
Question 3 of 20HistoryA melted candy bar helped inspire the microwave oven.
Question 4 of 20HistoryMovable-type printing existed in Asia before Gutenberg’s European press.
Question 5 of 20HistoryNASA spent millions inventing a space pen because astronauts were forbidden to use pencils.
Question 6 of 20HistoryVelcro was inspired by burrs that clung to clothing and animal fur.
Question 7 of 20HistoryThe telephone emerged from work by more than one inventor.
Question 8 of 20HistoryThomas Edison single-handedly invented the first electric light.
Question 9 of 20HistoryAlexander Fleming noticed penicillin after mold contaminated a bacterial culture.
Question 10 of 20HistoryJames Watt invented the very first steam engine from nothing.
Question 11 of 20HistoryThe Wright brothers achieved controlled, sustained powered flight in 1903.
Question 12 of 20HistoryAlessandro Volta’s work gave the volt its name.
Question 13 of 20HistoryGalileo invented the first telescope.
Question 14 of 20HistoryX-rays received their name because their nature was initially unknown.
Question 15 of 20HistoryTim Berners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web at CERN.
Question 16 of 20HistoryRadio has one universally accepted sole inventor.
Question 17 of 20HistoryAntibiotic medicine began only after penicillin and no antimicrobial treatment existed earlier.
Question 18 of 20HistoryThe internet was invented by one person during a single breakthrough moment.
Question 19 of 20HistoryAircraft flight recorders are commonly painted bright orange rather than black.
Question 20 of 20HistorySamuel Morse developed telegraphy and code entirely without collaborators.

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