Dates
When was Apollo 11 launched?
A.July 21, 1969
B. July 20, 1969
C. July 16, 1969
C. July 16, 1969
Landing Date was July 20th
Who was the founder of Apple?
A. Bill Gates
B. Steve Jobs
C. Mark Zuckerburg
B. Steve Jobs
Which was the first maned flight to the moon?
A. Apollo 13
B. Apollo 11
C. Apollo 10
B. Apollo 11
Which item did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
A. The light-bulb
B. AC electricity
C. The telephone
C. The telephone
in 1876
Who discovered electricity by tying a key to a kite in a storm?
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Thomas Edison
C. Thomas Jefferson
A. Benjamin Franklin
in 1750 in Philadelphia
What year was NASA ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration )founded?
A. June 29, 1958
B. July 29, 1958
C. January 29, 1985
B. July 29, 1958
Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?
A: Buzz Aldrin
B: Neil Armstrong
C: Michael Collins
A. Neil Armstrong
Apollo 11 blasted off on July 16, 1969. Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11.
Neil landed first, followed by Buzz. Collins stayed and did experiments in the shuttle
When did Stephen Hawking die?
A. March 14, 2018
B. May 14, 2016
C. March 14, 2016
A. March 14, 2018
Who invented the electric light bulb?
A. Thomas Edison
B. Andrew Jackson
C. Harry Ford
A. Thomas Edison
Who invented the World Wide Web?
A. Bill Gates
B. Steve Jobs
C. Tim Berners-Lee
C. Tim Berners-Lee in 1990
When was the microwave invented?
A. 1945
B. 1954
C. 1495
A. 1945 – Percy Spencer created the microwave
Who were the first people to fly an airplane?
A. The Davis Brothers
B. The Ford Brothers
C. The Wright Brothers
C. The Wright Brothers
December 17, 1903 made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft
Who founded NASA?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who invented the assembly line?
A. Ransom E. Olds
B. Henry Ford
C. Eli Whitney
A. Ransom E. Olds
Olds invented the automobile assembly line in 1901 .
Ford IMPROVED it in 1906
When and where was Google founded?
A. October 2000, New York
B.December 1998, California
C. September 1998, California
C. September 1998, California
When was the World Wide Web invented?
A. 1983
B. 1995
C. 1990
C. 1990
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide We
Who is famous for their contributions to alternating current (AC) electricity supply system?
A. Nikola Tesla
B. Thomas Edison
C. Benjamin Franklin
A. Nikola Tesla
Nikola AC Tesla (NACT)
Thomas Edison- was DC current
What was the name of the first rover to land on Mars?
A. Sojourner
B. Pathway
C. Curiosity
A. Sojourner
Mars Pathfinder was a U.S. spacecraft
Sojourner was the rover that explored
July 4, 1997.
How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the USA?
A. It reduced the number of slaves needed to harvest cotton so slavery decreased
B. It increased the number of slaves needed to harvest cotton so slavery increased
C. It made harvesting cotton easier so it was cheaper to buy cotton
B. It increased the number of slaves needed to harvest cotton so slavery increased
In 1793 Eli Whitney invented a better way to pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls.
Who performed the first open-heart surgery?
A. George Washington-Carver
B. Daniel Hale Williams
C. Alfred Blalock
B. Daniel Hale Williams in 1893
When was industrialization in the US?
A.1870-1916
B. 1850-1910
C. 1910-1990
A. 1870-1916
Also know as the Industrial Revolution (Reform)
Which scientist was best know for his work on black holes?
A. Albert Einstein
B. Stephen Hawking
C. Bill Nye
B. Stephen Hawking
Famous book, A Brief History Of Time
Had a rare disease so he used a wheelchair to talk and move.
What was the Manhattan Project?
A. Research and develop better uses for electricity
B. Research and develop nuclear weapons
C. Research and develop better buildings in Manhattan
B. Research and develop nuclear weapons
1939 – 1946
Nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the actual bombs.
Which was not one of George Washington-Carver's inventions or uses for peanuts?
A. Peanut Paper
B. Peanut Butter
C. Peanut Soap
B. Peanut Butter
George Washington-Carver was a former slave who invented over 300 uses for peanuts except for Peanut butter
When was the Polio vaccine discovered?
A. March 1950
B. April 1953
C. March 1953
C. March 1953,
Jonas Salk successfully tested a polio vaccine