Ancient Inventions
Mathematics
Change the World
Mechanical Engineering
Aeronautics
100

A very early method of communication, this invention meant that people could create order between themselves at last.

What is language?

100

These are the four most basic forms of math.

What is addition, subtraction, multiplication and division?

100

The invention of this completely changed trade and bartering forever, allowing access to all kinds of goods for all kinds of people.

What is money?

100

This round object was the first step to making large mobile creations.

What is the wheel?

100

This is the governing principal of most flights.

What is the TSA?

200

This creation made hunting for early humans exponentially easier, making them able to hunt animals without getting close to scare them off.

What is the bow?

200

This is one of the most famous mathematical mysteries, with no one knowing all of this number.

What is Pi?

200

The first of these was made by two brothers, and it revolutionized international travel forever.

What is an airplane?

200

This collection of six inventions defined the way that humanity mechanically interacted with the world.

What are the six simple machines?

200

This form of aircraft is most commonly associated with Good Year.

What is the blimp / zeppelin?

300

A deadly weapon and sometimes an extraordinary entertainment device, this dust was originally invented by the Chinese.

What is gunpowder?

300

A derivative is one of the basic principles of this branch of math.

What is calculus?

300

This invention was made in Germany, and originally had just three wheels.

What is the car?

300

This large contraption was created by Johannes Gutenburg and was the first invention able to mass produce books.

What is the printing press?

300

This was the first form of passenger flight.

What is a kite?

500

This combination of materials, once water is added, can harden to become an artificial stone perfect for building all kinds of things.

What is concrete?

500

An irritation to mathematicians, the square root of -1 is an example of this type of number.

What is an imaginary number?

500

This creation, powered by water vapor, was the first step in making mass production of goods possible.

What is the steam engine?

500

The most important principle of mechanical engineering.

What is the ratio of force and distance?

500

This pilot was the first person to break the sound barrier.

Who is Charles Bell?

1000

This thing was invented by the Romans to help with public health and cleanliness.

What is plumbing?

1000

This quirk of mathematics is one of the most famous fractals, an infinitely repeating pattern discovered in 1980.

What is the Mandelbrot Set?

1000

When this was first invented, it permanently changed the way of knowledge acquisition for the majority of the world.

What is the Internet?

1000

This principle governs scaling things up or down.

What is the Square Cube Law?

1000

This plane set the world record for fastest manned flight with a whopping 4,520 MPH.

What is the x-15?

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