Fizzy Drink
Who created the first fizzy drink?
Englishman William Brownrigg created the first artificially made mineral water out of natural mineral water and carbon dioxide.
Who is famous for inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Why is it football sometimes referred to as soccer?
The word soccer goes back to the late 1800s.
When schools in England first set up modern rules, the game was called “association football”.
Rugby was sometimes referred to as “rugger” and association football was referred to as “asoccer”.
Eventually this became “soccer”.
Today, however, the name soccer is mainly used in the United States while most other countries call it football.
Which two wars do we associate with the atomic bomb?
World War II and the Cold War.
The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II (1945) and lasted until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
When was penicillin invented?
1928
When was the first artificially made mineral water created?
In 1741.
(+/- 20 years)
Where and when was he/she born?
In Scotland’s capital Edinburgh in 1847.
Who invented the electric light bulb?
Thomas Edison (1875-1879)
What other name is commonly used for nuclear weapons?
Weapons of mass destruction.
Who invented penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
Which substance creates bubbles in fizzy drinks?
Scientist discovered that carbon dioxide was behind the bubbles in natural mineral water.
What was wrong with his/her mother?
His/her mother was
almost completely deaf.
When was modern football invented?
Modern football was born in 1863 when the English Football Association was founded in London.
How many times have nuclear weapons been actively used in warfare?
Only two nuclear weapons have been used in the course of warfare, and both were dropped by the United States as a means to end the Second World War.
How was penicillin discovered?
The drug was discovered by chance when a British bacteriologist accidentally left a dish of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered for a few days.
When he returned to the dish, he discovered that it was full of bacterial growth – except for one area of the dish, where a patch of mould was growing. The mould seemed to produce a substance which prevented bacterial growth, and it turned out that this substance was effective against a wide range of harmful bacteria.
Why was mineral water considered healthy?
Because it was considered healthy to bathe in natural springs. Drinking mineral water was thought to have similar curative powers.
[curative = helbredende]
Which musical instrument did he/she play?
He/she played the piano.
When and where was the the first football World Cup finale held?
1930 in Uruguay.
Which chemical substances are used to create an atomic bomb?
Purified plutonium-239 and uranium-235 are the most common isotopes used in nuclear weapons.
The atomic bombs built by the allied powers (USA and UK) during WWII where made from uranium-235 and plutonium-239.
How many different radio stations exist in the world today?
There are more than 33,000 radio stations around the world, with 12,000 in the US alone.
Where and when was Coca-Cola first sold and who invented it?
Coca-Cola was formulated by pharmacist Dr John Styth Pemberton and was first sold on 8 May in 1886 at Jacob ́s Pharmacy in Georgia, USA.
When did he/she receive a patent for his/her invention?
He/she received a patent for the telephone on March 1876 – shortly after his/her 29th birthday.
When was handball invented? Who invented it?
Handball was invented in 1906 by a Danish school teacher called Holger Nielsen.
When (exact date) and over which city was the first atomic bomb dropped? What was the bombs name?
On 6th August 1945, a B-29 American bomber dropped the atomic bomb “Little boy” into the heart of Hiroshima, Japan.
When was the radio the most important source of information and entertainment?
During the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, the radio was the absolute centre of entertainment in most families.
Family members gathered around to listen to plays, music and news.