These American inventors are known for inventing and building the world's first successful airplane.
Who were the Wright brothers?
100
On December 17, 1903, these two American inventors made the first controlled, powered, and sustained human flight.
Who were the Wright brothers?
100
This American is known for inventing the lightning rod, bifocals, and the modern library.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
100
This American inventor created the electric light bulb that is still used today.
Who was Thomas Edison?
100
This fictional inventor invented the Thneed, a fine something that all people need!
Who is the Once-ler?
200
This inventor discovered that lightning was made of electricity by flying a kite during a thunderstorm.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
200
This inventor was the creator of the telephone.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
200
This inventor is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time. One of his most famous paintings is the 'Mona Lisa.'
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
200
This inventor is one of the best-known entrepreneurs (business starter) of the personal computer revolution.
Who is Bill Gates?
200
This fictional inventor created the "Iron Man" suit of armor.
Who is Tony Stark?
300
This Italian astronomer was the creator of the telescope, as we know it today.
Who was Galileo?
300
This scientist was the first to discover that the Sun, not the Earth, was at the center of our solar system.
Who was Galileo?
300
Other than his invention of the light bulb, this inventor is also known for creating the voice recorder, record player, and the motion picture camera.
Who was Thomas Edison?
300
This American industrialist developed the assembly line.
Who was Henry Ford?
300
This toy, a rigid plastic loop meant to be twirled about the waist, was invented in 1958 by Arthur K. Melin and Richard Knerr.
What is a hula hoop?
400
This inventor taught children who were deaf.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
400
This Polish-French chemist is famous for her pioneering research on radium.
Who was Marie Curie?
400
This Italian inventor conceptualized (came up with) the helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, and a calculator through his drawings.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
400
This inventor founded the software company Microsoft, which is used in almost every computer today.
Who is Bill Gates?
400
This cookie was invented in 1936 by Ruth Graves Wakefield at the Toll House Inn when she added a certain type of broken up candy bar to her butter drop dough cookie recipe.
What is a chocolate chip cookie?
500
This scientist became the first woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne.
Who was Marie Curie?
500
This French inventor created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax.
Who was Louis Pasteur?
500
This French chemist is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases.
Who was Louis Pasteur?
500
This American inventor's introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.
Who was Henry Ford?
500
This flexible spring toy that can 'walk down stairs' was invented in the 1940s by engineer Richard James. It's also easy to get tangled!