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Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci.
What is the currency of Japan?
the Japanese yen.
What is the main language spoken in Brazil?
Portuguese.
How many legs does a spider have?
eight legs.
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
the Pacific Ocean
Before the introduction of the compass, destination, position and direction at sea were primarily determined by ..................
the sighting of landmarks, along with the observation of the position of stars and celestial bodies.
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Japan
What is the unit of electric current?
Ampere (A).
The earliest wheels were made from...........
wood
The wheel was invented in 3500 BC and facilitated agriculture and commerce by enabling the transportation of goods to and from markets. Wheels have transformed our lives, and are used in everything from clocks to vehicles.
Who is credited with the discovery of penicillin? what is his nationality ?
Alexander Fleming.
Scottish
The first telephone was invented ..................
by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
Who is credited as the primary inventor of a light bulb?
Thomas Edison is credited as the primary inventor because he created a completely functional lighting system, including a generator and wiring as well as a carbon-filament bulb.
Who invented paper ?
The Chinese
Who is "father of the computer", who conceptualised and invented the first mechanical computer?
Charles Babbage, an English mechanical engineer.
But The principle of the modern computer was first described by computer scientist Alan Turing, who set out the idea in his seminal 1936 paper, On Computable Numbers.
Who is the inventor of the ball-point pen?
The Argentinian inventor László József Bíró
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Who is considered the inventor of the Web?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist.
On 12 March, 1989, he wrote a proposal for what would eventually become the World Wide Web.
However, in a May 1970 issue of Popular Science magazine, Arthur C Clarke predicted that satellites would one day "bring the accumulated knowledge of the world to your fingertips"
What did people use for writing before the invention of paper?
papyrus, parchment and palm leaves.......... etc