Great inventions
This Scottish-born inventor is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
This app, which allows users to make voice and video calls over the internet, was created in Estonia and bought by Microsoft in 2011.
What is Skype
This Finnish company revolutionized mobile phones with its early dominance in the industry, especially with its 3310 model.
What is Nokia
This iconic snack was born when a frustrated chef fried potato slices until they were crisp to spite a customer.
What are potato chips
This beverage, which has been made for thousands of years, is produced by fermenting crushed grapes.
What is wine
This physicist developed the theory of relativity, which laid the foundation for modern physics.
Who is Albert Einstein
In 2005, Estonia became the first country to allow its citizens to participate in national elections using this method.
What is e-voting
This music streaming platform, founded in Sweden in 2006, revolutionized how we listen to music by offering access to millions of tracks on demand.
What is Spotify
This popular fizzy beverage was accidentally created by a pharmacist trying to develop a cure for headaches.
What is Coca-Cola
This style of governing is credited to ancient Athens.
What is democracy
These siblings were the first to achieve powered, controlled, and sustained flight in 1903.
Who are the Wright brothers
This Estonian ride-hailing company, founded in 2013, has expanded globally and now offers services beyond just rides, including electric scooters and food delivery.
What is Bolt
This Russian scientist is credited with inventing the periodic table, a key tool in chemistry.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev
This life-saving antibiotic was discovered in 1928 when Alexander Fleming noticed mold killing bacteria in a petri dish.
What is Penicillin
This timekeeping device, used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks, measured the passage of time based on shadows cast by the sun.
What is the sundial
This inventor not only introduced the Model T but also made cars affordable for the average American through mass production.
Who is Henry Ford
This Estonian-made satellite, launched in 2013, marked the country's first venture into space and was developed by a student team from the University of Tartu.
What is ESTCube
This invention, developed by a Lithuanian-American engineer, helped soldiers breathe safely in World War I.
What is the gas mask
This medical imaging technology was discovered accidentally in 1895 by Wilhelm Roentgen while experimenting with cathode rays.
What are X-rays
This ancient civilization is credited with inventing the wheel around 3500 BCE.
Who are the Sumerians / Mesopotamians
This scientist’s work with radioactivity led to the discovery of radium and polonium, earning her two Nobel Prizes.
Who is Marie Curie
Founded in 2011, this company disrupted the money transfer industry by providing cheaper and more transparent international transfers.
What is TransferWise
This invention, co-created by a Latvian physicist, is essential for recording and amplifying sound.
What is the microphone
This substance, now used in construction and modeling, was originally intended as a wallpaper cleaner.
What is Play-Doh
Developed by the ancient Greeks around 300 BCE, this invention revolutionized warfare with its ability to propel projectiles over great distances.
What is the catapult