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100
Alan Turing is considered the father of...
A) modern computer science
B) artificial intelligence
C) modern translation
A) modern computer science
100
Penicillin was discovered by...
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Elizabeth Blackwell
C) Alexander Fleming
C) Alexander Fleming
100
Pasta was brought from China to Italy by the explorer Marco Polo
A) True
B) False
B) False
100
America was first "discovered" by...
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Bjarni Herjólfsson
C) Bjarni Herjólfsson
200
Radium was discovered by...
A) Marie Curie
B) Margherita Hack
C) Maria Montessori
A) Marie Curie
200
The first COVID vaccine was introduced by...
A) The Russians
B) The British
C) The Germans
A) The Russians
200
The first hot chocolate was created by the Aztecs
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
B) FALSE (it was the Mayans)
200
Double your points!
300
Give 300 points to the next team!
300
Rubber was first used by...
A) The Romans
B) The Egyptians
C) Mesoamerican civilizations
C) Mesoamerican civilizations
300
The first chocolate cookie, specifically the chocolate chip cookie, was accidentally invented by Ruth Wakefield...
A) Because she didn't have any chocolate left
B) Because she mixed two different types of sugar
A) Because she didn't have any chocolate left
300
The first piano was built in...
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) Russia
A) Italy
400
The first modern credit card was released in...
A) 1948
B) 1950
C) 1959
B) 1950
400
The first vaccine was developed by...
A) Edward Jenner
B) Albert Einstein
C) Louis Pasteur
A) Edward Jenner
400
Which of the following is recognized as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO?
A) traditional Mexican cuisine
B) the Mediterranean diet
C) both
C) both
400
The first automatic washing machine was built in...
A) 1920
B) 1910
C) 1950
B) 1910
500
The first humanoid robot, WABOT-1, was created in 1970 by...
A) a Japanese researcher
B) a Chinese engineer
C) an American researcher
A) a Japanese researcher
500
The first disposable menstrual pad was created in...
A) Alabama
B) New York
C) Wisconsin
C) Wisconsin
500
Sugarcane was first cultivated in New Guinea and then imported in Europe by...
A) the Romans
B) the Indians
C) the Arabs
C) the Arabs
500
The first movie in history was made in...
A) 1850
B) 1888
C) 1900
B) 1888