SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Timeline Of Historic Inventions
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
trivia
,
history
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Lateen sail in Roman Empire
1802
1826
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
2nd c. BC
2. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
Before 421 BC
60 ka
1420s
1742
3. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co
December 20 - 1951
1119
1286
7th c.
4. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1958-59
2nd c.
1878
1712
5. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
5th/6th c.
1995
c. 240 BC
200 ka
6. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1958-59
1420s
1560
7. Glue in Italy
1958-59
1480s
28 ka
200 ka
8. Bow
2nd c. BC
28 ka
1802
60 ka
9. Pigments in Zambia
400 ka
7th c.
1804
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
10. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
9th c.
1712
December 20 - 1951
1286
11. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
1990
1712
672
1878
12. The pattern-tracing lathe (actually more like a shaper) is completed by Thomas Blanchard for the U.S. Ordnance Dept. The lathe could copy symmetrical shapes and was used for making gun stocks - and later - ax handles. The lathe's patent was in force
1958-59
5th/6th c.
1822
1286
13. Brace in Flandres - Holy Roman Empire
7th c.
400 ka
408
1420s
14. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
c. 240 BC
5th c. BC
1804
Early 3rd c. BC
15. Buttress dam in Roman Empire
1st
1.8 million years ago
1439
Before 421 BC
16. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1826
160
36 ka
1742
17. Mechanization of papermaking (paper mill) in X
1282
1802
1804
1494
18. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
1801
1990
1915
1977
19. Stephen Hales takes measurements of blood pressure.
2nd c. BC
1733
1822
1990
20. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
1888
1480s
2nd c. BC
Before 421 BC
21. S
1420s
1717
1822
2nd c.
22. Cast iron in Ancient China - Confirmed by archaeological evidence - the earliest cast iron was developed in China by the early 5th century BC during the Zhou Dynasty (1122
672
1878
1709
5th c. BC
23. Friction Match - John Walker
Ca. 300
400 ka
1826
9th c.
24. Numerical zero in Ancient India - The concept of zero as a number - and not merely a symbol for separation is attributed toIndia. In India - practical calculations were carried out using zero - which was treated like any other number by the 9th centu
1800-01
563
9th c.
1st
25. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
1877
1286
Early 3rd c. BC
1802
26. Double-entry bookkeeping system codified by Luca Pacioli
1494
7th c.
5th/6th c.
c. 515 BC
27. Friction Match - John Walker
28 ka
1st c.
400 ka
1826
28. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
672
1st c. BC
7th c.
1733
29. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
1119
1605
563
14th c.
30. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
9th c.
2nd c. BC
1995
5th/6th c.
31. Gunpowder in Ancient China - Gunpowder was - according to prevailing academic consensus - discovered in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality. Evidence of gunpowder's first use in China comes from the Five Dynas
1826
2nd c.
9th c.
1800-01
32. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
c. 240 BC
60 ka
1877
2nd c.
33. A CD-ROM (an acronym of 'Compact Disc Read-only memory') is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to - but not writable by - a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985
672
1800-01
1985
3rd c. BC
34. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1802
1822
1888
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
35. Spears in Germany
400 ka
2nd c. BC
1888
4th
36. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
Ca. 300
35 ka
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
1st c. BC
37. Mariner's compass (wet compass) in Ancient China - The earliest recorded use of magnetized needle for navigational purposes at sea is found in Zhu Yu's book Pingzhou Table Talks of 1119 (written from 1111 to 1117). The typical Chinese navigational co
1804
1977
1119
1990
38. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1764
400 ka
Before 421 BC
1.8 million years ago
39. Fore-and-aft rig (spritsail) in Ancient Greece
1977
c. 515 BC
2nd c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
40. Banknote in Tang Dynasty China - The banknote was first developed in China during the Tang and Song dynasties - starting in the 7th century. Its roots were in merchant receipts of deposit during the Tang Dynasty (618
7th c.
4th
After 205 BC
Early 3rd c. BC
41. DVD is an optical disc storage format - invented and developed by Philips - Sony - Toshiba - and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.
Early 3rd c. BC
1995
3rd c. BC
5th c. BC
42. Jacquard loom (loom controlled by punched card) - Joseph Marie Jacquard
563
1995
1801
1990
43. Crank and connecting rod (Hierapolis sawmill) in Asia Minor - Roman Empire
60 ka
Late 3rd c.
400 ka
1958-59
44. Shelter construction
3rd c. BC
c. 515 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
1995
45. Catapult in Ancient Greece (incl. Sicily)
1800-01
Before 421 BC
2nd c. BC
After 205 BC
46. Movable type in Ancient China - The first record of a movable type system is in the Dream Pool Essays written in 1088 - which attributed the invention of the movable type to Bi Sheng. In the 15th century - Johannes Gutenberg independently invented th
1088
1470s
After 205 BC
1764
47. Canal lock (possibly pound lock) in Ancient Suez Canal under Ptolemy II (283
35 ka
Early 3rd c. BC
Late 3rd
160
48. High pressure steam engine - Richard Trevithick and Oliver Evans - independently
1801
400 ka
December 20 - 1951
1800-01
49. Morphine in Paderborn - Germany - Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 by Friedrich Sert
672
1804
1088
16 ka
50. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1480s
1802
5th/6th c.
5th c. BC