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. Arch-gravity dam (e.g. PuyForadado Dam or Kasserine Dam) in Roman Empire
1977
1878
1605
2nd
2. 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
1990
1985
1480s
c. 515 BC
3. Three-masted ship (mizzen - on Syracusia) under Hiero II of Syracuse - Sicily
5th/6th c.
c. 240 BC
16 ka
2nd
4. S
4th
1733
1717
1.8 million years ago
5. Thomas Newcomen builds the first steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine - unlike Thomas Savery's - used a piston.
1480s
1119
1712
400 ka
6. Twisted rope
400 ka
14th c.
1709
28 ka
7. Dry dock some time after Ptolemy IV (221
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
c. 515 BC
After 205 BC
1742
8. Co-creation of the integrated circuit by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
1958-59
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
2nd c.
5th/6th c.
9. Watermill (grain mill) by Greek engineers in Eastern Mediterranean (see also List of ancient watermills)
1804
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
1470s
1119
10. Paper in Ancient China - Although it is recorded that the Han Dynasty (202 BC
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 240 BC
2nd c. BC
1977
11. Arch dam (Glanum Dam) in Gallia Narbonensis - Roman Republic (see also List of Roman dams)
1764
1st c. BC
1878
1804
12. 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
2nd c. BC
Early 3rd c. BC
1119
c. 480 BC
13. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
2nd
1420s
1878
c. 480 BC
14. First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households in Arco - Idaho
December 20 - 1951
3rd c. BC
1826
2nd c. BC
15. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.
1088
1995
160
5th c. BC
16. Water wheel in Hellenistic kingdoms described by Philo of Byzantium (ca. 280
1888
c. 480 BC
3rd c. BC
60 ka
17. 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
Before 71 BC (possibly 3rd c. BC)
36 ka
9th c.
1286
18. 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
563
1804
1088
5th c. BC
19. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1st
1804
1877
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
20. Noria in Roman Empire
Ca. 300
1990
December 20 - 1951
400 ka
21. James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
1878
1764
1286
1st
22. Bow
60 ka
c. 240 BC
1742
1878
23. Fire and then cooking
1804
1282
1801
1.8 million years ago
24. 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
1822
1826
1470s
5th c. BC
25. Anders Celsius develops the Centigrade temperature scale.
1717
1877
3rd c. BC
1742
26. Newspaper (Relation) - Johann Carolus in Strassburg - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (see also List of the oldest newspapers)
1888
1605
408
160
27. Floating crane in Rhineland - Holy Roman Empire
563
14th c.
1st c. BC
December 20 - 1951
28. Segmental arch bridge (e.g. Pont-Saint-Martin or Ponte San Lorenzo) in Italy - Roman Republic
1.8 million years ago
4th
1st c. BC
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
29. Wind power in an open air stream is thus proportional to the third power of the wind speed; the available power increases eightfold when the wind speed doubles. Wind turbines for grid electricity therefore need to be especially efficient at greater w
1802
1742
1888
Early 3rd c. BC
30. Wheelbarrow in Attica - Ancient Greece
1st c. BC
1742
408
1st c.
31. Waterway connecting two seas (Ancient Suez Canal) by Greek engineers under Ptolemy II (283
60 ka
1804
1494
Early 3rd c. BC
32. The electric light bulb was first patented in England by 1878 by Joseph Swan after having experimented since about 1850. Thomas Edison in the U.S. was working on improving the bulb patented by Swan and was granted a U.S. patent in 1879.
1878
c. 240 BC
1560
1888
33. The first working phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison
400 ka
2nd c. BC
2nd c. BC
1877
34. 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
1804
1119
14th c.
35. The tank was invented by Ernest Swinton - although the British Royal Commission on Awards recognised a South Australian named Lance de Mole who had submitted a proposal to the British War Office - for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily stee
1915
1800-01
1878
1712
36. World Wide Web by a British national in Geneva - Switzerland - The World Wide Web was first proposed on March 1989 by English engineer and computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium. The project was pub
1990
1712
1804
Early 3rd c. BC
37. Greek fire in Constantinople - Byzantine Empire- Greek fire - an incendiary weapon likely based on petroleum or naphtha - was invented by Kallinikos - a Greek refugee to Constantinople - as described by Theophanes. However - the historicity and exact
1733
1439
1878
672
38. Railway steam locomotive - Richard Trevithick
1802
1088
1804
1470s
39. Crossbow in Ancient China and Ancient Greece - In Ancient China - the earliest evidence of bronze crossbow bolts dates as early as mid-5th century BC in Yutaishan - Hubei.In Ancient Greece - the terminus ante quem of the gastraphetes is 421 BC.
1878
1958-59
5th c. BC
1712
40. Sakia gear in Hellenistic Egypt
672
2nd c. BC
5th c. BC
1826
41. Parachute (with frame) in Renaissance Italy
1470s
Ca. 300
Early 3rd c. BC
1709
42. Arc lamp - Humphry Davy (exact date unclear; not practical as a light source until generators)
1802
1439
1915
1470s
43. Shelter construction
14th c.
1878
500 thousand years ago (ka)
c. 480 BC
44. Printing press in Mainz - Germany - The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 - based on existing screw presses. The first confirmed record of a press appeared in a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg.
1439
Late 3rd
4th
9th c.
45. 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.
1990
1717
c. 480 BC
46. Rebreather - Henry Fleuss was granted a patent for the first practical rebreather
160
1804
Late 3rd
1878
47. Pendentive dome (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople - Eastern Roman Empire
1st c.
1st c. BC
563
2nd c. (or 1st c. BC)
48. Crane in Ancient Greece
c. 515 BC
1st c.
1915
December 20 - 1951
49. Crankshaft in Augusta Raurica - Roman Empire
1717
2nd c.
9th c.
1888
50. Glue in Italy
200 ka
c. 480 BC
2nd c. BC
3rd c. BC