Question 1
Which German craftsman transformed book production in Europe around 1450 with metal letters that could be rearranged and reused?
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Benjamin Franklin
- Aldus Manutius
- William Caxton
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Historical Inventions trivia quiz
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- Photography
- Printing
- Textiles
- Elevators
- Medicine
- Navigation
- Radio
- Rubber
- Steelmaking
- Agriculture
- Aviation
- Calculators
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Question 2
Which Scottish-born inventor received a famous 1876 patent for a device that carried voices over electrical wires?
- Samuel Morse
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Nikola Tesla
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Alexander Graham Bell
Question 3
Which American inventor developed a machine that could record and play back sound in 1877?
- Eli Whitney
- George Eastman
- Thomas Edison
- Charles Goodyear
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Thomas Edison
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