Q8 Discoveries & Inventions 50 0 Greenland was first discoveredby a Viking, Eric the Red - inwhich year? 982 AD 753 AD 1235 AD 504 AD Who was the first man to sail round the world? Ferdinand Magellan James Cook Lord G. Anson Francis Drake Whose route of exploration ledhim through China, India and other parts of Asia in the 13th century? Marco Polo Christopher Columbus Vasco da Gama Bartholomew Diaz Who sought a route to China bytravelling west from Europe? He found S. America believing it to be Asia? Christopher Columbus Marco Polo Amerigo Vespucci John Cabot Who discovered Australia? William Janszoon James Cook Abel Tasman William Dampier Captain Cook charted the coastline of New Zealand and E. Australia. What did he seekon another of his voyages? North West Passage The magnetic pole Ocean route to Russia North East Passage Who first reached the South Pole on 14th December, 1911? Roald Amundsen Robert Scott Edmund Hillary Ernest Shackleton Who was sent to find Dr Livingstone during an expedition to find the source of the Nile? H. M. Stanley John Speke James Ross Mungo Park What nationality was Robert Peary who was the first to reach the North Pole in 1909? American Norwegian English Scottish Who was the first man on the moon? Neil Armstrong Frank Borman Charles Conrad Jim Lovell In 1953 Edmund Hillary was oneof the first men to climb Everest. What nationality was he? New Zealander English Swiss American In 1534 Jacques Cartier discovered Canada and named Mount Royal. What is it now known as? Montreal Toronto Quebec Ottawa In 1776 James Cook discovered the Sandwich Islands. What arethey now known as? Hawaiian Islands Christmas Islands Cook Islands Soloman Islands At around 1000 AD the Vikings reached N. America. Who was their leader? Leif Ericsson Sweyn of Denmark Guthrum Floki Vilgerdarson Who were the first Europeans to set foot in Japan? Portuguese English Dutch Italian The mythical figure of Sinbad sailed to the Sea of Pearls. Where was this? Persian Gulf South China Sea Bay of Bengal Gulf of Siam About what date is it thought the wheel was invented? 3500 BC 5000 BC 500 AD 8000 BC Writing first began in about 3500 BC. What was the earliesttype of script called? Mesopotamian Hieroglyphs Cuneiform Hieratic The Bow is regarded as being the world's first machine. About what date was it invented? 20,000 BC 3000 BC 300 AD 600 AD In which country was the idea of printing conceived? India China Egypt Greece The first windmills were reputedly invented by a slave in about 650 AD. In which country? Persia Spain Holland England The crane was invented either by the Greeks or Romans. At about what date? 1st Century AD 500 BC 1000 BC 1500 BC Which nationality's 10th century optical theories were used to make the first spectacles 400 years later? Arabs Italians Chinese Greeks Which country invented the magnetic compass around the 11th century? China Egypt Portugal Italy The first microscope was probably invented in Holland, at about what date? 1600 1350 1500 1750 Who had to recant his support of the theory that the earth revolved around the sun to save himself from execution? Galileo Newton Copernicus Kepler Which Greek mathematician established the principles of levers? Archimedes Aristotle Plato Pythagoras Who patented the "water frame"and set up cotton mills, one of which was destroyed by a mob in 1779? Arkwright Hargreaves Kay Cartwright Who was the author of "Principia Mathematica"? Newton Descartes Pascal Thomson What was one of the inventionsof Sir Humphrey Davy? Miners' safety lamp Hydraulic jack Hypodermic syringe Lighthouse "flashing" system Who discovered vaccination as a means of preventing smallpox? Edward Jenner Joseph Priestley Ronald Ross James Simpson Who discovered penicillin? Fleming Curie Pasteur Lister What did Sir Christopher Cockerell invent? Hovercraft R100 Airship Helicopter Hydrofoil Jacques Cousteau helped develop the aqualung. He has explored many parts of the ocean, in which ship? Calypso Discovery Rainbow Warrior Gipsy Moth Who invented the electric light bulb and the gramophone? Edison Westinghouse Holmes Bell In 1876 the telephone was invented by whom? Bell Marconi Baird Edison What did Nobel invent, the fortune from which enabled himto set up the annual award of five prizes? Dynamite Bicycle Submarine Combustion engine Which was the first country toinvent and issue postage stamps? Britain Brazil France America Who discovered by accident thefriction match in 1827? John Walker Robert Swan George Baker Carl Vesta What nationality was Linus Yale who patented the Yale Cylinder lock? American British French German Who invented the vacuum flask? James Dewar William Walker William Thermos Reinhold Burger In which year were potato crisps invented - by a Red Indian Chief! 1853 1923 1904 1875 Who invented the domestic vacuum cleaner? Hubert Booth Murray Spangler William Hoover Alfred Nobel Mendel's investigations of thepea resulted in vastly increased knowledge of ....? Heredity Photosynthesis Growth Botanical classification Prof. Gabor was awarded the 1971 Nobel Physics prize for what discovery? The Hologram Electron microscope Superconductivity The laser Who made the first scientific classification of plants? Linnaeus Mendel Darwin Banks What did Wilhelm Rontgen discover? X-rays Radioactivity Ground rays Fluorescence What did Newcomen, Watt and Trevithick all develop? Steam engine Light bulb Photography Internal combustion engine With what invention did Frank Whittle contribute to World War II? Jet engine Radar Bouncing bomb Atom bomb What did Fox Talbot, Daguerre and Ničpce all help develop? 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