The first plastic invented was what?

Celluloid Click to see the answer

Which scientific instrument did Robert Bunsen invent?

Bunsen burner

Venetian blinds were invented where?

Japan

George Eastman invented what type of camera?

Box Camera

Who is the invention of the light bulb credited to?

Thomas Edison

Who were Kenwood food mixers invented by?

Ken Wood

Who invented the wireless in 1901?

Guglielmo Marconi Click to see the answer

In which country were Phonecards invented?

Italy

Which innovation was added to bicycles in 1839?

Pedals

Alexander Graham Bell invented which of these?

Telephones

Which of these inventions came first?

Telephone

John Logie Baird's first successful invention was what?

Socks to prevent sweaty feet

Invented in Japan, what is a Wadokei?

Watch

In 1589 John Harington invented what?

Toilet

Hans Jansen invented which of these instruments?

Microscope

Which of these appliances was invented in 1679?

Pressure Cooker Click to see the answer

The Pentel company invented what type of pen?

Felt tips

Scissors were invented by who?

Leonardo da Vinci

The ZX80, ZX81 and Spectrum were invented by who?

Clive Sinclair

Cellulose nitrate' was the first example of what?

Plastic

Andre and Edouard Michelin developed what?

Tyres

Thomas Edison's first practical invention was what?

Ticker tape

Nachos were invented in which restaurant chain?

El Moderno

Walter Hunt invented which of these?

Safety pin

The Montgolfier brothers invented what?

Hot air balloon

The chemist Alfred Bird invented which of these foods?

Instant custard

Which of these was invented by Percy Shaw?

Cats eyes

Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick invented what in the 1880s?

Contact lenses Click to see the answer

Samuel Colt invented which of these?

Revolver

Who invented Kenwood food mixers?

Ken Wood

Who was the food processor invented by?

Ken Wood

Humphry Davy invented what in the early 19th century?

Safety lamp

Who invented vulcanised rubber?

Charles Goodyear

Johannes Gutenberg famously invented the what?

Printing press

Edwin H. Land invented what snappy device in 1947?

Polaroid Camera

Isaac Singer's invention can be used for what?

Sewing

The first diesel locomotive was built when?

1912

Which of these was invented first?

Mangle

Which game was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts in 1941?

Scrabble

Fireworks were invented in which country?

China

Aerosol sprays were invented in which century?

20th

Charles Babbage famously invented what?

Computer

In which year did Charles Babbage invent the first mechanical computer?

1822 Click to see the answer

Which kitchen invention was originally called the Magnetron?

Microwave

Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison both worked on which invention on each sode of the Atlantic?

Lightbulb

Which board game was invented by a Quaker to demonstrate the evils of capitalism?

Monopoly

What was the first name of Colt, who patented the revolver?

Samuel

What was the surname of television inventor John Logie?

Baird

Which Renaissance artist and inventor sketched out a prototype helicopter?

Da Vinci

Compasses were first used for navigation in which century?

11th

The first SMS text was sent in which year?

1992

Ride sharing company Uber was founded in which year?

2009

What type of animal was Dolly, first mammal to be cloned?

Sheep

The first ballpoint pen was invented in which century?

19th

What invention replaced vacuum tubes in electronics?

Transistors

Diesel trains started to be introduced in the UK in which decade?

1950s

The 2009 release Cave Game eventually turned into which hit videogame?

Minecraft

Which ancient civilisation invented nails to use in construction?

Egyptians

Who was the first British monarch to travel by train?

Queen Victoria

The Davy Lamp revolutionised safety in which industry?

Mining

What was the name of the metal soap pad invented in 1913?

Brillo Click to see the answer

What was the name of the wireless in-ear headphones launched by Apple in 2019?

Airpods

Which ancient inventor shouted 'Eureka!' when he made an important discovery?

Archimedes

What was the name of the aerodynamic plastic disc, invented in 1957?

Frisbee

Surfing was invented in which group of islands?

Hawaii

Isaac Newton invented which type of mathematics?

Calculus

Which famous English scientist invented the reflecting telescope?

Isaac Newton

Which engineer invented the wireless telegraph?

Marconi

The process for carbonating water was invented in which century?

18th

A daguerreotype is an early type of what?

Photograph

In which decade was the Geiger Counter for radiation invented?

1900s

What was the first name of Tull, inventor of the seed drill?

Jethro

Which car company's founder pioneered assembly lines in factories?

Ford

Which company invented the Airwrap hair styler?

Dyson

Kidney dialysis was invented in which decade?

1940s

What was the name of the first mass-produced hybrid car?

Prius

Henry Bessemer experimented with iron in 1850 and invented which metal?

Steel

What happened at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903?

First Flight

Which American invented the phonograph, electric light bulb and microphone?

Edison

Porcelain was first made in which country?

China

Which country worked with the UK on developing the Concorde aeroplane?

France

What is the alternative name for a whirlpool bath, after the person who invented it?

Jacuzzi Click to see the answer

The Heimlich manouevre was invented to deal with which first aid emergency?

Choking

A lodestone was an early form of which device?

Compass

The first postage stamp introduced in the 1940s was called the Penny what?

Black

Which year saw the introduction of e-cigarettes?

2006

Dialysis was invented as a way of treating which organ in the 1940s?

Kidney

The invention of the Spinning Jenny revolutionised the processing of which crop?

Cotton

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in which US city?

Seattle

X-Rays were discovered by a scientist in which country?

Germany

In which decade was the first Macintosh computer launched?

1980s

In which decade were drones invented?

1990s

Which company first released the Photoshop software in 1990?

Adobe

The world's first cinema screenings took place in which European city?

Paris

Seatbelts were originally invented for which type of transport?

Gliders

Credit cards were first issued in the UK in which year?

1966

What item if clothing was invented by William Bowler?

Hat

The 1802 'Puffing Devil' was an early example of what?

Train

The first device containing semi-conductors was made in which year?

1947

Netflix was founded in which year?

1997

What was the name of the steam engine invented by George Stephenson?

Rocket

Christiaan Huygens who invented pendulums to regulate clocks, was from which country?

Netherlands

When was the first submarine built?

1620

Laszlo Biro invented which writing implement?

Ballpoint Pen

Roy Plunkett invented which non stick cooking surface?

Teflon

Alexander Fleming invented which globally used antibiotic?

Penicillin Click to see the answer

Alexander Graham Bell is credited which inventing what?

Telephone

Frank Zamboni invented which machine?

Ice Re-surfer

James Naismith invented which piece of sporting equipment?

Football Helmet

What color is standard cellophane?

Clear

Which brothers invented the fixed wing plane?

Wright

Adolphe Sax invented which musical instrument?

Saxophone

Henry Coover invented which fixative?

Super Glue

Which company invented the first one user computer?

IBM

Rene Laennec invented which piece of medical equipment?

Stethoscope

The baffling puzzle consisting of different color blocks was invented by who?

Rubik

Samuel F. B. Morse invented which communication method using dots and dashes?

Morse Code

Which soda was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg?

7 Up

The centigrade temperature scale was invented by who?

Celsius

The phonograph is another invention credited to who?

Thomas Edison

What nationality is Erno Rubik, inventor of the famous cube?

Hungarian

Karl Nessler invented which machine that curled women's hair?

Permanent Wave

Which best selling perfume was invented by Ernest Beaux?

Chanel No. 5

Adolph Rickenbacker invented which musical instrument?

Electric Guitar

Ira Remsen invented which synthetic substitute for sugar?

Saccharin

Julius Richard Petri invented which kind of receptacle for a science lab?

Dish

Samuel Colt invented which kind of gun?

Revolver

The bouncing bomb that destroyed German dams in WWII was invented by who?

Barnes Wallace

William Oughtred invented which device widely used in construction?

Slide Rule

Ernest Swinton invented which armored vehicle?

The Tank

Pictures came into the home when who invented the TV?

John Logie Baird

Henry Perky invited which global breakfast cereal?

Shredded Wheat

The telegraph was invented by who?

Samuel F. B. Morse

Albert Hofmann invented which hallucinogen?

LSD

The surname of the inventor of the pin tumbler lock was what?

Yale

William Edward Addis invented which aid to dental health?

Toothbrush

Gilmore Schjeldahl invented which item for poor travellers?

Airsickness Bags

Who invented the photographic film?

George Eastman

When was plywood invented?

3500 BC

You will find the name Elisha Otis on which building fixtures?

Elevators

John Pemberton invented which global soda?

Coca-Cola

George William Manby invented which potential lifesaver?

Fire Extinguisher

Which sport was invented by James Naismith?

Basketball

James Leonard Plimpton invented which wheeled footwear?

Roller Skates

Which diving apparel was invented by Hugh Bradner?

Wetsuits

Alfred Nobel invented which explosive?

Dynamite

Ruth Handler invented which iconic toy?

Barbie

The powered airship was invented by who?

Henri Giffard Click to see the answer

In 1960, which of these hair innovations appeared for the first time?

Hair spray

Samuel Morse, who invented Morse code, was of what nationality?

American

Robert Watson-Watt earned a knighthood for which wartime invention?

Radar

In the name of Mexican inventor Luis E. Miramotes, what does the 'E' Stand for?

Ernesto

The transistor was invented in which year?

1947

Which airborne device was Otto Skelk an early pioneer of?

The hang glider Click to see the answer

Flymo developed a machine based on a hovercraft used to cut what?

Grass

The electric razor was invented in the United States in 1928 by who?

Jacob Schick

The first motorcycle was built in what year?

1885

What was the nickname of Mexican restaraunter Ignacio Anaya, based on the dish he invented?

Nacho

Which bit of computer equipment was invented by Douglas Engelbart?

Mouse

While in Newgate Prison, which hygiene aid did William Addis invent?

Toothbrush

What is the 'Cow in the Can' patented by John Meyenberg in 1884?

Evaporated milk

Manufactured in the 1900s by Charles Fey the liberty bell is a what?

Slot machine

David Brewster invented which swiftly changing pattern maker in 1816?

Kaleidoscope Click to see the answer

Marine engineer Robert Fulton invented and successfully trialed which type of transport in 1803?

Steamboat

Angelo Mendez invented which drink?

Kola Champagne

The zipper was invented by who?

Whitcomb L. Judson

George G. Blaisdell invented which of these?

Zippo lighter

In 1921 John Augustus Larson invented which type of detector?

Lie detector

Which of these was invented after 1948?

Liquid paper

Thomas Edison recited which nursery rhyme on the very first gramophone?

Mary Had a Little Lamb

The first electrical generator was invented in which century?

17th

Analytical geometry was invented by which philosopher and mathematician?

Rene Descartes

Who, known for a key role in the Mexican Revolution, invented Mexico's first semi automatic rifle?

Manuel Mondragon

Which inventor's last name literally means 'coloring flower' in Russian?

Mikhal Tsvet

In 1970, what did Robert Moog invent?

Musical synthesizer Click to see the answer

In what year was the yo-yo invented?

1928

The Meccano construction system was created by which engineer and inventor?

Frank Hornby

In which field was Henry Fox Talbot a 19th century pioneer?

Photography

Which motorists' annoyance was invented by Carl Magee in the United States in 1935?

Parking Meters

The invention of the cat flap is accredited to which great scientist?

Isaac Newton

The first MP3 player was invented by who?

Nathan Schulhof

Charles Strite of Minnesota patented what breakfast device in 1919?

Pop-up toaster

Paper was invented in which country?

China

Which was the first tech company to invent an e-reader device?

Sony

The first modern shower was invented for bathrooms in which century?

18th

What was the name of the first widely-used web browser, launched in 1993?

Mosaic

What was the surname of the inventor of the hovercraft?

Cockerell

Which company developed the first instant coffee?

Nestle

The first professional police force was set up in which Scottish city in 1800?

Glasgow

What was the first name of Braille, who came up with the system of writing in raised dots?

Louis Click to see the answer

Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium and which other element?

Polonium

What artificial fibre was invented by British scientists John Whinfield and James Dickson in the 1940s?

Polyester

Adolph Sax invented which instrument?

Saxophone

The first steam-powered motorbike was invented in which decade?

1860s

Frank Whittle invented which type of engine?

Jet

Bar codes were invented in which decade?

1950s

Zips were invented by a travelling salesman from which country?

United States

Dynamite was invented in which century?

19th

What was the first name of Jenner, inventor of the smallpox vaccine?

Edward

The first dishwasher machine was invented in which year?

1886

What was the first cryptocurrency, invented n 2008?

Bitcoin

The central heating radiator was invented in which century?

19th

Humphrey Davy's safety lamp was invented to detect which gas in coal mines?

Methane

Which tech company invented the hard disk drive?

IBM

Canning food was developed in response to a competition run by which European leader?

Napoloeon

Igor Sikorsky invented which type of transport?

Helicopter

What was the name of the calendar introduced in 1582?

Gregorian

The first DVD player was launched by Toshiba in which year?

1996 Click to see the answer

Barbed wire was invented in which country?

United States

Which country first used a compass to navigate in the 11th century?

China

What did Isaac Pitman invent?

Shorthand Writing

In which year did the Wright Brothers make the first powered flight?

1903

What was invented 40 years after the invention of canned food?

Can Opener

The Aga Cooker was invented in which country?

Sweden

In which decade was the telephone invented?

1870s

Thomas Newcomen was a pioneering figure in developing which type of engine?

Steam

Which French scientist founded the science of microbiology?

Pasteur

Which of these innovations for cans was introduced in 1962?

Easy-opening tabs

Nlcolae Paulescu invented artificial what to aid diabetics?

Insulin

Norm Larsen invented which product that put an end to squeaky hinges?

WD-40

Which car essential was invented by Edouard Michelin?

Pneumatic Tire

Arthur E Kennelly and Harold P Brown invented which widely used method of execution?

Electric Chair

Gunpei Yokoi invented which hand held gaming device?

Gameboy

Whitcomb Judson invented which fastener?

Zipper

Which drink was invented by Joseph Priestley?

Soda Water

Hans Lippershey invented which piece of equipment used by astronomers?

Telescope

Which mode of transport was invented by the Montgolfier brothers?

Hot Air Balloon

Christopher Cockerell invented which water based transport method?

Hovercraft

Which of these was invented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760?

Roller skate Click to see the answer

John Harvey Kellogg is a name synonymous with what?

Breakfast Cereals

What can you use to take cash out of a bank?

ATM

What did New Yorker Walter Hunt patent in the 1840s?

Safety pin

William Painter invented which device found in every kitchen drawer and bar?

Bottle Opener

Which inflatable life saver was invented by Assen Jordanoff?

Airbags

Which area of math was invented by John Napier?

Logarithms

Which Swede invented the padlock?

Christopher Polhem

What nationality was Jacob Perkins, who printed Britain's first postage stamps?

American

Antoine Louis is the guy responsible for which execution device?

The Guillotine

The man credited with inventing photography was what nationality?

French

Tomislav Uzelac invented the world's first what?

MP3 Player

American Sidney Rosenthal invented which writing implement?

Magic Marker

What kind of bookkeeping was invented by Luca Pacioli?

Double Entry

Which of these was invented and patented by Johan Edvard Lundstrom?

Safety match

In which decade did Laszlo Biro invent the ballpoint pen?

1930s

What was the occupation of cotton candy machine inventor William Morrison?

Dentist

What nationality was the inventor who patented the fountain pen in the 19th century?

Romanian

Ivan Vucetic invented which kind of personal identification?

Fingerprinting

Which scourge of motorists was invented by Frank Marugg?

Wheel Clamp

Paul C. Fisher invented what?

The Space Pen

Georges de Mestral invented which hoop and loop fastening system?

Velcro

Hyman George Rickover invented which underwater device?

Nuclear Submarine

Forrest Parry invented which item found on a credit card?

Magnetic Strip

When was the first Kodak camera invented?

1888

Joseph Shivers invented which elasticated fabric?

Spandex

In which decade of the 20th century was the aerosol invented?

40s

Which of these do you particularly associate with James Dyson?

Vacuum cleaner

Jules Montenier invented which product to make us all smell fresher?

Deodorant

Which temperature gauge was invented by Evangelista Torricelli?

Barometer

Friedrich Serturner discovered that which painkiller could be extracted from the opium poppy?

Morphine

Which Australian inventor is responsible for the refrigerator?

James Harrison

Which invention can be activated by clicking the heels together 3 times?

GPS Shoes

Who invented a way of producing aluminum?

Charles Hall

Douglas Engelbart invented which piece of computer hardware?

The Mouse

The Synthetic Diamond was invented by who?

Tracy Hall

Who invented the vacuum flask?

James Dewar

In which century were aerosol sprays invented?

20th

Cai Lun from China is credited with inventing which global necessity?

Paper

Which of these inventions was patented by George Eastman?

Roll film

What was the profession of John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the pneumatic tire?

Vet

The thermos flask was originally called what - named after its inventor?

Dewar flask

Hippolyte Mege-Mouries invented which alternative to butter?

Margarine

Which tool did Charles Moncke invent?

Monkey wrench

Which musical instrument was first crafted by Bartolommeo Cristofori

Piano

Which invention by Charles Seeburger was shown at the Paris Exhibition in 1900?

Escalator

Lazslo Biro invented the ballpoint pen in what year?

1938 Click to see the answer

Which Latin American nation claims to have invented football?

Paraguay

Stephen Poplawski is credited with inventing which household cookery aid?

Electric blender

The world's first electric drill was first patented by which inventor?

Arthur James Arnot

Hanway was the original name for which rainy-day invention?

Umbrella

In what year was the pressure cooker invented?

1679

Samuel Clegg invented the gas meter in which year?

1815 Click to see the answer

The vacuum cleaner was invented in which year?

1901

The first alarm clock was produced in which century?

14th

Invented in Japan, what type of weapon is a Katana?

Sword

Antiparasitic drugs were developed by Maria Gonzelez, an inventor from which country?

Mexico

Alessandro Volta build the first battery in what year?

1794

In what year was the first 'practical' Japanese typewriter invented?

1929

What do you call the wheeled transport and utility vehicle which name could be translated as Wild Bull?

Agrale Marrua

Pedro Paulet is sometimes refeered to as the father of what?

Aeronautics

Which inventor famously said 'Mad people have opened the way for the wise'?

Luiz Zambrano Click to see the answer

Roberto de Moura was a key pioneer of which device?

Mobile Phone

The mixture of tar and small stones known as tarmac was invented by who?

John Loudon McAdam

Ron River who invented the ceramic water filter hailed from which country?

Puerto Rico

The Cyclone and the Race were two early models of which nowadays common object?

Hairdryer

The Chivito dish was invented in which nation?

Uruguay

Francis Galton is associated with which identification system?

Fingerprints

The first steam engine was designed for what?

Draining mines

The microwave oven was invented in which decade?

1940s

Which way of travelling was invented by John Joseph Merlin in the 1760s?

Roller Skates

What was invented by Laszlo Biro in 1938?

Ballpoint Pen

Alessandro Volta, who invented the battery, was from which country?

Italy

Invented in 1934, where would you expect to find cats' eyes?

Road Click to see the answer

Which code was invented using a combination of dots and dashes?

Morse

What was the first name of Scottish inventor and steam engine pioneer Mr Watt?

James

Engineer Christopher Cockerell began testing the hovercraft in which year?

1955

What form of transport was invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan?

Bicycle

What was the name of the super-strong plastic invented by DuPont in 1965?

Kevlar

The earliest form of the internet was set up in which famous US building?

Pentagon

Which company released the early video game called Pong?

Atari

Which company released the first commercially available mobile phone in 1983?

Motorola

In which year was the Space Invaders arcade game released?

1978

Which medical advance did Joseph Lister pioneer?

Antiseptics

Which form of entertainment was invented by the Lumiere brothers?

Cinema

The first email was sent in which decade?

1970s

The use of GPS for non-military purposes was first allowed in which year?

2000

The Archimedes' Screw is an invention to raise what?

Water

What was the first name of Mr Fleming, who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Click to see the answer

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented which piece of medical equipment in 1714?

Thermometer

Which country first introduced banknotes made from polymer, not paper?

Australia

General anaesthetic was first used in which country in 1804?

Japan

The navigation compass was invented in which country around 1050 BC?

China

Concorde's first flight was from London to which Middle Eastern destination?

Bahrain

In which decade were both the zip and the escalator patented?

1890s

Hungarian Edward Teller invented which weapon?

Hydrogen Bomb

Which standard piece of hospital equipment was invented by Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen?

X-Ray Machine

Ed Seymour invented which item that easily changes the color of an automobile?

Aerosol Paint

A device invented by Stephen Hales measured what for the first time in 1733?

Blood Pressure

In which country was flat-pack furniture invented in the 1950s?

Sweden

Stephanie Kwolek invented which super tough material?

Kevlar

Wind turbines were invented in 1888 by who?

Charles F. Brush

Which of these was launched in 1979?

Personal stereo

What is the most popular brand of zipper in the world?

YKK

Why was Bakelite so named?

After Leo Baekeland

Ed Lowe was responsible for inventing which bestselling pet product?

Cat Litter

In which country were spectacles invented in the 13th century?

Italy

Which newspaper staple was first invented by Arthur Wynne?

Crossword Puzzle

What does the 'B' stand for in a DAB radio?

Broadcast

Andreas Stihl invented which power tool?

Electric Chain Saw

Which D is a small writing desk?

Davenport

Bela Schick invented the test for which disease?

Diphtheria

Which of these is an entrance in which the top and bottom halves open separately?

Dutch door

Which of these toys was patented in the 1940s?

Slinky

Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick invented which visual aid?

Contact Lenses

Which of these inventions was patented first?

Revolver