Question 1

Which of the following technological developments came first?

Your Correct Answer: telescope
The first telescope is thought to have been built in the Netherlands in the early 1600s, but
Italian mathematician Galileo Galilei almost immediately popularized use of the "far seeing"
device for scientific purposes.
Question 2
What airplane has not been flown commercially since 2003?
Your Answer: No response
Correct Answer: Concorde
The first commercial jet to travel faster than the speed of sound was the Concorde. Developed
by Great Britain and France, it flew from 1976 until 2003.
Question 3
Moths are a member of what order?
Your Answer: leprosy
Correct Answer: lepidoptera
Moths are of the same order as butterflies, the lepidoptera. The name means "with scaly
wings."
Question 4
When was the first plastic made of artificial materials patented?
Your Correct Answer: 1909
In 1909 a chemist named Leo H. Baekeland developed the first plastic made completely from
synthetic (man-made) materials. Baekeland named the new material Bakelite.
Question 5
A baby blue whale drinks this many liters of milk per day:
Your Correct Answer: 190
A baby blue whale drinks approximately 190 liters of milk each day. By contrast, a baby tiger
drinks only about a liter of milk per day.
Question 6
For what is the Jurassic period named?
Your Answer: the French word for "day"
Correct Answer: a mountain range
The Jurassic period, of Jurassic Park fame, is named for the Jura Mountains, where many
fossils have been found.
Question 7
Who invented the World Wide Web?
Your Answer: Microsoft
Correct Answer: A laboratory in Switzerland
In the early 1990s, a group of computer scientists at CERN in Switzerland devised a way to
send digital information over the Internet so that it could be accessed on a graphic user
interface.
Question 8
Who invented the geodesic dome?
Your Correct Answer: R. Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller, an American architect and designer, invented the geodesic dome in
the 1940s. Many thousands of domes have been built according to his plans.