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Inventions & Milestones

Celebrate the clever inventions and big firsts that changed the whole world!

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Sample Inventions & Milestones questions

Three questions from this pack. Guess first, then reveal the answer — in the game, everyone answers on their phone and the TV shows who got it right.

  1. Q1 A machine used to quickly copy books and pages is called a printing what?

    • Press
    • Wheel
    • Boat
    • Clock
    Show the answer

    Press — A printing press quickly copies pages by pressing inked letters onto paper, so books no longer had to be written by hand.

  2. Q2 In which country did people first invent paper long ago?

    • Ancient China
    • Ancient England
    • Ancient Canada
    • Ancient Australia
    Show the answer

    Ancient China — Paper was first invented in ancient China about 2,000 years ago, made from things like tree bark and old rags.

  3. Q3 The World Wide Web, which made the internet easy to use, was proposed by whom?

    • Tim Berners-Lee
    • Isaac Newton
    • Alexander Graham Bell
    • Christopher Columbus
    Show the answer

    Tim Berners-Lee — Tim Berners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web in 1989, and it made pages with links easy for everyone to use.

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Game night in three steps

How to play Inventions & Milestones on your TV

1
Open the board

Open QuizKeep on the TV, laptop or tablet everyone can see, tap Host a game and pick Inventions & Milestones.

2
Join on phones

Everyone scans the QR code or types the room code. No downloads and no accounts.

3
Race to the answer

Questions appear on the big screen, answers on every phone. After each one, the board explains the right answer.

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