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Inventions & Discoveries

Light bulbs, vaccines, and the World Wide Web — meet the brilliant minds and breakthroughs that changed the world.

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Sample Inventions & Discoveries 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 Which instrument did Galileo improve to study the night sky?

    • Microscope
    • Telescope
    • Barometer
    • Compass
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    Telescope — Galileo improved the telescope around 1609 and used it to spot the four big moons of Jupiter.

  2. Q2 Which scientist discovered the laws of heredity using pea plants?

    • Darwin
    • Mendel
    • Pasteur
    • Linnaeus
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    Mendel — Gregor Mendel, a monk, grew thousands of pea plants in the 1800s and found how traits pass from parents to offspring.

  3. Q3 Which handheld invention gives off light to help you see in the dark?

    • Compass
    • Flashlight
    • Mirror
    • Magnet
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    Flashlight — A flashlight uses batteries to power a small bulb, giving you light you can carry in the dark.

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Open the board

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Join on phones

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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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