🏛️ History trivia
From the wheel to the internet, the clever inventions that changed how people live.
◈ A taste of the pack
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.
Q1 What invention helps you tell what time it is?
The clock — A clock shows the time using hands or numbers, and people have used clocks of many kinds for thousands of years.
Q2 The first telephones could send pictures and videos just like today's smartphones.
False — False: early telephones only carried voices, and sending pictures and videos came much later with new technology.
Q3 Which inventor improved the steam engine, helping power factories and trains?
James Watt — James Watt made the steam engine much more efficient in the 1760s and 1770s, helping power factories and trains.
Game night in three steps
Open QuizKeep on the TV, laptop or tablet everyone can see, tap Host a game and pick Inventions Through Time.
Everyone scans the QR code or types the room code. No downloads and no accounts.
Questions appear on the big screen, answers on every phone. After each one, the board explains the right answer.
Inventions Through Time is a premium pack, and you can play 5 of its questions free first, solo or on the TV with everyone. Love it? Unlock all 15 on their own, or get All-Access, which opens every pack in the library. QuizKeep itself, and its free starter packs, cost nothing.
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