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Free Famous Inventions Flashcards
Who invented what, and when, is the backbone of technology history — and a minefield of popular misattributions. These cards pin down the inventors and dates that actually hold up.
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QWho invented the printing press with movable type in Europe?
AJohannes Gutenberg (~1440)
QWho is credited with inventing the telephone?
AAlexander Graham Bell (patented 1876)
QWho invented the practical light bulb?
AThomas Edison (1879) — building on earlier incandescent work
QWho invented the World Wide Web?
ATim Berners-Lee (1989)
QWho discovered penicillin?
AAlexander Fleming (1928)
QWho built the first successful powered airplane?
AThe Wright brothers (1903)
QWho developed the first widely used polio vaccine?
AJonas Salk (1955)
QWho invented the printing method for the blind?
ALouis Braille (1824)
QWho is considered the first computer programmer?
AAda Lovelace (1840s, notes on Babbage's Analytical Engine)
QWho invented dynamite — and funded a famous prize with the fortune?
AAlfred Nobel (1867)
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