Quiz · Inventions & Inventors
Did Edison invent the light bulb? Was the Earl of Sandwich really behind the sandwich? Who actually invented the telephone first? Separate the true stories of invention from the myths everyone repeats. Not every famous tale survives the facts.
The ideas that changed the world and the people behind them, from the wheel and the printing press to the telephone and the World Wide Web, plus the myths that grew up around them.
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You have 30 seconds for each question. When time runs out, the question counts as wrong.
Your first choice is the one that counts. It is checked straight away, with an explanation where there is one.
At the end you see your score and can go back through every question and its answer.
XP scales with your score. Replays earn XP only when you beat your previous best.
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