Technology Trivia Questions With Answers
Alan Roberts' special super glue was used to join what?
A: Wounds.
What was the name of the first home computer to be manufactured?
A: Altair.
What was France's online telecom service called?
A: Minitel.
Which play by Capek introduced the word robot?
A: R.U.R.
How was Trevor Baylis's
revolutionary radio powered?
A: Clockwork.
Who developed the Gaia Theory?
A: Sanford.
What does O stand for in the equipment NOSE which imitates the human nose?
A: Olfactory.
Which company sold the first hand-held hair dryers?
A: Racine Universal Motor Company.
Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose's invention the crescograph measures what?
A: Plant movements.
In which islands is Bikini Atoll where the first atomic bombs were tested?
A: Marshall Islands.
What was the codename of the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
A: Little Boy.
Edward Salk developed a vaccine against what?
A: Polio.
Which hospital performed the first heart
surgery on a
baby in its mother's womb?
A: Guy's London.
Adolf Loos was a designer of what?
A: Buildings.
Who was the first Nobel Prize winner to come from
Pakistan?
A: Abdus Salam.
What was the first shopping mall o the Internet called?
A: The Branch Mall.
What type of camera did Edwin Land develop?
A: Polaroid.
Leslie Rogge was the first person to be arrested due to what?
A: The Internet.
Who led the team which invented transistors in the
1940s?
A: Shockley.
In 1908 Wilbur Wright traveled what record-breaking number of miles in 2 hours
20 minutes?
A: 77.
Which company manufactured the first
electric razor?
A: Schick.
How long did Bleriot's first flight across the English Channel last?
A:43 minutes.
What nationality of plane first broke the 100mph
sound barrier?
A: French.
The first air collision took place over which country?
A: Austria.
William Henry Hoover started making vacuum cleaners because his original trade
was dying out; what was it?
A: Harness maker.