Inventions & Science
Questions about British inventions, scientists and technological achievements.
12 questions
Practice these questions →What was the Enlightenment?
✓ A period in the 18th century when new ideas about politics, philosophy and science developed
Who invented the steam engine?
✓ James Watt
Who invented the television?
✓ John Logie Baird
Isaac Newton is famous for:
✓ Developing the theory of gravity and laws of motion
The BAFTA awards recognise achievements in which field?
✓ Film and television
Which of these is a long-running British soap opera?
✓ Coronation Street
What is the BBC?
✓ The British Broadcasting Corporation, a public service broadcaster
John Logie Baird made the first television broadcast between London and Glasgow in which year?
✓ 1932
The BBC is funded primarily by:
✓ The television licence fee paid by households with a TV
Alexander Fleming is famous for discovering:
✓ Penicillin
In which year did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
✓ 1928
Which TV programme has the longest run in British television history?
✓ Coronation Street
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