Who Invented this?
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Think you can pass our famous inventors quiz? Test your knowledge to see if you know the minds behind the innovations which made today's world.
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Unfortunately, this test will not be able to receive a prize:
Not an original test. Questions, answers, explanations were copied from an existing test. E.g.: “#q2” <= https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/gk-quiz-on-famous-scientists-and-their-inventions-1549869602-1#:~:text=2.,the%20father%20of%20plastic%20surgery%3F&text=Explanation%3A%20Sushruta%20is%20the%20founding,tradition%20of%20surgery%20in%20India., “#q3” <= http://ipracticeexam.com/questionbank/general-science/inventions-and-discoveries?page=3, etc.
I found some flaws:
Q8: Who invented Gunpowder?
But Roger Bacon was the first person in Europe to MAKE gunpowder, not invented it. Gunpowder was invented in 9th-century China by Tang Dynasty Chinese alchemists.
Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/gunpowder-facts-and-history-607754
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_gunpowder
Q10: The first hand glider was designed by?
Possible Copyright violation
Link: https://www.examveda.com/the-first-hand-glider-was-designed-by-5821/
Q11: Who invented the windshield wiper blade?
Vasily Andreyev (Why?)
(x) Mary Anderson
Wikipedia says Mary Anderson is correct answer.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscreen_wiper
Q26: Who invented the wireless remote control?
Your quiz says it “Robert Adler”, but correct answer is Eugene J. Polley
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/eugene-j-polley-engineer-who-invented-the-first-wireless-tv-remote-control-dies-at-96/2012/05/22/gIQAv4J4iU_story.html