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Technology:Our Future Trivia Quiz

How well do you know technology? Take my quiz and find out!

A multiple-choice quiz by SHBasoco. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
SHBasoco

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
746

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
6979

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Question 1 of 10

1. An electrode is the same as a: Hint

battery

neutron

circuit

terminal

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does a laser do? Hint

It converts electrons into light energy

It blocks the visible spectrum

It focuses heat rays

It generates a beam of light

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these are satellites? Hint

Ganymede

Sputnik I

all of these

the moon

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is a watt? Hint

a closed circuit

a degree of brightness

a unit of power

a charge of electricity

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Question 5 of 10

5. For what is Guglielmo Marconi best known? Hint

the development of the incandescent lamp

the invention of the steam engine

the development of wireless telegraphy

the invention of the polygraph test

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these is a lever? Hint

all of these

crowbar

ice tongs

balance scale

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek invent? Hint

the telescope

the thermometer

the microscope

the bifocal lens

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what year did the Wright brothers successfully design and fly a motorized aircraft? Hint

1896

1900

1903

1910

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does a television transmitter transmit? Hint

television waves

sound waves

light waves

radio waves

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is a hologram? Hint

a three-dimensional image of an object

a photograph that develops automatically

a colorized picture of an object

a photograph simulated from the moon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An electrode is the same as a:

Answer: terminal

Most electrodes are made of metal (ex. copper).

2. What does a laser do?

Answer: It generates a beam of light

Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

3. Which of these are satellites?

Answer: all of these

4. What is a watt?

Answer: a unit of power

5. For what is Guglielmo Marconi best known?

Answer: the development of wireless telegraphy

The Italian physicist Marconi won the 1909 Nobel Prize for developing long-wave wireless telegraphy.

6. Which of these is a lever?

Answer: all of these

7. What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek invent?

Answer: the microscope

The thermometer was invented by Galileo and the bifocal lens by Ben Franklin.

8. In what year did the Wright brothers successfully design and fly a motorized aircraft?

Answer: 1903

They used bicycle parts to make this craft which made a sustained flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.

9. What does a television transmitter transmit?

Answer: radio waves

10. What is a hologram?

Answer: a three-dimensional image of an object

Holography uses lasers to record an image on a photographic plate.

Source: Author SHBasoco

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