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Bing inventions quiz trivia questions and answers

Bing inventions quiz trivia questions and answers

Here is the Bing inventions quiz trivia questions and answers


Who invented the telephone?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Who is credited with inventing the light bulb?

Answer: Thomas Edison


Can you name the person who invented the World Wide Web?

Answer: Tim Berners-Lee


Who invented the printing press?

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Can you name the person who invented the airplane?

Answer: Orville and Wilbur Wright


Who invented dynamite?

Answer: Alfred Nobel


Can you name the person who invented the steam engine?

Answer: James Watt


Can you name the person who invented the radio?

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Can you name the person who invented the television?

Answer: Philo Farnsworth

Who invented the phonograph?

Answer: Thomas Edison


Can you name the person who invented the safety elevator?

Answer: Elisha Otis


Who invented the sewing machine?

Answer: Elias Howe


Can you name the person who invented the cotton gin?

Answer: Eli Whitney


Who invented the mechanical reaper?

Answer: Cyrus McCormick


Can you name the person who invented the ballpoint pen?

Answer: László Bíró


Who invented the typewriter?

Answer: Christopher Latham Sholes

Can you name the person who invented the electric battery?

Answer: Alessandro Volta


Who invented the microscope?

Answer: Zacharias Janssen


Can you name the person who invented the telescope?

Answer: Hans Lippershey


Who invented the thermometer?

Answer: Galileo Galilei


Can you name the person who 
invented the barometer?

Answer: Evangelista Torricelli

Who invented the stethoscope?


Answer: René Laennec

Can you name the person who invented the X-ray machine?

Answer: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Who invented the polio vaccine?

Answer: Jonas Salk


Can you name the person who invented the safety razor?

Answer: King Camp Gillette


Who invented the zipper?

Answer: Whitcomb Judson


Can you name the person who invented the matchstick?

Answer: John Walker


Who invented the fountain pen?

Answer: Petrache Poenaru

Can you name the person who invented the refrigerator?

Answer: Carl von Linde


Who invented the washing machine?

Answer: Jacob Christian Schäffer

Can you name the person who invented the vacuum cleaner?

Answer: Hubert Cecil Booth


Who invented the dishwasher?

Answer: Josephine Cochrane


Can you name the person who invented the electric motor?

Answer: Michael Faraday


Who invented the dynamo?

Answer: Werner von Siemens


Can you name the person who invented the transistor?

Answer: John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain


Who invented the microchip?

Answer: Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce

Can you name the person who invented the digital camera?

Answer: Steven Sasson


Who invented the compact disc (CD)?

Answer: James Russell


Can you name the person who invented the ATM machine?

Answer: John Shepherd-Barron

Who invented the credit card magnetic stripe?

Answer: Forrest Parry


Can you name the person who invented the GPS system?

Answer: Roger L. Easton


Who invented the email system?

Answer: Ray Tomlinson


Can you name the person who invented the smartphone?

Answer: IBM (Simon Personal Communicator, 1992)

Who invented the tablet computer?

Answer: Alan Kay (concept of Dynabook)


Can you name the person who invented the MP3 format?

Answer: Karlheinz Brandenburg

Who invented the lithium-ion battery?

Answer: John B. Goodenough


Can you name the person who invented the jet engine?

Answer: Frank Whittle


Can you name the person who invented the helicopter?

Answer: Igor Sikorsky


Who invented the submarine?

Answer: Cornelis Drebbel

Can you name the person who invented the automobile?

Answer: Karl Benz

Next batch 


Who invented the mechanical calculator known as the Pascaline?

Answer: Blaise Pascal


Can you name the person who invented the differential analyzer?

Answer: Vannevar Bush


Who invented the first successful steam locomotive?

Answer: George Stephenson



Can you name the person who invented Morse code?

Answer: Samuel Morse


Can you name the person who invented the telegraph?

Answer: Samuel Morse

Who invented the safety pin?

Answer: Walter Hunt


Who invented the paperclip?

Answer: Johan Vaaler


Can you name the person who invented the stapler?

Answer: George McGill

Who invented the mechanical pencil?

Answer: Sampson Mordan


Can you name the person who invented the cash register?

Answer: James Ritty


Can you name the person who invented the adding machine?

Answer: William Seward Burroughs

Who invented the mechanical clock?

Answer: Yi Xing


Can you name the person who invented the wristwatch?

Answer: Patek Philippe


Who invented the quartz watch?

Answer: Seiko

Can you name the person who invented the digital watch?

Answer: Hamilton Watch Company


Who invented the electric telegraph in Britain?

Answer: Charles Wheatstone and William Cooke


Can you name the person who invented the loudspeaker?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Can you name the person who invented the gramophone?

Answer: Emile Berliner


Who invented the compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)?

Answer: Edward Hammer

Who invented the LED?

Answer: Nick Holonyak Jr.


Can you name the person who invented the fluorescent lamp?

Answer: Edmund Germer


Who invented the electric washing machine?

Answer: Alva J. Fisher

Can you name the person who invented the clothes dryer?

Answer: J. Ross Moore


Can you name the person who invented the microwave oven?

Answer: Percy Spencer

Can you name the person who invented the electric toaster?

Answer: Charles Strite


Who invented the electric iron?

Answer: Henry W. Seeley


Who invented the hair dryer?

Answer: Alexandre-Ferdinand Godefroy

Can you name the person who invented the electric kettle?

Answer: Arthur Leslie Large


Can you name the person who invented the vacuum tube?

Answer: John Ambrose Fleming

Can you name the person who invented the cathode ray tube?


Answer: Karl Ferdinand Braun

Who invented the oscilloscope?

Answer: Karl Ferdinand Braun


Who invented the radar?

Answer: Sir Robert Watson-Watt


Who invented the sonar?

Answer: Paul Langevin

Can you name the person who invented the photocopier?

Answer: Chester Carlson


Can you name the person who invented the fax machine?

Answer: Alexander Bain

Can you name the person who invented the electric guitar?

Answer: George Beauchamp


Who invented the synthesizer?

Answer: Robert Moog

Can you name the person who invented the compact cassette tape?

Answer: Lou Ottens


Who invented the Walkman?

Answer: Sony (Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka)

Can you name the person who invented the VHS tape?

Answer: JVC (Victor Company of Japan)


Who invented the Blu-ray disc?

Answer: Sony and Panasonic

Can you name the person who invented the laser printer?

Answer: Gary Starkweather


Who invented the inkjet printer?

Answer: Ichiro Endo


Can you name the person who invented the 3D printer?

Answer: Chuck Hull

Can you name the person who invented the QR code?

Answer: Masahiro Hara


Can you name the person who invented the barcode?

Answer: Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver

Who invented the floppy disk?

Answer: IBM (Alan Shugart)


Who invented the hard disk drive?

Answer: IBM (Reynold B. Johnson)

Can you name the person who invented the USB flash drive?

Answer: Dov Moran

Can you name the person who invented the Ethernet?

Answer: Robert Metcalfe



Next batch 

Who invented the safety lamp for miners?

Answer: Humphry Davy

Can you name the person who invented the pneumatic tire?

Answer: John Boyd Dunlop

Who invented the radial tire?

Answer: Michelin (André Michelin and Édouard Michelin)

Can you name the person who invented the escalator?

Answer: Jesse W. Reno

Can you name the person who invented the moving sidewalk?

Answer: Charles Seeberger

Who invented the Ferris wheel?

Answer: George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.

Can you name the person who invented the roller coaster loop?

Answer: Lina Beecher

Who invented the hot air balloon?

Answer: Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier

Can you name the person who invented the parachute?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci (concept), later developed by André-Jacques Garnerin

Who invented the glider?

Answer: Otto Lilienthal

Can you name the person who invented the rocket propulsion system?

Answer: Robert H. Goddard

Can you name the person who invented the satellite Sputnik?

Answer: Soviet Union (Sergei Korolev’s team)

Who invented the Hubble Space Telescope?

Answer: NASA and ESA

Can you name the person who invented the pacemaker?

Answer: Wilson Greatbatch

Can you name the person who invented the defibrillator?

Answer: Claude Beck

Can you name the person who invented the hearing aid?

Answer: Miller Reese Hutchison

Who invented braille?

Answer: Louis Braille

Who invented the electric wheelchair?

Answer: George Klein

Can you name the person who invented the MRI scanner?

Answer: Raymond Damadian

Can you name the person who invented the CT scanner?

Answer: Godfrey Hounsfield

Who invented the PET scan?

Answer: Michel Ter-Pogossian

Who invented the dialysis machine?

Answer: Willem Kolff

Can you name the person who invented the artificial kidney?

Answer: Willem Kolff

Who invented the insulin pump?

Answer: Dean Kamen

Who invented the cochlear implant?

Answer: Graeme Clark


Can you name the person who invented the vaccine for rabies?

Answer: Louis Pasteur

Can you name the person who invented pasteurization?

Answer: Louis Pasteur


Who invented antiseptic surgery?

Answer: Joseph Lister

Can you name the person who invented penicillin?

Answer: Alexander Fleming


Who invented aspirin?

Answer: Felix Hoffmann

Can you name the person who invented anesthesia with ether?

Answer: William T. G. Morton


Who invented chloroform anesthesia?

Answer: James Young Simpson


Can you name the person who invented the hypodermic syringe?

Answer: Alexander Wood


Can you name the person who invented the contact lens?

Answer: Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

Who invented bifocal glasses?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Can you name the person who invented the safety glass?

Answer: Édouard Bénédictus

Can you name the person who invented the windshield wiper?

Answer: Mary Anderson


Can you name the person who invented the airbag?

Answer: John W. Hetrick

Who invented cruise control?

Answer: Ralph Teetor


Who invented the seat belt?

Answer: Nils Bohlin


Can you name the person who invented the traffic light?

Answer: Garrett Morgan

Can you name the person who invented the speedometer?

Answer: Otto Schulze


Who invented the compass?

Answer: Chinese inventors (Han dynasty)

Can you name the person who invented the gyroscope?

Answer: Léon Foucault

Who invented the sextant?

Answer: John Hadley and Thomas Godfrey

Can you name the person who invented the chronometer for navigation?

Answer: John Harrison


Next batch 

Who invented logarithms, which influenced calculating devices?

Answer: John Napier


Can you name the person who invented the slide rule?

Answer: William Oughtred

Who invented the punched card system for data?

Answer: Herman Hollerith


Can you name the person who invented the ENIAC computer?

Answer: John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly


Can you name the person who invented the UNIVAC computer?

Answer: John Presper Eckert and John Mauchl

Who invented the BASIC programming language?

Answer: John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz

Can you name the person who invented the FORTRAN programming language?

Answer: John Backus


Can you name the person who invented the COBOL programming language?

Answer: Grace Hopper

Can you name the person who invented the C programming language?

Answer: Dennis Ritchie


Can you name the person who invented the Java programming language?

Answer: James Gosling


Can you name the person who invented the Python programming language?

Answer: Guido van Rossum

Can you name the person who invented the Linux operating system?

Answer: Linus Torvalds


Who invented the Macintosh computer?

Answer: Apple (Steve Jobs and team)


Can you name the person who invented the Windows operating system?

Answer: Microsoft (Bill Gates and Paul Allen)

Who invented the spreadsheet program VisiCalc?

Answer: Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston


Can you name the person who invented the word processor?

Answer: Evelyn Berezin


Can you name the person who invented the email attachment protocol (MIME)?

Answer: Nathaniel Borenstein


Who invented the firewall concept?

Answer: Digital Equipment Corporation engineers

Can you name the person who invented the antivirus software?

Answer: Bernd Fix


Can you name the person who invented the search engine Archie?

Answer: Alan Emtage


Can you name the person who invented the Google search engine?

Answer: Larry Page and Sergey Brin


Can you name the person who invented Wikipedia?

Answer: Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger


Who invented YouTube?

Answer: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim


Can you name the person who invented Facebook?

Answer: Mark Zuckerberg

Who invented Twitter?

Answer: Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams


Who invented Instagram?

Answer: Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger

Can you name the person who invented TikTok?

Answer: ByteDance (Zhang Yiming)


Who invented WhatsApp?

Answer: Jan Koum and Brian Acton


Who invented Skype?

Answer: Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis

Can you name the person who invented Zoom?

Answer: Eric Yuan


Who invented the blockchain concept?

Answer: Satoshi Nakamoto


Who invented Bitcoin?

Answer: Satoshi Nakamoto

Can you name the person who invented Ethereum?

Answer: Vitalik Buterin


Can you name the person who invented the smart contract concept?

Answer: Nick Szabo

Who invented the 5G mobile standard?

Answer: Developed by 3GPP consortium

Can you name the person who invented Bluetooth?

Answer: Jaap Haartsen


Can you name the person who invented Wi-Fi?

Answer: John O’Sullivan and CSIRO team


Who invented the modem?

Answer: Bell Labs

Can you name the person who invented the DSL technology?

Answer: Joseph W. Lechleider


Can you name the person who invented fiber optic communication?

Answer: Narinder Singh Kapany


Who invented the hologram?

Answer: Dennis Gabor

Who invented the photovoltaic cell?

Answer: Charles Fritts


Can you name the person who invented the wind turbine for electricity?

Answer: Poul la Cour

Who invented geothermal energy harnessing?

Answer: Prince Piero Ginori Conti


Can you name the person who invented nuclear fission discovery?

Answer: Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann

Can you name the person who invented the hydrogen bomb?

Answer: Edward Teller


Can you name the person who invented the solar-powered car prototype?

Answer: William G. Cobb


Can you name the person who invented the electric car prototype?

Answer: Thomas Parker