Final Questions Flashcards
name the computer first used during the second world war
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when was the first audio radio broadcast made
1906
name the cellphone which could send faxes
IBM Simon
where was the last spike in the first transcontinental railway driven
promontory point
when did london’s great stink occur
1858
henry ford introduced the moving assembly lin in what year
1913
name the 19th century engineer who designed London’s sewage system
Joseph Bazalgetter
Who was the key programmer behind COBOl
Grace Hopper
When was the first battery constructed?
1800
Altair 8800
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When did the first widely available computer with a graphic interface go on sale?
1984
What piece of legislation did Edwin Chadwick help to pass in 1848?
Public Health Act
When did Thomas Edison turn the lights on in Manhattan
1882
The Grand Canal was completed in what year?
609
AJAX
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Who built ‘the brick’
Martin Cooper
_____ made variation against spallpox popular
Mary Wortley Mantagh
When did the ‘fat burg’ nearly block a sewer in London?
August 2013
Who created the world wide web?
Tim Berners Lee
The US station first broadcast television in colour
NBC
When did the first Polio vaccination campaign begin
1955
_____ developed the oral vaccine for polio
Albert Sabin
____ developed a vaccine derived from cowpox
Edward Jenner
Which president began developing the highway system in the United States
Eisenhower
Who showed that electricity could travel rapidly through a metal wire held by people?
Stephen Gray
Name the Nobel Prize winning scientist who identified the bacteria that causes cholera
Robert Koch
What happened on 9 November 1965 at 5:16pm?
Northeast Blackout
_____ first successfully demonstrated an incandescent light bulb
Joseph Swan
Paul Baran suggested what important technological innovation in communication be adopted
Packet Switching
Benz Patent Motorcar
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When were the first transistors made?
1947
When did Martin Luther write his 95 Theses
1517
Who designed the first integrated circuit
Jack Kilby
When was the handle removed from the broad street pump
1854
Who sent the first email
Ray Tomlinson
The list of books banned by the Roman Catholic Church was called
Index Librorum Prohibtitorum
The ‘Intergalactic Computer Network’ was the brainchild of what person?
J.C.R. Licklider
When was the first cellphone call made
1973
______ proved Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetic radiation by studying the transmission o f electromagnetic pulses
Heinrich Hertz
The US governement helped to create this company in order to make radio broadcasting possible
RCA
