Information Age Timeline (A)

Question 1

105 AD

Answer 1

A. Woodblock printing and paper was invented by the Chinese.

Question 2

1455

Answer 2

A. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press using movable metal type.

Question 3

1755

Answer 3

A. Samuel Johnson’s dictionary standardized English spelling.

Question 4

1802

Answer 4

A. The library of Congress has established invention of the Carbon arc lamp.

Question 5

1824

Answer 5

A. Research on persistence of vision published.

Question 6

1830

Answer 6

B. First viable design for digital computer.

Augusta Lady Byron wrote the world’s first computer program.

Question 7

1837

Answer 7

B. Invention of the telegraph in the Great Britain and the United States.

Question 8

1861

Answer 8

B. Motion pictures were projected onto a screen.

Question 9

1876

Answer 9

B. Dewey decimal system was introduced.

Question 10

1877

Answer 10

B. Eadweard Muybridge demonstrated high-speed photography.

Question 11

1899

Answer 11

C. First magnetic recordings were released.

Question 12

1902

Answer 12

C. Motion pictures special effects were used.

Question 13

1906

Answer 13

C. Lee DeForest invented the electronic amplifying tube(triode).

Question 14

1923

Answer 14

C. Television camera tube was invented by Zvorkyn.

Question 15

1926

Answer 15

C. First practical sound movie.