Names Of Inventors

Question 1

The walking machine
Hint: Karl from audiobook making a superhero walking bike

Answer 1

Karl von Drais - Germany

Question 2

The velocipede / Boneshaker

Answer 2

Samuel Webb Thomas – France

Question 3

The Pennyfarthing
Hint: picture wheels being like stars and James Voster riding to France

Answer 3

James Starley - France

Question 4

The safety bike - gears, chain, safer, brakes
Hint: wheels are also like stars but they are safer than the pennyfarthing stars, picture grandpa John riding to England to marry granny Mary and he needs to get there safely so he uses a safety bike

Answer 4

John Kemp Starley - England

Question 5

The Reitwagen - had an engine attached
Hint: reit sounds like ride and wagon sounds like wagon so it is a ridding wagon
Hint for names: you bought mum a reitwagen for her birthDAY in MAY

Answer 5

Gottlieb Daimler and Willhelm Maybach in Germany

Question 6

The mountain bike
Hint: a mountain bike goes faster than thr other bikes so you can picture grandpa John riding with the wind (breeze) in his curly hair

Answer 6

John Breeze USA

Question 7

The steam engine (used on boats and trains)
Hint: “James invented a steam Engine!” A WHAT? “A steam engine I tell you!!”

Answer 7

James Watt

Question 8

The Newcastle ( the first steam train on a railway lines)
Hint: a castle has THICK walls so picture Michael Tait’s dad, RICHARd, climbing the THICK walls of the castle

Answer 8

Richard Trevithick- England

Question 9

The Rocket (steam train for passengers)
HINT: your friend George and Stephen Rennie are being fired up in a Rocket from the field by their house - they are the first passengers on board

Answer 9

George STEPHENSON ( spelt with a PH in the middle) built in England

Question 10

First major railway

Answer 10

The Europeans

Question 11

First car: Benz patent-motorwagen

Answer 11

Karl Benz in Germany, patent number 37435

Question 12

First cheap car: model T Ford and Assembly Line

Answer 12

Henry Ford USA

Question 13

First recorded flight: Flyer 1 (controlled and powered)

Answer 13

Orville and Wilbur Wright USA, flew for 37 m in 12 seconds 

Question 14

 jet engine 1930

Answer 14

Germany and England

Question 15

Who flew faster than the speed of sound

Answer 15

Chuck Yeager

Question 16

Hot air balloon (paper)

Answer 16

Joseph and Jaque Montgolfier - 600 meters high and 3.5km

Question 17

First airship was made in

Answer 17

France and flew 38km

Question 18

First airship using hydrogen gas

Answer 18

German Zeppelin Company

Question 19

First space craft

Answer 19

The Sputnik- Russian

Question 20

First man in space - his name, aircraft and time and speed

Answer 20

Yuri Gagarin on the Vostok 1, 108 minutes 27400km per hour

Question 21

First mission to the moon- aircraft, people and name of lunar module

Answer 21

Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins; The Eagle