History of transport - Quiz
A) Hermann Oberth B) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky C) Wernher von Braun D) Robert H. Goddard
A) 1969 B) 1965 C) 1961 D) 1959
A) Yuri Gagarin B) Neil Armstrong C) Alan Shepard D) Buzz Aldrin
A) Germany B) United States C) Soviet Union D) France
A) Vostok 1 B) Apollo 11 C) Freedom 7 D) Mercury 1
A) Gus Grissom B) Alan Shepard C) Scott Carpenter D) John Glenn
A) Astrolabe B) Magnetic compass C) Portolan charts D) Marine chronometer
A) Travel without landmarks B) Plot a course using magnetic north C) Navigate using stars D) Use solar navigation
A) Reduce travel time by half B) Navigate without stars C) Travel through fog and overcast D) Avoid storms
A) Charting magnetic fields B) Plotting linear excursion routes C) Mapping stars D) Recording ocean currents
A) 1701 B) 1601 C) 1801 D) 1761
A) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky B) Yuri Gagarin C) Hermann Oberth D) Alan Shepard
A) Orbital travel B) Suborbital travel C) Lunar landing D) Interplanetary travel
A) Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard B) Hermann Oberth and Wernher von Braun C) Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin D) Sergei Korolev and Kerim Kerimov
A) Gemini 12 B) Vostok 1 C) Mercury 7 D) Apollo 11
A) Edgar Mitchell and David Scott B) Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard C) Pete Conrad and Alan Bean D) Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
A) 1820s B) 1830s C) 1840s D) 1800s
A) Werner von Siemens B) George Stephenson C) Rudolf Diesel D) Matthew Murray
A) Salamanca B) Stephenson's Rocket C) Killingworth Billy D) Rocket
A) Werner von Siemens B) George Stephenson C) Matthew Murray D) Rudolf Diesel
A) 1800–1812 B) 1830–1840 C) 1814–1826 D) 1820–1830
A) Stephenson's Rocket B) Killingworth Billy C) Rocket D) Salamanca
A) 1840 B) 1825 C) 1850 D) 1830
A) Passenger transport B) Freight transport C) Hauling minerals D) Both passengers and freight
A) 5,000 miles B) 13,500 miles C) 10,000 miles D) 20,000 miles
A) Late 19th century B) 1890 C) 1879 D) 1881
A) Manchester B) Vienna C) Berlin D) Brighton
A) Werner von Siemens B) Matthew Murray C) Dr Rudolf Diesel D) George Stephenson
A) 1892 B) 1879 C) 1900 D) 1881
A) First World War B) Vietnam War C) Cold War D) Second World War
A) 13,500 miles B) 20,000 miles C) 10,000 miles D) 32,000 miles
A) 100 B) 200 C) 120 D) 50
A) National Rail B) British Railways C) Great British Rail D) UK Railways
A) Military conquest B) Scientific exploration C) International trade D) Religious pilgrimages
A) Steel B) Oil C) Spices D) Plastics
A) Sailing ships B) Animal-drawn wheeled vehicles C) Hot air balloons D) Steam engines
A) Thomas Newcomen B) Isambard Kingdom Brunel C) George Stephenson D) John Loudon McAdam
A) Nottingham's Radcliffe Road B) Paris's Champs-Élysées C) London's Oxford Street D) Berlin's Unter den Linden
A) Chariots B) Rafts C) Snowshoes D) Wheelbarrows
A) 1908 B) 1756 C) 1920 D) 1883
A) Donkeys B) Elephants C) Horses D) Oxen
A) To cause water to drain away from the surface B) To increase road visibility C) To provide shade D) To reduce noise
A) Ford's first Model T B) Buick's Model 10 C) Chevrolet's Series D D) Ford's Model A
A) Gravel B) Cobblestones C) Sand D) Asphalt
A) Subways B) Steamships C) Airplanes D) Modern highways
A) To hunt animals B) To drag loads C) To transport water D) To carry people
A) 1st millennium BC B) 4th or 5th millennium BC C) 2nd millennium AD D) 3rd millennium AD
A) Tracks would become narrower B) Tracks would disappear C) Tracks would be naturally created D) Tracks would be paved with stone
A) Embanked roads a few centimeters higher than the surrounding terrain B) Deep trenches C) Flat surfaces D) Steep inclines
A) Transport of goods B) Recreational travel C) Military transport D) Agricultural work
A) Building houses B) Constructing bridges C) Paving roads D) Laying railway tracks
A) To improve comfort B) To accommodate animal traffic C) To increase speed D) To reduce travel time
A) Stone B) Concrete C) Tar-bound macadam D) Wood
A) They were primarily used for agriculture B) They were made of wood C) They were temporary structures D) They were well-constructed for durability
A) Desire for faster horses B) Expansion of rail networks C) Need for hard-topped roads D) Increase in pedestrian traffic
A) Introduction of wooden planks B) Construction of elevated tracks C) Use of inexpensive paving material D) Development of underground tunnels
A) Transportation of luxury goods B) Transportation of food supplies C) Transportation of raw materials D) Transportation of weapons
A) They were elevated B) They were straight and geometric C) They were paved with stone D) They followed natural trails
A) To facilitate the transport of goods B) To increase hunting efficiency C) To enhance agricultural practices D) To improve communication
A) Stone B) Cast iron plates C) Wood D) Wrought iron
A) Isambard Kingdom Brunel B) Samuel Homfray C) Richard Trevithick D) George Stephenson
A) Iron Horse B) Rocket C) Locomotion D) Puffing Devil
A) Greenwich B) Oystermouth C) Merthyr Tydfil D) Swansea
A) Puffing Billy B) Iron Duke C) Rocket D) Penydarren locomotive
A) Stone rails B) Rolled wrought iron rails C) Wooden rails D) Steel rails
A) 1797 B) 1812 C) 1802 D) 1807
A) He retired comfortably B) He became wealthy C) He was knighted D) He died destitute
A) Oystermouth B) Swansea C) Merthyr Tydfil D) Abercynon
A) During the Industrial Revolution B) In the 14th century C) During the Stone Age D) In the 15th century
A) Double-hulled sailing vessels B) Galleys C) Treasure ships D) Caravels
A) Mediterranean man-of-war B) Polynesian double-hulled vessel C) Chinese treasure ship D) Iberian caravel
A) In the 15th century B) During the Industrial Revolution C) In the Stone Age D) In the 14th century
A) Polynesian civilization B) Indus Valley civilization C) Chinese civilization D) Mesopotamian civilization
A) Pierre-Paul Riquet B) The Sui dynasty C) The Indus Valley civilization D) The Zhou dynasty
A) 1681 B) 1665 C) 1459 D) 7th century
A) Dudley North B) Adam Smith C) Frederic Mauro D) David Ricardo
A) Balloons B) Kites C) Airships D) Gliders
A) China B) Greece C) India D) Egypt
A) Hot air balloons B) Gliders C) Airships D) Tethered balloons filled with hot air
A) The Montgolfier brothers B) Leonardo da Vinci C) The Wright brothers D) Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
A) Building gliders B) Imitating birds C) Creating balloons D) Developing airships
A) Oxygen B) Carbon dioxide C) Hydrogen D) Nitrogen
A) In October 2003 B) In April 2001 C) In 1783 D) In December 1903
A) Military reconnaissance B) Agricultural spraying C) Space exploration D) Commercial aviation
A) The SARS outbreak B) The Ebola outbreak C) The COVID-19 pandemic D) The H1N1 pandemic |
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