Giant Leaps Quiz

Starting at the very beginning, what was the first use of the wheel and axle combination?

An explosive discovery, gunpowder was thought to have been invented by the Chinese by accident, but what combination did they discover actually produced gunpowder?

On a smaller scale now, much smaller. When Leeuwenhoek first discovered micro – organisms by looking through a microscope, what did he call them?

With the invention of the Morse Code came a new dawn of communication possibilities. How long was the distance that the first signal was sent by Samuel Morse himself?

The birth of the movies was an exciting time and it was the Lumiere brothers that produced the first public screening in Paris, but what was it that was shown for the first time moving on screen?

Flight is something that mankind has only been able to experience for just over a century, but what were the Wright brothers' original careers before becoming two of the most famous men in history?

Having covered the birth of the movies it is only appropriate to mention the birth of television as well. So what was the first picture to ever be transmitted?

One of the most essential components of modern life, it made this quiz possible, that’s right the computer! Where was the first computer that could fit into one room based?

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Indeed it was but what was the first animal to step foot on the moon before man did?

Cloning, once only possible within science fiction, but now a reality. However cloning had taken place before so what made Dolly the sheep so unique?