Question | Answer |
Who invented the television in the 1902s? | the Soctsman John Logie Baird |
Who invented the radar, with the first successful test in 1935? | Sir Robert Watson-Watt |
Who built the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire in the mid 20th century? | Sir Bernard Lovell |
Who invented the Turing machine in the 1930s? | Alan Turing |
Which Scottish physician co-discovered insulin? | John Macleod |
Which British researcher was awared the Nobel Price for his contribution to the discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953? | Francis Crick |
Who developed the jet engine in the 1930s? | Sir Frank Whittle |
Which British inventor invented the hovercraft in the 1950s? | Sir Christopher Cockerell |
When did the Concorde first fly? When did it first start carrying passengers? | 1969, 1976 |
What is the Harrier jump jet? | An aircraft capable of taking off vertically |
Who invented the cash dispensing ATM in the 1960s, the first of which was put in use by Barcklays Bank in Enfield, north London in 1967? | James Goodfellow |
Who pioneered IVF, with the first test tube baby born in Oldham Lancashire in 1978? | Britain physiologist Sir Robert Edwards and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe |
Which two British scientists succeed to clone Dolly the sheep in 1996? | Sir Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell |
Which British scientist was the co-inventor of the MRI? | Sir Peter Mansfield |
Who is the inventor of the WWW? | Sir Tim Berners-Lee |