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LifeinUKEdition3

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Who invented the television in the 1902s?   the Soctsman John Logie Baird  
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Who invented the radar, with the first successful test in 1935?   Sir Robert Watson-Watt  
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Who built the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire in the mid 20th century?   Sir Bernard Lovell  
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Who invented the Turing machine in the 1930s?   Alan Turing  
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Which Scottish physician co-discovered insulin?   John Macleod  
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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  
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Who developed the jet engine in the 1930s?   Sir Frank Whittle  
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Which British inventor invented the hovercraft in the 1950s?   Sir Christopher Cockerell  
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When did the Concorde first fly? When did it first start carrying passengers?   1969, 1976  
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What is the Harrier jump jet?   An aircraft capable of taking off vertically  
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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  
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Who pioneered IVF, with the first test tube baby born in Oldham Lancashire in 1978?   Britain physiologist Sir Robert Edwards and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe  
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Which two British scientists succeed to clone Dolly the sheep in 1996?   Sir Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell  
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Which British scientist was the co-inventor of the MRI?   Sir Peter Mansfield  
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Who is the inventor of the WWW?   Sir Tim Berners-Lee  
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