In what year did the Wright brothers make their first powered flight?
Answer1903
The Wrights flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903.
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7 fact-checked facts about visionary inventors, thinkers and future ideas, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
Which Renaissance artist sketched flying machines centuries before airplanes?
AnswerLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo's notebooks include designs for gliders and ornithopters.
Going deeper
Who is often called the first computer programmer for her notes on the Analytical Engine?
AnswerAda Lovelace
Lovelace published an algorithm for Babbage's Analytical Engine in 1843.
Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?
AnswerTim Berners-Lee
Berners-Lee proposed the Web while working at CERN.
Who wrote the 1865 novel 'From the Earth to the Moon'?
AnswerJules Verne
Verne imagined a crew fired to the Moon by a giant cannon.
Expert level
Which inventor and architect popularized the geodesic dome?
AnswerBuckminster Fuller
Fuller patented and promoted the geodesic dome in the mid-1900s.
Which inventor developed the AC induction motor?
AnswerNikola Tesla
Tesla patented the AC induction motor in 1888.
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