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Science and invention trivia questions
18 questions, 1859 at one end and 1969 at the other: that is the Science and invention branch of Rewind. It is filed under History in the picker with the note “How things got figured out”.
When the Science and invention questions happen
18 of the 18 carry a year, the earliest 1859 and the latest 1969. By decade:
- 1850s: 1 question
- 1860s: 1 question
- 1870s: 2 questions
- 1880s: 1 question
- 1890s: 1 question
- 1900s: 1 question
- 1910s: 2 questions
- 1920s: 1 question
- 1940s: 4 questions
- 1950s: 2 questions
- 1960s: 2 questions
Reading the Science and invention questions
Questions here open in a few familiar ways: 8 start with “Who”, 5 start with “Which”, 2 start with “Whose”. Four choices are shown each time, and the fact line that follows is at most 21 words. 2 of the answers are a single word.
Every question was checked against a written source, and the source is kept with it.
A taste of Science and invention
Here are two questions from the Science and invention bank, taken from the older end of the branch and clear of the daily ten for the weeks around the day this page was built.
Question (1859): Which book did Charles Darwin publish in 1859?
Answer: On the Origin of Species. The first printing was 1,250 copies, priced at fifteen shillings.
The wrong choices on the card were Principia Mathematica, The Interpretation of Dreams, and Silent Spring.
Checked against On the Origin of Species (Wikipedia).
Question (1953): Which pair published the double-helix model of DNA in 1953?
Answer: Watson and Crick. Rosalind Franklin's X-ray images of DNA were the key piece of evidence behind the model.
The wrong choices on the card were Mendel and Darwin, Pasteur and Koch, and Curie and Becquerel.
Checked against Francis Crick (Wikipedia).
How to choose Science and invention in the game
Open Rewind, tap Branches on the title screen, and find Science and invention under History. Its row shows 18 questions. Tap it, press Play these, and your ten for the day come from this branch alone.
Scoring and the clock are in How to play Rewind.
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