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Guess the Decade It Was Invented
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Everyday inventions, four decades each. Pick the decade it first appeared.
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In which decade did Alexander Graham Bell patent the telephone?
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In which decade did Alexander Graham Bell patent the telephone?
Answer: 1870s
Bell received his telephone patent in 1876.
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In which decade did Thomas Edison demonstrate his practical light bulb?
Answer: 1870s
Edison demonstrated his long-lasting carbon-filament bulb in 1879.
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In which decade did the Wright brothers make the first powered airplane flight?
Answer: 1900s
The first powered flight took place at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in December 1903.
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In which decade did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
Answer: 1920s
Fleming noticed mold killing bacteria in his lab in 1928.
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In which decade did the first iPhone go on sale?
Answer: 2000s
The first iPhone went on sale in June 2007.
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In which decade was the microwave oven invented?
Answer: 1940s
Engineer Percy Spencer came up with microwave cooking in 1945 while working on radar.
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In which decade was the modern zipper invented?
Answer: 1910s
Gideon Sundback designed the modern zipper in 1913.
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In which decade did László Bíró patent the ballpoint pen?
Answer: 1930s
Bíró patented his ballpoint pen in 1938.
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In which decade did Post-it Notes go on sale across the US?
Answer: 1980s
Post-it Notes launched nationwide in the US in 1980.
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In which decade did John Logie Baird first demonstrate television?
Answer: 1920s
Baird gave the first public demonstration of television in London in 1926.