Can you name the correct answer to whether each invention came earlier or later than the one above it? by sufradley

Can you name the correct answer to whether each invention came earlier or later than the one above it?

created by sufradley

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Answers MUST be guessed in order
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Source: Britannica and http://library.thinkquest.org/C002942/timeline/index.shtml
Type either E (earlier) or L (later)
INSTRUCTIONS: Type GO to start
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Invention (inventor)	Earlier or Later	Year
Printing press (Johannes Gutenberg)?		1450
Sewing machine (Elias Howe)?		1844
Zipper/Zip (Whitcomb Judson)?		1893
Rubik's cube (Erno Rubik)?		1974
Thermometer (Galileo Galilei)?		1593
Barometer (Evangelista Torricelli)?		1643
Piano (Bartolomeo Cristofori)?		1710
Dynamo (Michael Faraday)?		1831
Jigsaw puzzle (John Soilsbury)?		1767
Steam engine (James Watt)?		1769
Lego (Ole Kirk Christiansen)?		1949
Periodic table (Dmitry Mendeleyev)?		1871
Dynamite (Alfred Nobel)?		1866
Bifocal lens (Benjamin Franklin)?		1780
?		1801
Aeroplane (Wilbur and Orville Wright)?		1903
E-mail (Ray Tomlinson)?		1971
?		1837

Invention (inventor)	Earlier or Later	Year
Microwave oven (Percy Spencer)?		1947
Telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)?		1876
Battery (Alessandro Volta)?		1800
Electric motor (Michael Faraday)?		1821
World Wide Web (Tim Berners-Lee)?		1989
Morse code (Samuel Morse)?		1838
Safety pin (Walter Hunt)?		1849
Elevator/Lift (Elisha Otis)?		1852
Aspirin (German Felix Hoffman)?		1877
Typewriter (William Austin Burt)?		1829
Electric light bulb (Thomas Edison)?		1879
Helicopter (Igor Sikorsky)?		1939
Refrigerator (Oliver Evans)?		1805
Velcro (George de Mestral)?		1948
Computer mouse (Douglas Engelbart)?		1963
Microprocessor (Ted Hoff)?		1968
Sporcle (Matt Ramme)?		2007
Sewing machine (Elias Howe)	2007
Zipper/Zip (Whitcomb Judson)	2007
Rubik's cube (Erno Rubik)	2007
Thermometer (Galileo Galilei)	2007
Barometer (Evangelista Torricelli)	2007
Piano (Bartolomeo Cristofori)	2007
Dynamo (Michael Faraday)	2007
Jigsaw puzzle (John Soilsbury)	2007
Steam engine (James Watt)	2007
Lego (Ole Kirk Christiansen)	2007
Periodic table (Dmitry Mendeleyev)	2007
Dynamite (Alfred Nobel)	2007
Bifocal lens (Benjamin Franklin)	2007
Jacquard loom - and the forerunner of all things binary (Joseph Jacquard)	2007
Aeroplane (Wilbur and Orville Wright)	2007
E-mail (Ray Tomlinson)	2007
Telegraph (Charles Wheatstone and Samuel Morse)	2007
Microwave oven (Percy Spencer)	2007
Telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)	2007
Battery (Alessandro Volta)	2007
Electric motor (Michael Faraday)	2007
World Wide Web (Tim Berners-Lee)	2007
Morse code (Samuel Morse)	2007
Safety pin (Walter Hunt)	2007
Elevator/Lift (Elisha Otis)	2007
Aspirin (German Felix Hoffman)	2007
Typewriter (William Austin Burt)	2007
Electric light bulb (Thomas Edison)	2007
Helicopter (Igor Sikorsky)	2007
Refrigerator (Oliver Evans)	2007
Velcro (George de Mestral)	2007
Computer mouse (Douglas Engelbart)	2007
Microprocessor (Ted Hoff)	2007
Sporcle (Matt Ramme)	2007

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Which Invention Came First? Quiz

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Created Jul 27, 2011 in History
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	bowsntoys:	Jul 28th, 2011 at 00:07 GMT		7 points
	This is a lot of fun! Some are really obvious, but some I thought, hmmm....and then missed anyway. I could have used another minute. :)

	sluh138:	Jul 28th, 2011 at 00:17 GMT		7 points
	I was honestly in the process of making a very similar quiz (with the same URL haha), but too bad you "invented" it first. Great quiz, I really like the set-up.

	sufradley:	Jul 28th, 2011 at 11:02 GMT		6 points
	Thank you! @bowsntoys I hate it when I run out of time, there is quick thinking then just annoying - I've added another minute. @sluh138 I have been in the process of making loads of quizzes when someone else gets in first (tallsaul and Hejman have pipped me to the post a few times). Maybe there is a Sporcle hive mind? If you had other inventions you’d like me to add in, just let me know.

	Hejman:	Jul 28th, 2011 at 16:52 GMT		6 points
	Sorry, sufradley- I've had that happen to me too! Maybe you're right about the hive mind. Regardless, this is a great quiz- Editor's Pick material!

	sufradley:	Jul 28th, 2011 at 18:55 GMT		5 points
	Thanks for the pick Hejman, I'll forgive you for reading my mind!

	Leeny:	Jul 28th, 2011 at 20:40 GMT		3 points
	I think this is a good quiz to use the answer in order and hide subsequent clues feature. Just my opinion. Regardless, I love the quiz!

	courtneyyy:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 04:05 GMT		3 points
	6% didn't realize that email was invented after the airplane? ::facepalm::

	sufradley:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 08:18 GMT		2 points
	@Leeny - you're right! Quiz improved. Thank you.

	JollyRoger2:	Jul 31st, 2011 at 16:31 GMT		2 points
	Fun quiz, and lol at the sporcle reference.

	JollyRoger2:	Jul 31st, 2011 at 16:33 GMT		2 points
	@sufradley Can you make a reference to the fact that the Chinese may have beaten Gutenberg a few hundred years?

	sufradley:	Jul 31st, 2011 at 20:52 GMT		2 points
	@JollyRoger2 I think you've just given the needed nod to the Asian history of printing. It's true that China had movable type from the 11th Century, however as Gutenberg's printing press was responsible for such an explosion in informing the masses of all things he does deserve a little credit. There are many inventions from deeper into history not covered here, e.g. fireworks, the abacus, paper and ink and these are predominantly not Western, my quiz just focuses on the more recent and more specifically documented inventions, none of which would have been possible without a global lineage of inspired minds.