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Inventions by Country #2
For each selected invention or discovery, name the modern-day country in whose territory it originated.
Guess the modern day country
Answer must correspond to highlighted box
Dates are approximate, don't get too attached to them
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| First submitted | May 22, 2013 |
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| Average score | 65.0% |
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11 Comments
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Dec 7, 2024
This quiz has been majorly reworked. I hope you like the changes.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Dec 8, 2024
Just missed Netherlands for telescope
ellypois
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Level 73
Dec 9, 2024
Telescope was invented by Galileo in Italy
GregoryIX
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Level 72
Dec 9, 2024
Galileo built his own, but he wasn't the first
Freestatebear
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Level 88
Dec 9, 2024
Galileo improved on an instrument already invented and patented in the Netherlands.
mf3
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Level 90
Dec 9, 2024
So Arabic numerals were invented in India?
Minecraftyoshi2
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Level 57
Dec 29, 2024
Could be wrong but I think maybe they added the zero?
DrCoolKid69MD
+3
Level 70
Apr 6, 2025
wouldn't do much
Salsichon
+9
Level 79
Feb 9, 2025
Arabic traders took the zero from India but the symbols themselves were modified along exchanges
afterburner
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Level 85
Apr 6, 2025
There is some evidence for modern numerals to have originated in India, and altered into the recognizable form by Arabs. The changes may stem from the vastly different approach in the writing system of the Semitic and Indic cultures.
Neodymium
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Level 63
Apr 6, 2025
They're also called the Hindu-Arabic numerals, and Indo-Arabic numerals I believe
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