Inventions - What Came First (or Last)

Click the invention. You will either have to pick the item or concept that was invented first in the list or last in the list
Using this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions#
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1. What came first?
Pendulum clocks were invented in 1656
Pianos
Pendulum Clocks
The Lightning Rod
The Leyden Jar
2. What came last?
Articulated trams were invented in 1912
Articulated Trams
Zeppelins
Plastic
X-rays
3. What came last?
Friction matches were invented in 1826
Bicycles
Canned Food
Steam Locomotives
Friction Matches
4. What came first?
The earliest known writing dates back to over 6000 years ago
Cities
Writing
Wheels
Swords
5. What came first?
Google
DVDs
Podcasts
Tetris
6. What came first?
The first solar sail based spacecraft, IKAROS, launched in 2010
Chat-GPT
Single-cell Sequencing
Pfizer Vaccines for COVID-19
Solar Sails
7. What came first?
The first X-ray was used in 1895
Articulated Trams
X-rays
Zeppelins
Plastic
8. What came last?
The lightning rod was invented in 1752
The Lightning Rod
Pianos
Pendulum Clocks
The Leyden Jar
9. What came first?
The steam locomotive was invented in 1804
Friction Matches
Bicycles
Canned Food
Steam Locomotives
10. What came first?
Polyester was invented in 1941
The V-2 Rocket
The Microwave Oven
Polyester
Defibrillators
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