History Quiz — Sep 7, 2026

Thomas Edison is credited with perfecting this glass household device that glows brightly when electricity flows through it.

Answer: Light bulb

This curved throwing tool used by Aboriginal Australians can return to the thrower.

Answer: Boomerang

This famous collection of ancient Babylonian laws, carved on a tall basalt pillar, set out the principle 'an eye for an eye.'

Answer: Code of Hammurabi

This Frenchman announced an early practical photography process, producing images on silvered copper plates, in 1839.

Answer: Louis Daguerre

Ancient Babylonian astronomers divided the day into hours and the circle into this many degrees.

Answer: 360