5410 Leonardo Da Vinci's Inventions Trivia Questions with Answers
5410 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What wind-measuring device did Leonardo da Vinci design in the 1480s?
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Anemometer
What water-powered machine did Leonardo da Vinci design to help lift water?
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Archimedes’ screw
What armored military vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci design with a conical shell and cannons?
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Fighting vehicle
What automated vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci design that is often called the world’s first robot?
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Self-propelled cart
What rotating flying-machine concept did Leonardo da Vinci call an aerial screw?
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Aerial screw
What musical instrument did Leonardo da Vinci design with strings played by rotating wheels?
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Viola organista
What type of robot did Leonardo da Vinci design in 1495 for a Milanese court spectacle?
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Humanoid robot
Which device did Leonardo da Vinci design to raise water using a rotating screw?
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Archimedes’ screw
What mechanical device is Leonardo da Vinci credited with designing to move without an animal?
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Self-propelled cart
What was Leonardo da Vinci’s screw-shaped flying-machine concept called?
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Aerial screw
What kind of bridge did Leonardo da Vinci design to support itself without nails or mortar?
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Self-supporting bridge
What vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci design to move itself using coiled springs and geared wheels?
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Self-propelled cart
What kind of machine did Leonardo da Vinci design for producing continuous motion from weights?
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A perpetual-motion machine
What Leonardo da Vinci machine is often called the first humanoid robot?
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Robot knight
What Leonardo da Vinci invention used a spring-powered mechanism to move without being pushed?
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Self-propelled cart
What was Leonardo da Vinci’s proposed flapping-wing aircraft called?
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Ornithopter
What calculating machine did Leonardo da Vinci sketch with a series of geared wheels?
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Mechanical calculator