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 firearm concept did Leonardo da Vinci sketch with three parallel barrels?
Answer
Triple-barrel cannon
What kind of transport did Leonardo da Vinci design with a spring-powered mechanism?
Answer
A self-propelled cart
What type of machine did Leonardo da Vinci design to pump water in his canal projects?
Answer
A centrifugal pump
What defensive vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci design in 1487?
Answer
An armored vehicle
What did Leonardo da Vinci call his 1489 rotating flying-machine concept?
Answer
Aerial screw
What was Leonardo da Vinci’s 1495 mechanical creation, later reconstructed as a robot, designed to do?
Answer
Move its arms and sit
What transportation device did Leonardo da Vinci design with two large wheels and a winding mechanism?
Answer
Self-propelled cart
What kind of robot did Leonardo da Vinci design for a 1495 court spectacle?
Answer
Humanoid robot
What kind of transport did Leonardo da Vinci design to move without horses, using springs and gears?
Answer
Self-propelled cart
What type of vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci design with angled plates to deflect enemy fire?
Answer
Armored vehicle
What machine did Leonardo da Vinci design to cut threads in a controlled way?
Answer
A screw-cutting machine
In Leonardo da Vinci’s famous water-lifting design, what mechanism moves water upward?
Answer
An Archimedes screw
What spiral-shaped aerial machine did Leonardo da Vinci design in the 1480s?
Answer
Aerial screw
What mechanical musical instrument did Leonardo da Vinci design using a rotating bow?
Answer
Viola organista
In Leonardo da Vinci’s self-propelled cart, what stored energy drove the wheels?
Answer
Coiled springs
What pumping device did Leonardo da Vinci design with a helical screw?
Answer
A screw pump
What boat-protection feature did Leonardo da Vinci propose using two layers of hull?
Answer
A double hull
What was Leonardo da Vinci’s proposed rotating aerial device commonly called?
Answer
Aerial screw