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Timeline Tumble: Put History in Order

Which came first? Arrange inventions, ancient events and space milestones in the right order, with a few true-or-false curveballs about time itself. Ten questions, about 10 minutes. Ordering questions give partial credit only for the exact order, so think before you drag.

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  1. Put these inventions in order, earliest first.
  2. Put these events in order, earliest first.
  3. Put these space milestones in order, earliest first.
  4. Put these computing milestones in order, earliest first.
  5. Put these events in order, earliest first.
  6. Which of these happened FIRST?
  7. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built roughly how long ago?
  8. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.
  9. The printing press was invented in Europe before Columbus reached the Americas.
  10. Penicillin was discovered before the first powered airplane flight.