The Invention of the Radio — Questions and answers

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What happened when Felix touched the cover of the glowing Invention Encyclopedia?

Choices

  1. He found another cookie
  2. The bakery started to dissolve with swirling lights ✓
  3. Astrid found a map to the secret passage
  4. Meera told him a secret recipe

Answer: The bakery started to dissolve with swirling lights

From page 3

What year did Felix, Astrid, and Meera land in when they met Guglielmo Marconi?

Choices

  1. 1901
  2. 1920
  3. 1895 ✓
  4. The present day

Answer: 1895

From page 4

How did Guglielmo Marconi describe the radio?

Choices

  1. A machine to make bread
  2. A way to send messages using only wires
  3. A way to send messages without wires ✓
  4. A new kind of musical instrument

Answer: A way to send messages without wires

From page 5

What did Marconi say radio works by?

Choices

  1. Secret codes
  2. Electromagnetic waves ✓
  3. Special batteries
  4. Sound traveling through water

Answer: Electromagnetic waves

From page 6

When did the first commercial radio station, KDKA, start broadcasting?

Choices

  1. 1895
  2. 1901
  3. 1920 ✓
  4. Today

Answer: 1920

From page 7

Why did Marconi initially struggle to get funding for his invention?

Choices

  1. He didn't have enough wires for his radio
  2. People didn't see the value in wireless communication ✓
  3. His radio was too small to be useful
  4. He forgot to write down his ideas

Answer: People didn't see the value in wireless communication

From page 8

Where did Felix, Astrid, and Meera return to after their adventure?

Choices

  1. A different workshop
  2. Guglielmo Marconi's lab
  3. The bakery ✓
  4. A secret passage

Answer: The bakery

From page 9

What did Felix say the radio helped pave the way for in his own life?

Choices

  1. Making more cookies
  2. Streaming his favorite songs ✓
  3. Finding new secret passages
  4. Inventing a new type of notebook

Answer: Streaming his favorite songs

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