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There are two games of 10 words each in this section. This is the first game.

1. Gutenberg _______ the printing press.
Choice 2 was invented
Choice 1 invented
Choice 3 were invented
2. The telephone _______ by Alexander Graham Bell.
Choice 3 invented
Choice 1
was invented
Choice 2 were invented
3. In 1815, Napoleon _______ at the battle of Waterloo.
Choice 2 were defeated
Choice 1 was defeated
Choice 3 defeated
4. Confucius _______ as the ‘Wise Old Man’ of the Chinese.
Choice 1 was known
Choice 2 were known
Choice 3 knew
5. Shakespeare _______ Romeo and Juliet.
Choice 2 was written
Choice 3
were written
Choice 1
wrote
6. ‘Yesterday’ _______ by the Beatles.
Choice 2 sang
Choice 1 was sung
Choice 3 sung
7. Spielberg _______ ‘E.T.’ .
Choice 2 was made
Choice 3 were made
Choice 1 made
8. The first atomic bomb _______ on Hiroshima in 1946.
Choice 1 was dropped
Choice 2 were dropped
Choice 3 dropped
9. Mickey Mouse _______ by Walt Disney.
Choice 3 created
Choice 1 was created
Choice 2 were created
9. Frankenstein _______ by Mary Shelley in 1818.
Choice 1 was written
Choice 2 were written
Choice 3 wrote