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Trivia question of the day — Mar 18, 2026

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QUESTION OF THE DAYWED 18 MAR
DIFFICULTY 58 · HARDINVENTIONS

Which physicist and engineer is often credited with co-inventing radar in 1930s Britain?

  1. Robert Watson-Watt
  2. Frank Whittle
  3. Heinrich Hertz
  4. Nikola Tesla
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A. Robert Watson-Watt

Robert Watson-Watt was asked whether radio waves could make a 'death ray' against aircraft; his team showed that was impossible but that radio could detect planes.

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