Q 01/05
A) Wood-pulp paper making
B) The mechanical typewriter
C) The movable-type printing press
D) The steam-powered rotary press
Answer · why
Movable type already existed in East Asia, but his press made printing vastly faster.
Q 02/05
A) Mainz
B) Cologne
C) Nuremberg
D) Frankfurt
Answer · why
The Gutenberg Museum was founded there in 1900 for the 500th anniversary of his birth.
Q 03/05
A) The first printed newspaper
B) The first printed atlas
C) The first printed dictionary
D) The first printed Bible
Answer · why
It is also called the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42.
Q 04/05
A) Silver, tin and bismuth
B) Lead, tin and antimony
C) Lead, copper and gold
D) Iron, copper and zinc
Answer · why
It melted at a low temperature for cheap casting and produced durable type.
Q 05/05
A) Oil-based ink
B) Water-based ink
C) Wax-based ink
D) Milk-based ink
Answer · why
Scribes' water-based inks would not adhere to metal type; his ink was mainly carbon with copper, lead and titanium.
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