$30 QUESTION -- Category: Powerful Names
Which Englishman patented the first practical steam engine in 1698?
- Thomas Savery.
- Robert Fulton.
- Sir Alec Guinness.
Sorry! The correct answer is 1. Thomas Savery. Robert Fulton was an American inventor who launched a steamboat, the Clermont, in 1807. Sir Alec Guinness is an actor.