- 1. When did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone?
A) 1876
B) 1900
C) 1920
D) 1850
- 2. What was the name of the first successful message transmitted by telephone?
A) Hello, can you hear me?
B) Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you
C) Let's talk again tomorrow
D) What is this contraption?
- 3. Where did Alexander Graham Bell conduct his telephone experiments?
A) Boston
B) Paris
C) New York
D) London
- 4. Who was Alexander Graham Bell's assistant and partner in inventing the telephone?
A) Guglielmo Marconi
B) Thomas Edison
C) Nikola Tesla
D) Thomas Watson
- 5. Who did Alexander Graham Bell beat in filing a patent for the telephone by mere hours?
A) Antonio Meucci
B) Thomas Edison
C) Nikola Tesla
D) Elisha Gray
- 6. What is the term used to describe Alexander Graham Bell's method of transmitting sound by wire?
A) Telecommunication
B) Cryptography
C) Phonetics
D) Telephony
- 7. What did Alexander Graham Bell's father, Alexander Melville Bell, invent?
A) Telegraph
B) Camera
C) Steam engine
D) Visible Speech
- 8. What was the original name Bell gave to the telephone before it was called 'telephone'?
A) Echo transmitter
B) Wireless communicator
C) Voice machine
D) Harmonic telegraph
- 9. Who did Alexander Graham Bell marry?
A) Helen Keller
B) Mabel Hubbard
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Marie Curie
- 10. What educational institution did Alexander Graham Bell found with his father and wife in Boston?
A) Harvard University
B) Oxford University
C) MIT
D) Volta Laboratory
- 11. What medical condition did Alexander Graham Bell suffer from in his later years?
A) Diabetes
B) Arthritis
C) Hypertension
D) Asthma
- 12. Where did Alexander Graham Bell demonstrate the telephone for the first time?
A) New York City
B) London
C) Paris
D) Philadelphia
- 13. Which company did Alexander Graham Bell co-found to market the telephone?
A) Bell Telephone Company
B) Sprint
C) AT&T
D) Verizon
- 14. What was the original name of the patent granted to Alexander Graham Bell for his invention?
A) The speaking device
B) Sound telegraph
C) Voice transmission apparatus
D) Improvement in Telegraphy
- 15. What phrase did Alexander Graham Bell suggest for answering the telephone?
A) Hello
B) Good morning
C) Greetings
D) Ahoy
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