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