Who Invented the Telephone?
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Question 1: Who is officially credited with inventing the first practical telephone?
Antonio Meucci
Thomas Edison
Johann Philipp Reis
Alexander Graham Bell
Question 2: What were the first words ever spoken over the telephone?
The telephone works!
Testing, testing, 1-2-3
Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you
Hello, can you hear me?
Question 3: Which inventor had been working on telephone technology for years but couldn't afford the patent fee?
Elisha Gray
Charles Bourseul
Philip Reis
Antonio Meucci
Question 4: What liquid was used in Bell's first successful telephone transmitter?
Oil
Acid
Mercury
Water
Question 5: Which company was founded to commercialize Bell's telephone patent?
AT&T
Western Union
Edison Electric
Bell Telephone Company
Question 6: What was the primary purpose Bell was trying to achieve when he invented the telephone?
Telegraph improvement
Helping the deaf communicate
Military communication
Business communication
Question 7: When was the first transcontinental telephone call made in the United States?
1920
1910
1900
1915
Question 8: What was the major breakthrough that made Bell's telephone design successful?
Fiber optics
Digital signals
Variable resistance
Wireless transmission