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The Telephone Trivia

From Alexander Graham Bell's 'Ahoy!' to the brick-sized Motorola, see if you're smart enough to answer the call or if you'll just end up on a party line.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Awarded U.S. Patent No. 174,465 on March 7, 1876, who is officially credited with inventing the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

What five words did Alexander Graham Bell famously speak to his assistant in the first intelligible telephone call on March 10, 1876?

Mr. Watson, come here

Announced by Steve Jobs as a combination of three devices—a widescreen iPod, a mobile phone, and an internet communicator—what product debuted in 2007?

The iPhone

Which pixelated game, first introduced on the 6110 handset in 1997, became a mobile phenomenon and was eventually preloaded on 350 million Nokia devices?

Snake

What maternal nickname was affectionately given to AT&T during its long era as the dominant U.S. telephone monopoly?

Ma Bell

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