History of the Telephone

What year was the telephone invented?

• 1868

• 1876

• 1878

• 1880

In the 1870's who were the two people who independently developed prototype designs for voice to voice communication -the "telephone"

• Thomas Edison

• Elisha Gray

• Joseph Henry

• Alexander Graham Bell

When was the first rotary dial phone made for homes

• 1920

• 1927

• 1930

• 1937

Which electrically based communication system was used for approximately 30 years before the telephone?

• Radios

• Television

• Telegraph

• Wired Cups

Who was the young electrician who helped Alexander Bell develop the telephone or to "talk with electricity"?

• Thomas Watson

• Joseph Henry

• Gardiner Greene Hubbard

• Elisha Gray

What did Bell and Watson need to develop to make the telephone or (talk with electricity) work?

• a working transmitter with a membrane capable of varying electronic currents

• A tower with and antenna to receive electric signals

• The right amount of volts for sound waves to travel through

• A microcone sound wave capture device

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For (Exchanges in Rotary Dialing) WHERE was the first telephone exchange center built in 1878?

• Washington, DC

• Nashville, TN

• New Haven, CT

• Boston, MA

When was the first cordless phone?

• 1958

• 1962

• 1965

• 1973

The first portable cell phones were developed to be in cars and had very limited range. Which company developed the first cell phones?

• Verizon

• Dominion Energy

• AT&T

• T-Mobile

Where was the first telephone book developed?

• Washington, DC

• Charleston, SC

• Norfolk, VA

• New Haven, CT