UOI Provocation Quiz (Braille, Rotary Phone & Morse Code)

Who invented this?

• Arthur Keller (Helen Keller's father)

• Louis Braille

• Braille Louise

• Helen Keller

Answer explanation

Louis Braille became blind in an accident when he was young.

He learnt to use raised dots to read from a French captain.

The French captain first invented these raised dots for soldiers to...

• communicate with the enemies in secret.

• mark their allies.

• read in the dark without catching enemy's attention.

• have fun.

Answer explanation

The French Captain made a "Night System"!

Louis Braille made the raised dots easier to read by...

• decreasing from 12 dots to 6 dots.

• punching them on paper

• by going to university.

• by punching them on leather.

Answer explanation

Only 6 in a cell!

Braille helps (a)   people to read. Universities and different countries use it now.

Braille for Feet is raised tiles. We can see these in MTR/ public places. They help blind people

• dance happily.

• see.

• walk safely.

• avoid obstacles.

These device of communication is called...

• beeper.

• spinny phone.

• spinning telephone.

• rotary phone.

This is the correct way of holding a rotary phone.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This way up!

Rotary phone takes a long time to dial because you have to poke and spin to register each number.

• True

• False

• It is impossible to use!

Answer explanation

Ask your parents: have they used one before?

Who created Morse Code?

• Samuel Morse

• Louis Braille

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samatha Margot Morse

Answer explanation

He was an American painter and inventor!

Morse and Vail invented the telegraph machine and the Morse Codes in...

• 1630s.

• 1830s.

• During the First World War, 1914.

• 2003.