Alexander Graham Bell

Who is credited with the invention of the telephone?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Watson

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How old was Bell when he created his first invention?

• 1847

• 1876

• 12

• both were deaf

Why did Bell spend so much time as an advocate for the hearing impaired?

• He was deaf.

• He liked telephones.

• His mother and wife were deaf.

• He was a teacher.

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Who improved Bell's original telephone by inventing the microphone?

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

• Thomas Watson

• Alexander Graham Bell

True or False: Graphophones and phonographs allow people to record sound and play it back.

• True

• False

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What was Bell interested in?

• reading and writing

• geography

• history

• science and nature

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