Telephone Quiz: questions and answers
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The invention of the telephone in the XIX century was a breakthrough in communications technology. Play the quiz and test your knowledge about this life-changing invention.
Telephone quiz consists of ten questions and answers.
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1. What is telephone?
A device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation
2. Who invented the world's first telephone?
Antonio Meucci
3. Who was the first to be granted a U.S. patent for the device that produces a clearly intelligible replication of the human voice?
Alexander Graham Bell
4. What are the essential elements of a telephone?
Microphone and earphone
5. In which year was the Advance Mobile Phone System (AMPS) launched?
1983
6. What has been the trend for mobile phones since 1999?
Smartphones
7. When did the first successful telephone transmission using a liquid transmitter take place?
March 10, 1876
8. What is a lineman's handset?
A special type of telephone used by technicians for installing and testing local loop telephone lines
9. In telecommunications, what does POTS mean?
Plain Old Telephone Service
10. When was the transistor invented?
1947