Mostly Trivial 195 The Telephone [trivia]

How much do YOU know about Telephone history?

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The first prototype of the sound-proof phone booth was built in 1877. Mr. Watson, Alexander Graham Bell's trusty assistant, used a bunch of bed blankets around a box. He created the booth to prevent his landlady from listening in on his conversations. Some callers didn't like using the early phone booths because the doors would get stuck, forcing users to fight their way out.

In the early 1880's some well-to-do telephone owners started the unusual trend of paying to have a theatre employee hold a telephone receiver backstage, transmitting live plays and operas into their living rooms.

After all, microwave manufacturers would not want to reduce their profit by promoting the dangers of their product, and have undertaken drastic actions in the past to keep their secrets hidden.

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What Do You Know , Joe?

Fifteen years after its invention in 1876, there were five million phones in America. Fifteen years after its invention, how many 'wireless' phones were in the U.S?

A. 3 million

B. 19 million

C. 33 million

 

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