The Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell is best known for inventing this everyday device.
What is the telephone?
Bell was born in this country known for kilts and bagpipes
What is Scotland?
Bell co‑founded this company, which still exists today.
What is AT&T?
When you call someone, you dial this series of numbers
What is a phone number?
Bell’s invention changed how people do this across long distances.
What is communicate?
Before smartphones, people used this type of phone that plugged into the wall
What is a landline?
Bell later became a citizen of this country, home to the White House.
What is the US?
Bell’s famous first words on the telephone were “Mr. Watson, come here…” followed by this.
What is I want to see you?
Before texting, people left short recorded messages on this machine.
What is an answering machine?
Bell co‑founded this major company that still exists today.
What is AT & T?
Bell’s first phone call was to his assistant, whose last name was this.
Who is Watson?
In which century did Bell live
What is the 19th century?
Bell spilled this on himself right before making the first phone call.
What is acid?
This part of the phone lets you hear the other person.
What is the speaker?
Bell’s invention eventually replaced sending messages by this older method
What is the telegraph?
Bell’s invention helped people do this without being in the same room.
What is talk?
His wife suffered from this condition?
What is deafness?
Bell’s first phone call happened in this country
What is the US
This part of the phone lets you talk into it.
What is the microphone?
Bell’s work helped inspire this modern technology used for video calls.
What is the internet?
Before the telephone, people sent short messages using this older system that tapped out dots and dashes.
What is morse code?
Bell’s patent is often called the most valuable ever issued by this government office.
What is the U.S. Patent Office?
Bell made his first telephone call in this U.S. city, now known for its universities and tech history.
What Boston?
This U.S. President invited Bell to demonstrate the telephone at the White House.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
When Bell died, all telephones in the U.S. did this to honor him.
What is go silent?