Origins
The specific word that is the standard for all measurements in WPM is...
PARIS
The inventors of the telegraph were...
Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
What is SOS used for?
The universal signal of danger/distress.
What device was originally used to send morse code?
The Telegraph.
This question can only be answered in Morse Code(no double or half points).
Morse Code is about _____% efficient.
94
How old was Samuel Morse when he attended Yale University?
14
Name 3 things instant communication with the telegraph impacted
Law enforcement,
Military actions,
Diplomacy,
Political groups,
Trade,
Communication of urgent family matters,
Business,
Instant News,
Women in the workforce,
etc.(There are more potentially).
What is WPM?
Words per Minute/the unit used to measure the speed of Morse Code.
Why did Morse want to invent the telegraph?
His wife died.
How did Samuel Morse come up with the codes for individual letters?
He went to the Printing Press of his local newspaper.
The people who encoded and decoded messages were called...
Cryptographers.
Fill in the Blank: The more frequently a letter was used, the ______ its code was
Shorter
The time length of PARIS is equivalent to...
50 dots.
How did Alfred Vail change Morse Code itself?
The dots and dashes represented letters.
The Americans only began to use SOS after...
The Titanic sank.
What is the name of the device that enemies used to figure out strategic locations based on where radio signals were coming from?
Direction Finder
WX was a Morse Code abbreviation that stands for...
Weather
Samuel Morse's most famous work of art was...
Dying Hercules.
Morse Code and the telegraph made it much harder for criminals to...
Move across state lines and/or disappear.
Which Q code stands for "Should I send faster?"
QRQ?(-.-- .-. -.-- ..--..)