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Alexander Graham Bell Trivia Quiz

Most people think Bell only invented the telephone. If your'e one of them, this quiz may hand you a surprise!

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
24,608

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1918

Last 3 plays: Guest 67 (6/10), ankitankurddit (5/10), Guest 75 (3/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What country was Alexander Graham Bell from? Hint

England

Italy

Scotland

Ireland

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Bell's first vocation? Hint

Schoolteacher

Mathematician

Teacher of the Deaf

Bagpiper

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Question 3 of 10

3. Whom did Bell beat in patenting his telephone? Hint

Thomas Edison

Nikolai Tesla

Henry Ford

Elisha Gray

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was Bell's assistant? Hint

Dick Grayson

Dr. John H. Watson

Thomas Watson

Sancho Plaza

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Question 5 of 10

5. What still-popular magazine and society did Bell help to found? Hint

Popular Mechanics

Saturday Evening Post

National Geographic

Popular Science

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where did Bell settle? Hint

Nova Scotia

Albany, N.Y.

Boston, Mass.

Quebec City

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which invention was Bell NOT involved with? Hint

light bulb

airplane

hydrofoil

photophone

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Question 8 of 10

8. Bell was involved in genetics.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. True or false: one of Bell's inventions was the forerunner of the iron lung.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which geometric shape did Bell work with? Hint

Sphere

Hexagon

Cube

Tetrahedron

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Apr 20 2024 : Guest 67: 6/10
Apr 19 2024 : ankitankurddit: 5/10
Mar 07 2024 : Guest 75: 3/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What country was Alexander Graham Bell from?

Answer: Scotland

Yes, the telephone was called an 'Ameche' for a time in the 40's because Don Ameche played Bell in the movie version, but the real Bell was a Scotsman.

2. What was Bell's first vocation?

Answer: Teacher of the Deaf

Not only did Bell follow in his father's footsteps(the elder Bell's work in Visible Speech for the Deaf inspired Shaw's Pygmalion) but Bell's mother and wife were also deaf!

3. Whom did Bell beat in patenting his telephone?

Answer: Elisha Gray

Yep, Bell beat Gray to the patent office!

4. Who was Bell's assistant?

Answer: Thomas Watson

'Mr. Watson, come here, I want you!' cried Bell when he spilt acid on his pants. The other Watson hung out with that detective...

5. What still-popular magazine and society did Bell help to found?

Answer: National Geographic

It was in the 1880's that Bell was one of the founders of the society and the still-popular magazine.

6. Where did Bell settle?

Answer: Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia, of course, means New Scotland!

7. Which invention was Bell NOT involved with?

Answer: light bulb

The light bulb was {Edison's;} Bell was involved in aviation and hydrofoil design, and his photophone, while an initial flop, pointed the way to fiber optics.

8. Bell was involved in genetics.

Answer: True

Bell conducted genetic experiments on sheep on his Nova Scotia home.

9. True or false: one of Bell's inventions was the forerunner of the iron lung.

Answer: True

Bell's vacuum jacket for reviving drowning victims pointed to the iron lung.

10. Which geometric shape did Bell work with?

Answer: Tetrahedron

Bell's work with the tetrahedron(four-sided trianglular solid) preceded Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome by decades.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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