telephone
Telephones convert sound into electrical or digital signals. This topic is part of Communication within Technology. This page currently draws on 13 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
telephone trivia questions
A telephone allows people to transmit what over distance?
Answer: Voice
Bonus fact: Telephones convert sound into electrical or digital signals.
Who is most famously associated with patenting the telephone in 1876?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
Bonus fact: Bell received a landmark U.S. telephone patent.
What device in a traditional telephone converts sound waves into an electrical signal?
Answer: Microphone
Bonus fact: The microphone turns acoustic vibrations into electrical changes.
Who is commonly credited with inventing the practical telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
Bonus fact: Bell received a famous U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876.
What words are famously associated with an early Bell telephone call?
Answer: Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you
Bonus fact: Bell spoke the phrase to his assistant Thomas Watson.
A telephone exchange connects what?
Answer: Telephone calls
Bonus fact: Exchanges route calls between subscribers.
What invention gradually replaced many manual telephone exchanges?
Answer: Automatic switching
Bonus fact: Electromechanical switches allowed users to dial directly.
Early telephone companies often preferred women as operators partly because they were viewed as having what?
Answer: Polite voices and patience
Bonus fact: Women became the dominant switchboard workforce.
A fax machine sends copies of what over telephone lines?
Answer: Documents
Bonus fact: Fax systems scan and reproduce pages remotely.
The standard numeric keypad arrangement on a computer differs from many telephone keypads because where is 1 located?
Answer: At the bottom
Bonus fact: Computer keypads usually follow adding-machine layouts, while phone keypads put 1 at the top.
Alexander Graham Bell is strongly associated with inventing what?
Answer: Telephone
Bonus fact: Bell received a famous telephone patent in 1876.
A switchboard operator connected what?
Answer: Telephone calls
Bonus fact: Operators manually linked callers.