Trivia Quiz on Alexander Graham Bell
Updated: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Call back to the birth of the telephone with a fast-paced quiz on milestones, patents, and the famous first words. Perfect for fans of science history and trivia lovers alike.
Connect your group with a lively team quiz exploring the invention of the telephone, key dates in 1876, patent trivia, and the iconic first sentence ever carried over a phone line. Ideal for classrooms, office icebreakers, family game nights, or live streams—play it in online meetings or broadcasts on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, and more. Split into teams, assign a host, and race to answer multiple-choice questions; award points per correct answer and use the date questions as tiebreakers. This trivia can be duplicated with a single click, making it easy to reuse, remix, and replay for different groups or events.
1. The first telephone call was made in what year
A) 1875
B) 1874
C) 1877
D) 1876
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2. What is the number 174,465 that belongs to the telephone
A) U.s patent number
B) U.K patent number
C) Canadian patent number
D) Phone serial number
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3. What did Alexander Graham Bell muffle to keep it from interrupting his work
A) his telegraph key
B) his clock
C) his coffee grinder
D) His telephone the telephone telephone
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4. The telephone was invented in which year
A) 1874
B) 1875
C) 1877
D) 1876
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5. When was the first telephone used
A) March 10, 1876
B) February 14, 1876
C) March 7, 1876
D) April 15, 1876
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6. Who is the unit of sound named after
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Isaac Newton
D) Thomas Edison
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7. What did alexander graham bell invent
A) Telegraph
B) Phonograph
C) Telephone
D) Stethoscope
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8. What Did A Professor Of Vocal Physiology At Boston University Use His Deaf Students To Help Him Invent In 1876
A) The Telephone
B) The Phonograph
C) The Telegraph
D) The Electric Light
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9. What was significant about the words (Watson, please come here, I want you) when spoken in 1876?
A) First public demonstration of the telephone in history
B) The first message transmitted over a telephone network
C) First Complete Sentance Spoken On The Phone
D) The invention of the telephone's name was coined during this moment
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10. Who invented the Telephone ?
A) Elisha Gray
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Thomas Edison
D) Antonio Meucci
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