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In what country was Alexander Graham Bell born?
Scotland
Ireland
France
Germany
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What communication device is Graham Bell most famous for inventing?
The television
The telegraph
The telephone
The postal service
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Which of the following is the name of the telephone company that Graham Bell founded?
American Telephone and Telegragh
Mercury Communications Inc.
The Midwest Cable-Line
Transcontinental Communication Company
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In what year did Bell patent his telephone?
1876
1884
1890
1895
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Bell's eleventh birthday was significant for him because of what unusual present that his father gave him?
A pet alligator
His middle name
The rights to a gambling hall
A ticket to travel to America
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Another one of the peculiar facts about Bell's life was that he helped what other historical figure to find their famous teacher, Anne Sullivan?
Calvin Coolidge
Upton SInclair
Booker T. Washington
Hellen Keller
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Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother happened to both be afflicted with condition?
Blindness
Deafness
Muteness
Attaxia
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One of Alexander Graham Bell's more peculiar inventions was a wireless telephone given what name?
The numophone
The photophone
The veriphone
The cosmophone
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Bell helped establish which of the following organizations by becoming its second ever president?
The American Red Cross
The National Geographic Society
The American Foreign Legion
Habitat for Humanity
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Much of Bell's later life was spent designing special boats that sailed while raised above the water in order to move faster. What is the name for these boats?
Hydrofoil
Nautical Pense
Aeroboat
Acroboat
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In honor of Alexander Graham Bell's legacy, the bel is the name assigned to the standard unit of measurement of what force?
Speed
Light intensity
Sound intensity
Volume
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Alexander Graham Bell attempted to save the life of what U.S. president by using a metal detector to try and extract a bullet from them?
William McKinley
Chester A. Arthur
James Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant
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How did both the U.S. and Canada commemorate Bell's passing two days after his death?
They buried him with telephone lines reaching down into his grave
The played a funeral dirge over all telephone lines
They ordered all telephone operators say a silent prayer at noon
They shut down telephone service for a minute
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