{"id":7633,"date":"2014-11-25T12:46:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T17:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/?p=7633"},"modified":"2018-06-19T14:05:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T18:05:14","slug":"telephone-trivia-test-skills-real-telephone-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialtyansweringservice.net\/telephone-trivia-test-skills-real-telephone-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Telephone trivia! Test your skills against real telephone facts."},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s everything you never knew you always wanted to know about the telephone. How many questions can you answer correctly?<\/p>\n

1. What greeting was first used when answering the telephone?<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Speak!<\/li>\n
  2. Hello!<\/li>\n
  3. Ahoy!<\/li>\n
  4. At your service!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2. What is one of the most common ways to disguise cell phone towers?<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. It\u2019s illegal to disguise them.<\/li>\n
    2. As plastic trees.<\/li>\n
    3. Attached to the structure of tall buildings.<\/li>\n
    4. Behind highway beautification walls.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      3. What is telephonophobia?<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. A fear of cell phones.<\/li>\n
      2. It\u2019s not a real word.<\/li>\n
      3. A fear of making and receiving calls.<\/li>\n
      4. A fear of hearing the phone ring.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        4. A\u00a0recent U.N. study found that of the world\u2019s estimated 7 billion people, 6 billion have access to mobile phones \u2013 but only 4.5 billion people have access to this.<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. Working toilets.<\/li>\n
        2. Running water.<\/li>\n
        3. Electricity.<\/li>\n
        4. Proper nutrition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          5. The\u00a0original cell phone, first demonstrated in 1973, weighed how many pounds?<\/h3>\n
            \n
          1. 5 pounds<\/li>\n
          2. 5 pounds<\/li>\n
          3. 2 pounds<\/li>\n
          4. 3 pounds<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            6. In\u00a0a 2012 poll by TIME magazine, what percentage of people said they can\u2019t go a day without their cell phones?<\/h3>\n
              \n
            1. 92%<\/li>\n
            2. 73%<\/li>\n
            3. 49%<\/li>\n
            4. 84%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              7. What\u00a0numerals on the telephone do not have corresponding letters?<\/h3>\n
                \n
              1. 1<\/li>\n
              2. 9 and 0<\/li>\n
              3. 0<\/li>\n
              4. 1 and 0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                8. What\u00a0letters did old rotary phones not use?<\/h3>\n
                  \n
                1. Q and W<\/li>\n
                2. Y and Z<\/li>\n
                3. Q and Z<\/li>\n
                4. X and Z<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  9. The\u00a0first universal emergency number was established in Great Britain in 1937. To receive police, fire or ambulance assistance, an individual would dial which numbers?<\/h3>\n
                    \n
                  1. 999<\/li>\n
                  2. 900<\/li>\n
                  3. 911<\/li>\n
                  4. 000<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    10. What\u00a0were the first words ever spoken on the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell?<\/h3>\n
                      \n
                    1. \u201cMr. Holmes \u2013 come here \u2013 I need you.\u201d<\/li>\n
                    2. \u201cMr. Watson \u2013 come here \u2013 I want to see you.\u201d<\/li>\n
                    3. \u201cMr. Wilson \u2013 come here \u2013 you are needed.\u201d<\/li>\n
                    4. \u201cMr. Henry \u2013 come here \u2013 your assistance is requested.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Answers: 1. C, 2. B, 3. C, 4. A, 5. B, 6. D, 7. D, 8. C, 9. A, 10. B<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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