WONDER #1392: How Does a Phone Work?

Question 1 of 3

At their most basic, cell phones are just extremely sophisticated what?

  1. televisions
  2. telegraphs
  3. land lines
  4. radios

Question 2 of 3

Who was the first person to patent the telephone?

  1. Alexander Graham Bell
  2. Telly Phone
  3. Isaac Newton
  4. Abraham Lincoln

Question 3 of 3

Land lines, at their most basic, require all of the following components except which one?

  1. switch
  2. speaker
  3. microphone
  4. microprocessor

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