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Which communication method used large movable arms on top of towers?
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Telegraph
Morse Code
Telephone
Semaphores
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Who is credited with inventing Morse Code?
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Samuel Morse
Tesla
Marconi
FDR
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Which communication method used large movable arms on top of towers?
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Who is credited with inventing Morse Code?
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Which communication method is known as the language of "Dots and Dashes"?
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Samuel Morse's was inspired to create a faster method of communication because his wife fell ill, died, and was buried before he could even learn about her illness.
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What does FM stand for in terms of radio?
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What does AM stand for in terms of radio?
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FDR won 4 terms as President. He won because of how much everyone loved him. He used the radio to his advantage by broadcasting his now famous _______?
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The first phrase that was uttered through a telephone was "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you."
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In 1877, a company that would be better known today as AT&T was formed under which name?
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Who was the creator of the Audion Tube?
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in 1899, Marconi founded which company?
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In 1940, which network performed its first ever television broadcast in the US?
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By the age of 12, what was Samuel Morse inventing?
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What is "SOS" in Morse Code?
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KDKA in Pittsburgh became famous for its broadcast of what major event?
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Marconi is considered as the "King of Radio".
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The first ever commercial radio station started out of which city?
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The transmission that Marconi sent across the Atlantic only carried what message?
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This event was a scary night for most listeners. Martians landed on the planet! What was this famous broadcast called?
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Alexander Graham Bell's father was a professor of speech, and his mother was also an accomplished pianist. What else was special about Bell's mother?
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AM signals are prone to lose sound quality because it can be affected by _______.
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Which entity oversees what goes out onto the air for both radio and television?
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In 1915 the first transcontinental phone call was made between which two cities?
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Marconi was able to send a telegraph signal across the atlantic between which two countries?
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In 1920, John L. Baird created the first ever working televisor using cardboard, string, glue, wax, and a bicycle lamp.