KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
Question
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Henry Ford
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Thomas Edison
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Detailed explanation-1: -They were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, when he made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.” What would you have said?
Detailed explanation-2: -In the March 10, 1876, notebook entry, Bell recounts his utterance of the famous words-"Mr. Watson – Come here – I want to see you"-as well as his reaction when his assistant arrived: “To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said."
Detailed explanation-3: -When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Detailed explanation-4: -I then shouted into M [the mouthpiece] the following sentence: “Mr. Watson, come here–I want to see you.” To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said. I asked him to repeat the words.