Trivia
APCs Insider, November 22, 2013
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Which Founding Father thought the turkey should replace the eagle as the national bird, calling it a “much more respectable bird … though a little vain and silly, a bird of courage.”
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. John Adams
c. George Washington
d. Thomas Jefferson
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What was the first sentence recorded by Thomas Edison on the phonograph?
a. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
b. Is this thing on?
c. Jack and Jill went up the hill.
d. Mary had a little lamb.
The correct answer is D. Edison created the phonograph in 1877 while working on concepts for improving the telegram and telephone.
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