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0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Greetings trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison. Today we're highlighting great inventors and their breakthroughs. Question one, who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone? Question two? Which American inventor created the phonograph and improved the electric light bulb? Question three? Who invented the movable type printing press in the fourteen hundreds? Question four? What engineer helped develop the modern alternating current electrical system? Question five? Which aviation pioneers made the first powered flight in nineteen oh three.
1:04 We'll be right back with these innovative answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one, Who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone? Answer Alexander Graham Bell. His patent became one of the most famous and most litigated in technology history. Question two. Which American inventor created the phonograph and improved the electric light bulb? Answer Thomas Edison. He held more than one thousand patents and his labs functioned like early research and development centers. Question three, who invented the movable type printing press in the fourteen hundreds.
1:47 Answer Johannes Gutenberg. His press made books far more affordable and ignited a revolution in literacy and knowledge sharing. Question four. What engineer helped develop the modern alternating current electrical system? Answer Nikola Tesla. His AC system ultimately beat out Edison's preferred direct current in what became known as the War of Currents. Question five. Which aviation pioneers made the first powered flight in nineteen oh three. Answer the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur. Their flight at Kitty Hawk lasted only seconds, but it changed transportation forever. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison. Portions of this program were made with the help of AI. See you Tomorrow.