Test your basic knowledge |

Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil invent frequency hopping spread spectrum communication technique






2. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






3. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






4. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.






5. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply






6. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line






7. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






8. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers






9. Internet2 organization created






10. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist






11. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'






12. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun






13. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line






14. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






15. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston






16. Internet2 organization created






17. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






18. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply






19. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






20. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line






21. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use






22. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article






23. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media






24. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.






25. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'






26. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






27. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.






28. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing






29. Tsai Lun invents paper






30. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN






31. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






32. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.






33. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun






34. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection






35. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing






36. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






37. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN






38. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.






39. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






40. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas






41. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






42. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type






43. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






44. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).






45. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






46. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers






47. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist






48. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas






49. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






50. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line