What words did Thomas Edison recite in his first successful phonograph recording?
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Mary had a little lamb
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What words did Thomas Edison recite in his first successful phonograph recording?
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Mary had a little lamb
Which phrase did Thomas Edison help popularize as a telephone greeting?
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Hello
What company did Thomas Edison establish in 1896 to manufacture and sell phonographs?
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National Phonograph Company
What newspaper did Thomas Edison publish while working as a teenage telegraph operator?
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The Grand Trunk Herald
Which U.S. city hosted the 1876 Centennial Exhibition where Edison displayed telegraph equipment?
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Philadelphia
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What company did Thomas Edison establish in 1896 to manufacture and sell phonographs?
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National Phonograph Company
What newspaper did Thomas Edison publish while working as a teenage telegraph operator?
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The Grand Trunk Herald
On what date did a fire destroy much of Thomas Edison’s West Orange laboratory complex?
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December 9, 1914
What was Thomas Edison’s first major commercial success as an inventor?
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Stock ticker
What term names the one-way current discovered in an Edison vacuum lamp?
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Edison effect
Which inventor worked with Thomas Edison to develop the first practical motion-picture system?
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William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
What nickname did Thomas Edison become known by because of his Menlo Park laboratory?
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The Wizard of Menlo Park
Which U.S. president awarded Thomas Edison the Congressional Gold Medal in 1928?
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Calvin Coolidge