History of Communication Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge

This history of communication quiz covers messengers, postal systems, the telegraph, Morse code, the telephone, radio, television and the internet. Test your knowledge with 10 questions on how humans shared news across distances.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Persia
Which ancient empire had a famous royal road with relay messengers?
Post
Which country issued the first adhesive postage stamp in 1840?
Telegraph
Who sent the message What hath God wrought in 1844?
Cable
When was the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable laid?
Phone
Who received the first US patent for the telephone in 1876?
Radio
Who sent the first transatlantic radio signal in 1901?
TV
Who first demonstrated a working television in 1926?
Internet
Which network, started in 1969, was the ancestor of the internet?
Web
Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?
Phone
When was the first handheld mobile phone call made?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which ancient empire had a famous royal road with relay messengers?
Answer: Persian Empire
Herodotus praised its riders in words later used by the US Postal Service.
Q2: Which country issued the first adhesive postage stamp in 1840?
Answer: United Kingdom
The Penny Black showed Queen Victoria.
Q3: Who sent the message What hath God wrought in 1844?
Answer: Samuel Morse
It traveled from Washington to Baltimore.
Q4: When was the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable laid?
Answer: 1866
Earlier attempts failed in 1858.
Q5: Who received the first US patent for the telephone in 1876?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
His first call was to his assistant Watson.
Q6: Who sent the first transatlantic radio signal in 1901?
Answer: Guglielmo Marconi
The signal was the letter S in Morse code.
Q7: Who first demonstrated a working television in 1926?
Answer: John Logie Baird
His mechanical system used a spinning disc.
Q8: Which network, started in 1969, was the ancestor of the internet?
Answer: ARPANET
It linked US universities.
Q9: Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee
He worked at CERN in Switzerland.
Q10: When was the first handheld mobile phone call made?
Answer: 1973
Martin Cooper of Motorola made the call.

History Of Communication Quiz – Sending Messages Across Distances

Humans have always needed to communicate across distances. Ancient empires used runners, riders and signal fires, and the Persians and Romans built road systems with relay stations for messengers.

The 1800s brought revolutionary change. Postage stamps made letters affordable, the telegraph sent messages instantly along wires and undersea cables linked continents. The telephone let people talk across cities and later countries.

In the 1900s, radio and television brought news and entertainment into homes, and computers led to the internet. Today smartphones combine phone, mail, news and video in a single device.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is for history and tech fans exploring communication history.

Which empire had relay messengers
When stamps began
Who sent the first telegraph message
Who invented the telephone
Who invented the web

Did You Know?

Carrier pigeons carried messages in wars.
The Pony Express ran in 1860-61.
Email began in the early 1970s.
Satellites relay calls since the 1960s.
Text messaging began in 1992.