This is a quiz where the answers are never as they seem. They are based in incorrect "general knowledge" answers.
Rules/regualtions
You get 1 point for a correct answer, more (whatever I feel) for being interesting (relevant to the question) but 10 points off for giving the obvious answer. You can only guess once per question and, most importantly, I'm always right this stuff is all off of QI.
That... Other guy... Who Bell stole it from... WHERE IS MY KIDDY LIXICON WHEN I NEED IT!! *drool* Bell was just first with the patent.... Memory... Faulty... -reloads-
It was Antonio Meucci from Florence. In 1860 he demonstrated his teletrofono. He filed a caveat in 1871 5 years vefore Bell. But he fell ill and couldn't afford the patent ($10) in 1874 When geting his patent Meucci sent hot sketches to the lab at Western Union by copinciense Bell worked in that lab and the models "mysteriouly" went missing. In 1876 Meicci sued but died before while the case was going on so the credit went to Bell. In 2004 the US house of representatives made a resolution stating Meucci was the inventor of the telephone.
