Multiple choice

After inventing the phonograph, what were the 1st words Edison recorded himself saying?

  1. "My name is Thomas Edison."

  2. "Mary had a little lamb."

  3. "Twinkle, twinkle little star."

  4. "Can you hear me now?"
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Explanation

When Edison successfully recorded sound on his phonograph in 1877, the first words he recited were the opening lines of the nursery rhyme Mary had a little lamb.

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