General Knowledge Riddle: What Do The Following Have In Common?

How good is your general knowledge?


Let’s put it to test with this general knowledge riddle.

What do the following sentences have in common?

1. “Mr. Watson – come here – I want you to see you.”

2. QWERTYUIOP

3. “What hath God wrought?”

Let’s see how well you know some historical events. (That’s a hint by the way.) You are a genius if you get the answer without a Google search. 🙂

Share it with your friends on Facebook and WhatsApp to find out how many more geniuses are there in the group.


Answer:

They are all the first messages sent over a line.

1. “Mr. Watson – come here – I want you to see you.”

First intelligible words spoken over the telephone (10 March 1876) by Alexander Graham Bell

2. QWERTYUIOP

The first email sent by Ray Tomlinson in the first email program.

3. “What hath God wrought?”

Baltimore-Washington telegraph line commenced with the transmission of Morse’s first message, “What hath God wrought!”, a phrase from the Bible’s Book of Numbers.

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