Trivia: Which famous writer was one of the first people to have a home phone?
Mark Twain
Henry James
Stephen Crane
Upton Sinclair
The correct answer is Mark Twain
So why is this answer correct? : Mark Twain loved technology. He was a close friend of inventor Nikola Tesla and one of the first writers to use a typewriter for his work. In 1878, just two years after the invention of the telephone, he had one installed in his house. According to Twain, this was the first telephone to be installed in a private house anywhere in the world.