How
much do you know? Check out what is true and what is
false below (click the question mark to find out!) as
Mr Dorsey, the best teacher in this universe, challenges
you
- what do you know?
1. The fastest typist in the world (on a conventional typewriter) is Gladys
Knight who can type away 150 words a minute
2. The key above the tab has a squiggle on it ~ this is called
a tilde
3. One-handed typists are called Tabs
4. The first typewriter was called
the Sholes and Glidden Type Writer and was produced in 1874
5. The first electric typewriter was introduced in 1902
6. Mark Twain was the first author to submit a manuscript of typewritten
pages
7. The first typewriter was called the Punch
Key and was produced in 1894
8. The least expensive typewriter was called
the Dollar Typewriter as it cost one dollar
9. The smallest typewriter was called the
envelope and could literally fit into a small envelope
10. Schoolchildren in South Korea are taught to type as soon as
they can tie their shoelaces