In the days before mobile phones, if you wanted to make a call when you were away from home you would typically use a public phone booth.
The traditional British red telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and first introduced in 1924 as the K2, is recognised as a cultural icon. However, most countries around the world have developed their own unique phone booth designs.
The Paperclip phone booth quiz challenges you to identify the country in which the following eight distinct phone booths were photographed. To make it slightly easier, we are giving you the eight countries and simply asking you to match the correct country with the relevant phone booth.
The eight countries, in no particular order, are:
- Russia
- Brazil
- Sweden
- South Africa
- Japan
- Australia
- Germany
- Turkey
The answers are given at the end of the quiz.
Phone Booth B
Phone Booth C
Phone Booth D
Phone Booth E
Phone Booth F
Phone Booth G
Phone Booth H
The Answers!
How did you do?
8 out of 8. Go to the top of the class. You are a modern-day Marco Polo.
6 or 7. Good effort. Excellent quizzing and logic skills. Phone home.
4 or 5. Could do better. Must pay more attention in class (and on your travels).
2 or 3. Could do much better! Stay late and do your homework.
0 or 1. Must have been asleep.
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Hi, I’m Louise Bellwood, Director at Paperclip. I am responsible for delivering Paperclip’s customer service and growth strategies for 2024 and beyond, I am a crusader for the benefits call answering can deliver for organisations of all kinds; customer service, sales generation, customer retention and more. If you have a question about call answering – pricing, set-up, benefits – I would love to hear from you at louise@paperclip.co.uk or 01246 418 181.