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What famous NYC resident invented the telephone?

  1. Auguste Bartholdi, Gustave Eiffel

  2. Antonio Meucci

  3. John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Baptist Minister Harry Emerson Fosdick..Allen, Collins, and Pelton

  4. Peter Stuyvesant

The correct answer is: Antonio Meucci

Antonio Meucci is the correct answer because he is widely recognized as the inventor of the telephone. Meucci, an Italian inventor, developed various prototypes of the device and conducted numerous experiments before Alexander Graham Bell was credited with the invention. While the other options listed are notable figures in their own right, they are not associated with the invention of the telephone like Meucci.

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