Hold the Phone

The following quiz consists of a list of eight terms containing the suffix -phone. Each term is accompanied by three examples or definitions, two of which are legitimate and the other of which is bogus. For example, for the term hydrophone, the choices might be
  1. a device used for observing lung activity
  2. a device used for communication between deep-sea divers
  3. a device used to warn of the approach of a hostile ship
where the bogus choice is 2. The quiz asks you to identify the bogus choice for each of the eight items and keeps score of your correct answers. When you make a choice, a message is displayed informing you whether your choice was the correct one or not. For information about the choice, click its Explanation link. Click to your heart's content. When you're done, click Score to see how many you got right and how many tries it took you to do so. Click Start Over to start again from scratch.

Spot the Phonus Bolonus
1.   allophone In English, e.g., [z] vs. [s] as in zip vs. sip. Explanation.
   Neither Franco nor Anglo. Explanation.
   In English, e.g., [th] vs. [t] as in tick vs. stick. Explanation.
     
2.   polyphone In English, e.g., the ea in cheap vs. spread. Explanation.
   An early phonograph accoutrement. Explanation.
   A member of the choir. Explanation.
     
3.   hypophone The mouth. Explanation.
   Another word for aquaphone. Explanation.
   A phonetic anagram. Explanation.
     
4.   ideophone Snap, Crackle, or Pop! Explanation.
   A sound or sounds denoting a concept. Explanation.
   ( Explanation.
     
5.   diaphone A phoneme's ancestral form (e.g., Lat. /ū/ for Mod. Fr. /ü/). Explanation.
   A phoneme in all its regional realizations. Explanation.
   A fog horn. Explanation.
     
6.   telephone An early name for Solresol. Explanation.
   An early name for Do-si-do. Explanation.
   A device for conveying sound over a distance. Explanation.
     
7.   megalophone A device for internet broadcasting. Explanation.
   A bass sarrusophone. Explanation.
   A large organ pipe. Explanation.
     
8.   megaphone An earlier word for tuba. Explanation.
   An ear trumpet. Explanation.
   A device for amplifying and transmitting sound. Explanation.