Step 1 : Introduction to the question "7. In 1963 during the Cold War, the first hotline was installed between the White House in Washington D.C. and the Kremlin in Moscow. What was said to be the color of the phone for this hotline?"
...1. White 2. Green 3. Black 4. Red They called it the red telephone, but in actuality the original apparatus was an old teleprinter which was an electromechanical device similar in appearance to a typewriter for transmitting the written word between two points via simple electrical wire. The leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union agreed that they should find a means to speak directly and immediately to each other. The line was made available with no interference other than by the interpreters at any time of day. Up to that point, there had been a real danger of accidental nuclear war being triggered by deputies while the leaders were unable to contact each other. A real telephone was not installed until 1970.
