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Hamilton TV Test 1 Review
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A review game for Mr. Hamilton's Intro to Film & Video class Unit 5 on Television
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Questions
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1
Scheduling new/struggling shows just after 1 huge hit show is a programming technique called…
Bridging
Hammock effect
Stacking
Tentpoling
2
What war delayed the development of television in general?
The Cold War
World War II
Korean War
World War I
3
The host of Alfred Hitchcock Presents was…
Vincent Price
Frank Conrad
Rod Serling
None of these answers
4
Which is NOT a main target demographic?
Income
Sex
Race
Location
5
In 1955,
The $64,000 Question
rose to #1 in the ratings bumping what show to #2?
The Ed Sullivan Show
I Love Lucy
Twenty-One
Sid Caesar's Show of Shows
6
Who first blew the whistle and exposed the Quiz Show Scandal?
Herb Stempel
James Snodgrass
Charles Van Doren
Joyce Brothers
7
What was the name of the 4th TV network during the Golden Age of Television that is no longer around today?
UBS
CCA
Zworkyin TV
The Dumont Network
8
Which broadcast network was the first to go on the air?
ABC
CBS
NBC
BOTH NBC and CBS
9
What is the percentage of televisions tuned to a particular program counting ALL TVs in the area called?
A share
A demographic
HUTs
A rating
10
In the television industry, what is a television pilot?
A man who flies a plane on television
A singular show that is produced to determine if more should be made
None of the other answers
The first season of a TV show
11
Which company created mechanical color using the color wheel?
Westinghouse
NBC
CBS
RCA
12
The man commonly known as the father of American television is...
David Sarnoff
Johanne Guttenberg
Philo Farnsworth
Vladamir Zworykin
13
In 1941, the first American sporting event ever televised was shown on TV. What sport was it?
Pro wrestling
Boxing
Football
Baseball
14
The first type of television that kinda worked but was later replaced is called…
Color television
Broadcast television
Electronic television
Mechanical television
15
The large, movable satellite dishes that send an uplink to a satellite are called....
BUDs
Refractor dishes
Receiving dishes
Reflector dishes
16
By the age of 78, the average American will have spent how many years watching TV?
10
15
9
12
17
Eliminating any pause from the end of one show and the beginning of another is called...
Cross-programming
Bridging
Hotswitching
Theming
18
The
Ed Sullivan Show
is an example of this type of show
Anthology show
Variety show
Quiz show
Sitcom
19
What types of characters do you USUALLY want to be your protagonist in TV shows?
Bad Goods
Bad Bads
Good Bads
Good Goods
20
What was being advertised in the first ever TV commercial?
Cars
Watches
Soap
Apartments
21
What type of show is
Jeopardy! ?
Network Programming
Paid Programming
1st Run Syndication
2nd Run Syndication
22
Airing special programming on TV during sweeps is a technique called what?
Stripping
Cliffhangers
Stunting
Theming
23
What popular TV Western stayed on the air for 20 seasons?
Have Gun Will Travel
Branded
The Virginian
Gunsmoke
24
The first machine to electronically transmit an image was…
The wirephoto machine
Televison
The fax machine
The teletype
25
How does optical fiber transmit information?
Electricity
Radio waves
Light
Magnetism
26
Which show helped launch
The Simpsons
?
Family Guy
Animation Station
The Tracey Ullman Show
Married...With Children
