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Unit 3: Radio and Sound
Who sang: Sweet Home Alabama?
A record player that looked like furniture
Unit 3: Radio and Sound
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A record player that looked like furniture
all of the answers
Nickolodean
Berliner Gramophone
Berliner Victrola
2
Who sang: Sweet Home Alabama?
Lynard Skynard
Alabama
BeeGees
Kansas
3
What is the main economic driver in radio?
national ads
donations
local ads
sponsorships
4
Edison's first recording was of
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Mary had a Little Lamb
Wordsworth's Ode to a Lamb
The Pledge of Allegiance
5
Prior to 1948, all records were
33 1/3RPM
120RPM
45RPM
78RPM
6
Which size won the record war for full albums
120
45
78
33 1/3
7
Where people downloaded, for free, early Mp3 music
iTunes
Napster
all of the answers
Sony Rocks
8
Who sang: Smells Like Teen Spirit?
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Rolling Stones
Nirvana
9
Counterculture
played a big role in radio
often in opposition to the mainstream
all of the answers
is a subculture that varies from the mainstream
10
In 1964, the Beatles had___ number 1 hits
8
3
5
7
11
Which half century contained the first radio "broadcast" that played music in NY Harbor?
1900-1950
1850-1900
1950-2000
1800-1850
12
War of the Worlds (radio version) hit audiences in
1936
1939
1938
1932
13
What city had the first regular broadcast and radio station?
Pittsburgh
Chicago
New York City
Boston
14
Chuck Berry
never had a number 1 hit
didn't have the guitar sound we associate with rock and roll
all of the above
brought R&B to the forefront of rock and roll
15
Who performs the song: Tom Sawyer?
AC/DC
Dire Straits
Metallica
Rush
16
The dance craze of the _______'s caused a boom in record player sales.
1920's
1950's
1960's
1930's
17
Who sang Stairway to Heaven?
Motley Crue
Led Zepplin
Black Sabbath
ABBA
18
A Wurlitzer is a
a type of radio station that doesn't play music
a type of record
a type of jukebox
a type of radio
19
The Radio Act of 1927 was set up
set frequencies
all of the above
and became the FCC
set power levels
20
Who was the first person to send and detect radio waves?
Edison
Hartmann
Tesla
Hertz
21
Which is not a defining factor of the recording industry?
an international industry
it is cultural force
Balkanization hasn't occurred yet
legal digital downloading is increasing
22
Television's impact
radio turned to music, news and talk
FM was developed
all of the answers
stole radios performers and genres
23
The Rolling Stone's #1 hit was _____
they never had a #1 hit
Ruby Tuesday
Sympathy for the Devil
I can't get no Satisfaction
24
Radio reaches about (weekly)
80% of the US population
65% of the US population
90% of the US population
40% of the U.S population
25
Who performed Rock Around the Clock
Chuck Berry
Bill Haley and the Comets
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
26
What was the first #1 Rock and Roll song to hit the charts
Heartbreak Hotel
Rock around the Clock
Good Golly Miss Molly
Rock the Casbah
27
85% of the recording industry is owned by
2 companies
4 companies
6 companies
10 companies
28
War of the Worlds was a radio show created by
Herbert Hoover
H.G Wells
Mark Twain
Orson Wells
29
The average household usually has about
6 radios
2 radios
4 radios
none of the above
30
Who sang: The Twist
Chubby Checkers
Chuck Berry
The Everly Brothers
Lil' Wayne
31
Payola is best defined as
pay stations to play music
not paying the artists their worth
the high pay days of radio DJ's in the 1960s and 70's.
a green crayon color
32
Which Elvis song hit #1 on the pop and country (and was #5 on R&B)
Love me Tender
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound Dog
All Shook Up
33
Who sang Hotel California?
The Eagles
The Beatles
Rush
The Steve Miller Band
34
Who sang: Enter Sandman
Scorpians
Dokken
AC/DC
Metallica
35
War of the Worlds shocked/scared audiences
it sounded real with music interludes & real sounding places
because there were no warnings given
because they lied to the audience
none of the above
36
In 1887 the graphaphone was made of wax and first thought it would be for
all of the above
dictation
military communications
music
37
Marconi was the first to make a device that
sent and received radio waves
he didn't create a device
played music
sent morse code
38
iTunes store started in
2006
2001
1999
2003