Journalism survey quiz

Question 1

Which athlete turned actor was involved with a slow moving police chase to arrest him for the murder of his ex-wife?

Accepted Answer

O.J. Simpson

Question 2

On April 19, 1995, which was one of the worst cases of domestic terrorism ever seen in the United States

Accepted Answer

The Oklahoma City Bombing

Question 3

Which act was repealed in the 1980s that led to the rise of partisan news shows?

Accepted Answer

The Fairness Doctrine

Question 4

Which event moved the United States into World War II?

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor

Question 5

Which pair of reporters uncovered the Watergate Scandal and Coverup?

Accepted Answer

Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein

Question 6

This publisher championed the rights of immigrants, the poor and the working class. An award is named after him.

Accepted Answer

Joseph Pullitzer

Question 7

Which case made a woman's right to choose to have an abortion Constitutional?

Accepted Answer

Roe v Wade

Question 8

Which president was impeached in the 1990s for lying to Congress about his affair with an intern?

Accepted Answer

Bill Clinton

Question 9

What 1900s innovation created by Thomas Edison provided journalistic information to people?

Accepted Answer

The movies

Question 10

Which event began the media trend for entertainment gossip media stations such as TMZ?

Accepted Answer

Michael Jackson's death

Question 11

Which high school was featured with the modern-day phenomenon of school shootings in 1999?

Accepted Answer

Columbine High School

Question 12

Which event moved the United States into World War II?

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor

Question 13

Which 2021 Supreme Court case may overturn a woman's Constitutional right to abortion?

Accepted Answer

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Question 14

Which US war started in the 1960s finally ended in 1974?

Accepted Answer

The Vietnam War

Question 15

This journalist pioneered investigative reporting by going undercover to report on abuses in a NYC insane asylum.

Accepted Answer

Nelly Bly

Question 16

What Apple product in 2007 changed the way people communicate and obtain news and information?

Accepted Answer

The iPhone

Question 17

In 1991, we saw L.A. police officers attacking an unarmed Black man which persists to this day. Who was this man?

Accepted Answer

Rodney King

Question 18

Which is NOT a social media platform from the 2000s?

Accepted Answer

Lexia

Question 19

The 1900s brought forth a form of lurid sensationalist reporting known as

Accepted Answer

Yellow journalism

Question 20

Who was the first president to have his career captured by reporters in film?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 21

Which law was repealed in 1934 that had made alcohol illegal?

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 22

The decline of the South Bronx was a product of which policy?

Accepted Answer

Redlining

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