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1
What was TV in the 1950's like?
big audiences
All of the above
Each show had 1 sponsor
No tv stars
2
How have movie makers tried to draw more people to theaters?
More theaters in the cities
Bringing theaters to suburbs
Showing more movies
Cheaper tickets
3
Which type of radio signals moves in a strong straight line, but do not go as far?
FM
CM
PM
AM
4
True or false: music and radio have a mutual dependency
False
True
5
Which of these is not a component of the movie industry structure?
Exhibiting
Distributing
Producing
Directing
6
Who came up with the idea to make movies in a narrative format?
Pickford
Melies
Tesla
Porter
7
How many companies dominate the music market?
2
5
3
4
8
When did the FCC begin regulating TV?
1956
1915
1934
1978
9
What did radio stations do after losing their audience to TV?
Both
Offered affiliate stations
Neither
Played more music
10
What did I love Lucy do that other shows didn't?
Did not use a script
Used more than 1 camera
All of these
Used a large star
11
Who came up with the idea to do short 3 min broadcasts between every 20 mins of music?
Emile Berliner
Randel Dodson
Gordon Mclendon
John Berrian
12
True or false: re-run syndication is when producers sell tv shows to other people to show again
True
False
13
What was the name of the first pro radio station?
KNWO Chicago
KDKA Pittsburg
KLMNOP Washington D.C.
KCBD New York
14
Who bought all of Philo Farnsworth's patents?
RCA
CBS
ABC
None of these
15
How much do records account for in today's music sales?
5%
9%
12%
3%
16
How much recording do the big 4 recording companies (Warner, Universal, Sony, EMI) do globally?
65%
75%
85%
90%
17
True or false: Above the line costs are things like cameras and lights.
True
False
18
What was the first movie with all sound?
Gone With the Wild
The Jazz Singer
Train Robber
The Singing Fool
19
Who created Podcasts?
Donald Shushi
Adam Curry
Thomas Edison
James Theron
20
Why did people think WotW was actually happening as it aired?
It was a normal broadcast at the beginning
All of the above
Radio was standard for announcements
Good acting and used real places
21
How much of a movie's revenue comes from foreign theaters??
70%
85%
90%
45%
22
What was the only form of music that saw an increase in sales?
Digital Downloads
Records
CD's
Streaming
23
What is the term for a company that owns several local TV stations, and units in multiple towns
Mega operator
Multisystem coordinator
Multi system operator
Mega coordinator
24
Who developed the Audion tube that allowed for people to receive radio signals?
Thomas Edison
Reginald Fessenden
James Maxwell
Lee DeForest
25
Who created the first digital recording?
Thomas Edison
Sean Fanning
Steve Jobs
Thomas Stockham
26
Geosynchronous orbit is the idea that...
the satellites will follow the path of the earth's curvature
Satellites go the opposite direction of earth's rotation
satellites do not orbit but stay in one spot
satellites float in space
27
How much did streaming subscriptions grow in 2014?
29%
13%
23%
26%
28
How does Arbitron collect data for what people listen to now?
Pen and Paper
Calling Surveys
Portable People Meter
Online Surveys
29
How are movie theaters and producers trying to increase movie revenue?
Dinner and a movie
All of these
Exporting films
Early home release dates
30
What is it called when you get rid of some of your cable channels?
Cord-budgeting
Cord-trimming
Cord-shaving
Cord-cutting
31
Which of these shows is not an example of Off-network syndication?
M.a.s.h
Seinfeld
Friends
All of these are
32
Why do advertisers prefer advertising on Youtube rather than in Podcasts?
Higher CPM
They prefer Podcasts over Youtube
Lower CPM
Bigger audience
33
Who was the 1st person to record sound and have it play back to them?
Warner Brothers
Leon Scott
Thomas Edison
Emile Berliner
34
Which form of sales of DVD's has seen a decrease in revenue?
Both
Rentals
Neither
DVD Sales
35
What did Sylvester "Pat" Weaver do t change TV?
Created block commercials (Thanks Pat)
Increased the number of TV sponsors
Increased the length of shows
All of the above
36
True or False: 85% of films are produced outside of the U.S.?
True
False
37
Which record could play a full album?
33 1/3
30 1/4
90
45
38
Who was the first American to adopt the Narrative Film Theory?
Edward Port
George Melies
Edwin Porter
Mary Pickford
39
Who was the first person to send the first wireless morse code message?
Samuel Morse
Nikola Tesla
Guglielmo Marconi
James Maxwell
40
What was the first animated film?
Beauty and the Beast
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Cinderella
41
In 1948 1% of households had TV, what percent had them by 1960?
60%
99%
90%
30%
42
Who found that lightning emitted powerful electrical waves?
Hertz
Marconi
Morse
Adams
43
Which of these things did Thomas Edison create?
All of these
Kinetoscope
Kinetograph
Phonograph
44
Who invented the telegraph?
Thomas Edison
John Adams
Samuel Morse
Guglielmo Marconi
45
What did Reginald Fessenden do in 1906 on Christmas eve?
Created the first radio station
Played the first Christmas song on the radio
Played his voice over the radio
Recorded the first song
46
True or False: the 1948 Paramount decision allowed studios to use vertical integration?
True
False
47
True or False: the two-tier system had one local and one national level?
True
False
48
The War of the Worlds was originally a ...
Play
Book
Podcast
Movie
49
What is the biggest radio conglomerate?
Cumulus
All of them are
Infinity
Clear Channel
50
What did the Radio Act of 1927 do?
Required stations to operate in the public's best interest
Assigned all stations a radio channel
All of the above
Established Federal Radio Commission (FCC)
51
True or false: Narrowcasting is aiming programming at larger audiences
False
True
52
What is the ability to access programming at any time called?
Time warping
Time lagging
Time speeds
Time shifting
53
What are the three reasons TV viewership is down?
Tech. changes, regulation, and less funding
Reality tv, regulations and less funding
Tech. changes, more regulation, and new networks
Tech changes, less funding, and reality tv
54
Who was the first person to make grooves on a record?
George Melies
Emile Berliner
Leon Scott
Thomas Edison
55
What is it called if a TV show goes straight to syndication?
re-run syndication
off-network syndication
none of these
first-run syndication
56
Why did Hollywood become the movie capital of the world?
All of the above
Diverse scenery and mild climate
Cheap labor
WW2 stopped film production in Europe
57
What percent of costs are above the line costs?
50%
60%
75%
80%
58
What is an auteur?
A person that creates their own identity and brand
A tube that allows sound to pass through it, but not escape
A person that writes their own music
A device that amplifies sound
59
What was the purpose of the Radio Act of 1912?
Required everyone to get radio license
Neither
Said government can regulate radio
Both
60
True or False: Vladimir Zworykin was the first person to get a TV to work?
True
False: Thomas Edison
False: Farnsworth
61
What did Emile Berliner do to shape the music industry?
Invented the Gramophone
Both
Neither
Delevloped techniques to mass produce records
62
Sean Fanning created the 1st site that allowed uploading and downloading of music, named what?
UrMusic
Napster
JazzEm
ITunes
63
What percent of people stream-rip?
50%
23%
67%
85%
