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Basic Quiz on Yellow Journalism #journalism #yellowjournalism #hearst #pulitzer
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1
Who is responsible for spawning the field of investigative journalism?
Pulitzer
Hearst
Outcault
Bly
2
What is the name of the cartoonist which Hearst and Pulitzer fought over
Outcault
London
Bly
Twain
3
What is the name of the film loosely based on Hearst's life?
Gone with the Wind
Fight Club
The Grapes of Wrath
Citizen Kane
4
Which of the following jobs did Pulitzer hold before working in journalism?
porter
operator
salesman
mercenary
5
In what industry did the Hearst family gain their wealth from?
newspapers
gambling
journalism
gold mining
6
How much money did Pulitzer have after selling his handkerchief when he arrived in St. Louis?
75 cents
25 cents
zero
1.00
7
What was the name of Pulitzer's newspaper which he ran in New York?
New York Day
New York Daily
New York Times
New York World
8
Which of the following qualities constitute yellow journalism?
deceiving information
color supplementation
scare headlines
sensationalized stories
9
This person, along with Hearst, created the New York Newspaper Wars of the 1890s.
Charles Foster Kane
Joseph Pulitzer
William Henderson
Nellie Bly
10
What is the name of the author who wrote the biography
The Uncrowned King
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J.W. McQuarters
Kenneth Whyte
William Randolph Hearst
Stephan F. Austin
11
Where did William Randolph Hearst attend college?
Harvard
Stanford
Brown
Yale
12
What is the name of the newspaper that Pulitzer created in St. Louis?
The Post
The Post-Dispatch
The World
The Star
13
What is the name of the 1st newspaper which Hearst owned and operated?
New York Morning Journal
New York Times
San Francisco Examiner
New York World
14
Where was Joseph Pulitzer born?
New York
Hungary
St. Louis
New Bedford
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What event in U.S. history is synonymous with William Randolph Hearst and Yellow Journalism?
The New York Mafia Wars
The Spanish-American War
World War I
The Civil War
