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A review quiz on the history of television.
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1
TV was shown for the first time at what 1939 event?
The World's Fair
EPCOT
The World Cup
2
Who bought 40% of CBS?
Pixar
Paramount Studios
NBC
Warner Brothers
3
What event stopped the production of Television from going forward?
The stock market crash
The Great Depression
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
When the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor
4
Vladimir Zworykin worked with which person?
Philo Farnsworth
David Sarnoff
Squidward
Michael Scott
5
The first shows broadcast on TV were exciting and action-packed compared to TV today.
False
True
6
Philo Farnsworth lived and worked in New York City
False
True
7
NBC was founded in 1926 by what three companies?
MSNBC, the Today Show and Apple
Comcast, CBS and RCA
General Electric, RCA, and Westinghouse.
CBS, ABC and Fox
8
When Television first started it was:
Only black and white
You could use your radio to see it.
Was broadcast in high definition.
9
The Jack LaLanne show was what kind of TV program?
An exercise show
A show about sports
A soap Opera
A show about Dead Pool
10
This company currently owns NBC
Comcast
Verizon
RCA
Catcast
11
Queen for a Day was a....
game show
medical show
science fiction show
comedy show
12
When President Kennedy was assassinated, CBS was showing what kind of TV Show?
A Soap Opera
A Cooking Show
A Game Show
A Football Game
13
Who actually invented Television?
RCA
NBC
David Sarnoff
Philo Farnsworth
14
The Radio Act of 1927 did which ONE of the following things?
Allowed radio stations to use bad language on radio.
Made sure all radio stations were successful.
Included antimonopoly regulations
Made sure Television would never happen.
15
Bonus Question: Where's your front porch?
On your beach house.
At the front of your house
On your leg
It's another name for your stomach.
16
Which of the following news events were broadcast on TV as either news events or news updates.
All of these answers are correct.
The signing of the treaty ending World War 2
The Challenger explosion
The Kennedy assassination.
17
When TV first started there was an equal amount of white people and people of color on TV.
True
False
18
What witness helped convince the patent judge that Filo Farnsworth invented TV.
David Sarnoff.
His father
His Science teacher
His wife
19
In the 1950s TV showed a lot of women working in offices.
False
True
20
NBC stands for
National Broadcasting company
National Biscuit Company
National Broadlands company
National Broadcasting Capitol
21
David Sarnoff worked as a telegraph operator during which event?
The first Super Bowl
The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The sinking of the Titanic
The assassination of John F Kennedy.
