The History Of Television (Test)
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 86
Reviews the history of television and other technological advancements
Questions and Answers
- 1.What is the FCC?
- 2.What is the purpose of the FCC?
- 3.How does the telegraph work?
- 4.Who developed the electrical speech machine?
- 5.Who discovered how sound waves traveled and how to transmit them wirelessly between two points?
- 6.How was the wireless used in 1912 to save 700 people?
- 7.What was showcased at the 1939 World’s fair on television?
- 8.How many US cities had commercial television service between 1930 and 1950?
- 9.How many US households have at least one television set today?
- 10.Who introduced America to weekday news programming?
- 11.How many US cities had commercial television service between 1930 and 1950?
- 12.Name one new technology that occurred in television from 1960 – 1980.
- 13.When was HDTV introduced?
- 14.What is PBS and why was it created?
- 15.What are three technologies that were developed since 1990?
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