Art
What year were TV sets first exhibited?
1928
Which author of the shorter selections wrote under the names Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O’Donnell?
C. L. Moore
What animated film can be described as “a robot love story with a theme of environmentalism.”
WALL-E
What is the reason invention is becoming more difficult to occur?
Scientists need to spend more and more time training before they begin to make big discoveries.
Which of the shorter selections most involves memory?
"Snow"
Which technological “machine” is most prominent in how information was transmitted and shared?
The television
What verse form is “The Mushroom Hunters”?
free verse
Who directed Inception?
Christopher Nolan
Who named the term, “Creative destruction?”
Joseph Schumpeter
Who sings “Non, je ne regrette rien” on the recording used in Inception?
Edith Piaf
How many U.S. homes had TV sets by 1946?
About 6000
The stanzaic form of Sarah Howe’s poem resembles what aspect of train travel?
train tracks
Who is the composer of the Inception score?
Hans Zimmer
What is the difference between rival and non-rival goods?
A rival good is one that can’t be shared between more than one person without diminishing it in some way. Whereas non-rival goods can be used simultaneously by multiple people
Which Academy Awards did Inception win?
Cinematography, visual effects, sound mixing and sound editing.
Whose designs were the basis for America’s first commercially produced television set?
Scottish inventor and engineer John Baird
Sarah Howe’s poem is arranged into strophes or stanzas of how many lines per stanza?
two
What idea does the final section of “2815 A.D.” reinforce?
That WALL-E has reached the comfort of home.
How can productivity be increased?
By improvements to the technology multiplier, TFP
Which two of the shorter selections demonstrate some possible positives to the idea that humans can be wholly or partially machines?
“I Sing the Body Electric!” and No Woman Born
Where does the term “avant-garde” come from, and what does it mean?
From the French for “advance guard”, meaning
modern, forward-looking people who are willing
to try new experimental ideas
Which of the shorter selections has a line near the end that reads, “On the floor one of the men groaned and opened his eyes”?
“Childfinder”
What diegetic signal alerts spies in Inception that it’s time to wake up?
A vintage recording of the song “Non, je ne regrette rien.”
What has been the average per capita growth in the United States between 1950 and 2020?
About 2% per year
How many small changes of pattern, harmony or instrumentation take place in the first 2 3⁄4 minutes of “2815 A.D.”?
Thirteen