This invention by Thomas Edison was among the first types of audio recording technology
What is the Phonograph
100
When was the first concept of the Internet dated?
What is the 1960s
100
What was the first film that could effectively capture images of moving images?
What is the Celluloid
200
When did newspapers start to appear in England?
What is The 1600s
200
How Big was the Television Screen in 1935
What is 2 x 3 inches, which provided the best clarity.
200
Wireless broadcast of entertainment began in this year
What is 1920
200
What was the first thought of the name use for the Internet and what was it used for?
What is Advanced Research Project Agency, used for the United States Department of Defense
200
This device, by Thomas Edison and his employee William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, debuted in 1893 which played The Black Maria and could only be viewed individually.
What is the Kinetoscope
300
What are the biggest companies in the publishing industry referred as?
What is The Big Six
300
How much did television things cost in the 1930's?
What is $40-$80
300
By the 1930s, what three major companies ruled the broadcasting world?
What is NBC, CBS, and ABC
300
What was the original network called?
What is Arpannet
300
The film company Polyscope moved from Chicago in 1909 to this six year old village within Los Angeles
What is Hollywood
400
What are two of the largest bookstore chains? Hint (One of them is no longer open)
What is Borders and Barnes and Nobles
400
What does the FCC stand for?
What is Federal Communications Commission
400
What replaced the eight-track tape in the 1970s?
What is the Cassette Tape
400
Define HTML and what was it used for?
What is Hyper Text Markup Language, used for programming web pages.
400
In 1927, this film drew the divide between the silent era and the modern movie era as the first successful film with synchronous sound.
What is the Jazz Singer
500
When did the paperback revolution start?
What is 1935
500
What are the three main companies that control the music industry today?
What is Universal, Warner, and Sony
500
What portable stereo was wildly popular in the 1980s?
What is the Walkman
500
When was the first message sent through arpanet?
What is October 29, 1965
500
This medium was not fully embraced until the 1950s, yet was partially used in the Wizard of Ox