This man was one of the first film producers to recognize the power of television, and created a series of suspense and psychological thrillers.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
100
These were the 3 broadcasting networks that dominated the 1960's.
What are NBC, CBS, and ABC?
100
This defines how women were often portrayed in television commercials in the 1970's.
What are objects?
100
This is a similar trait shared by celebrities, children, and dogs as portrayed on television in the 1980's.
What is: being featured more prominently in advertising?
100
This is the year in which the world wide web was available to the public.
What is 1991?
200
This show which ran for 8 years, was one of the first shows that featured a new episode every week for four years in a row. It was also one of the first shows to film outside.
What is The Lone Ranger?
200
This news event which was captured live, was one of the most shocking news event shared worldwide in television history in 1963.
What was the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
200
This show took place somewhere in Minnesota.
What is The Mary Tyler Moore Show? (took place in Minneapolis)
200
The number of households receiving this doubled in the first 5 years of the 1980's.
What is basic cable?
200
The launch of this website was the beginning of internet advertising.
What is Hotwired?
300
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, by contract, were required to do this in each episode of "I Love Lucy."
What is smoke Phillip Morris cigarettes?
300
As new editing was being invented, split screen broadcasting was first used in this year.
What is 1960?
300
This editing technique was first used in 1976 when the Dallas Cowboys played the Buffalo Bills.
What is Instant Replay?
300
This crime drama set new trends for cops shows and centered around the drug trade in the US that was plaguing the 1980's.
What is Miami Vice?
300
This man's beating sparked a series of riots in LA in the early 1990's.
Who is Rodney King?
400
This fictional television event was reviewed for morality by a rabbi, a priest, and a minister prior to each episode going live.
What is Lucy's pregnancy? (From the show "I Love Lucy.")
400
This man once considered suing Hanna-Barbera for using his likeness to create Fred Flinstone.
Who is Jackie Gleason (played Ralph Kramden on "The Honeymooners")?
400
This is the present name of "NBC Blue"
What is ABC?
400
This device was the first real portable music device.
What is the Sony Walkman?
400
This type of camera was used in film since the late 1970's but finally used by television in the 1990's.
What is the Steadicam?
500
This was the first television show to feature 1-hour episodes.
What is "Perry Mason"?
500
This person testified on behalf of Philo Farnsworth as the Inventor of Television. (the actual name is not necessary)
Who is Philo Farnsworth's high school science teacher? (Justin Tolman)
500
This televised event proved that television had a very different ability to persuade politics than the radio.
What is the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate?
500
This live event was watched by viewers around the world in August of 1969.
What is the moon landing?
500
This organization was formed by the US government specifically to regulate the airwaves and provide legal licenses to television stations.
What is the FCC? (Federal Communication Commission)