1950's
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Television History
100
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
This is sometimes called "The Living Room War."
What is the Vietnam War?
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 show began in the 1960's and is the longest running television show in the world.
What is Doctor Who?
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
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)
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
In this year, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy held the first televised presidential debate.
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 show has been described as having "the most dark and gripping hours on television" in the 1960's.
What is The Twilight Zone?
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
The invention of these made transatlantic broadcasting possible in the 1960's.
What are television satellites?
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)
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