Philo T. Farnsworth
History of Television
Famous Anchors
Pre-1985 TV
Post-1985 TV
100
Where Farnsworth was born
Where is Beaver, Utah?
100
Year television was first successfully demonstrated
What is 1927?
100
Had a difficult childhood then went on to be one of the most famous anchors of all time
Who is Anderson Cooper?
100
The year I Love Lucy came out
What is 1951?
100
the longest running TV show
What is Meet the Press (NBC News)?
200
Farnsworth's wife
Who is Elma Pem Gardner?
200
The three major networks of the 60s and 70s
What are CBS, ABC, and NBC?
200
The first woman correspondent for 60 Minutes
Who is Diane Sawyer?
200
The year Saturday Night Live came out
What is 1975?
200
The longest running show on Nickelodeon that is still running
What is Spongebob Squarepants?
300
Age at which Farnsworth first had the idea for television
What is 14?
300
The year that color television was first broadcasted across the East Coast
What is 1951?
300
The first openly gay network news anchor
Who is Thomas Roberts?
300
Name a variety show
What is the Ed Sullivan Show, the Danny Kaye Show, the Dinah Shore Show, the Flip Wilson Show, the Lawrence Welk Show, ect.
300
The show at the top of TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
What is Seinfeld?
400
Farnsworth's rival
Who is Vladmir Zworkyin?
400
The year the first TV Remote was invented
What is 1948?
400
First African-American broadcast network news anchor
Who is Max Robinson?
400
Name a cartoon
What is Tom & Jerry, Superman, Batman, Superfriends, Flintstones, Jetsons, ect.
400
Name a sitcom
What is Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, New Girl, ect.
500
The amount of patents he finished his career with
What is 300?
500
The date that the first American advertisement aired
What is July 1st, 1941?
500
America's first network news anchor
Who is Douglas Edwards?
500
The most watched TV episode in America- aired Sep 9, 1956
What is The Ed Sullivan Show guest starring Elvis Presley?
500
Name a detective show
What is Law and Order, Bones, The Closer, ect.
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