He's not generally remembered for this, but he established the first working postal service in the U.S. and was later the first Postmaster General.
Who is Ben Franklin?
100
The switch from printing to digital technology made it the largest circulation newspaper in publishing history.
What is "USA Today?"
100
These inexpensive, mass-produced paper books were targeted to the working class and those who were customers of the railroad--the traveling public.
What are dime novels?
100
Teddy Roosevelt coined this term for reporters who dug up the dirt and wrote sensational stories.
What is muckraker?
100
The unreliable telegraph system forced Civil War reporters to come up with this format of newspaper writing so that important details of a story at the end would not be lost in transmission.
What is the inverted pyramid?
200
He invented the first working phonograph although it was more a dictation machine than a record player.
Who was Thomas Edison?
200
In the early 1960s, British and American teen-agers launched a craze that took radio broadcasts and record charts by storm and produced an amazing 74 million viewers for the "Ed Sullivan Show."
What was Beatlemania?
200
It only cost one cent and the newly literate public could afford to read this newspaper.
What is the penny press?
200
"Slumdog Millionaire" is a well-known example of a movie produced by this Indian film industry.
What is Bollywood?
200
This white singer was considered controversial when he first broke on the music scene in the 1950s because he crossed racial lines, singing in the style of black musicians.
Who was Elvis Presley?
300
His gramophone--the forerunner of the record player--essentially launched the record industry.
Who was Emile Berliner?
300
This convergence of folk musicians at a New York farm drew half a million people and gave voice to such social movements as civil rights and the anti-Vietnam protests.
What is Woodstock?
300
This online store opened in 2003 and is the single largest seller of music in the world.
What is iTunes?
300
They keep an eye on the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our government; another name for the free press.
What is the Fourth Estate?
300
It was an illegal saloon or dancehall where people went to drink and listen to music during prohibition.
What is a speakeasy?
400
He invented sound-on-film technology that made talking pictures a reality.
Who is Lee DeForest?
400
French magician turned filmmaker George Melies pushed the limits of animation in this film and is considered the founder of special effects.
What is "A Trip to the Moon?"
400
This new technology was free so the record industry, for a while, suffered, as consumers got their music without buying it.
What is radio?
400
It's like a "grown up" comic book.
What is graphic novel?
400
It's a slang term for "sex" that originated from blues music.
What is rock 'n' roll?
500
He was the first to describe the "hero's journey" but filmmakers have been using this narrative form to tell stories ever since.
Who is Joseph Campbell?
500
James Cameron's "Avatar" broke ground with this new style of film-making, no doubt destined to be imitated by future filmmakers.
What is computer-generated-imagery (CGI)?
500
Dick Clark of American Bandstand was the most famous DJ linked to this illegal payment practice.
What is payola?
500
As far as film genres go, this is a film that is classified as both an animated film and a musical; "The Lion King" is an example of one.
What is a hybrid film?
500
These eight film companies in the 1930s accounted for 95% of the nation's film production until vertical integration was ruled illegal.