Philo T. Farnsworth
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100
What is he famous for?
Philo is the father of television
100
What show featured characters named Lurch and Fester?
The Addams Family
100
How many horizontal lines were on the first television?
60
100
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Spongebob
100
How many horizontal lines are in a 1080p television?
1080
200
What state was Philo born in?
Philo was born in Utah
200
Which basketball team had their very own cartoon show?
The Harlem Globetrotters(1970-1972)
200
In what year was color television created?
1928, by John Logie Baird
200
Who is always hunting rabbits?
Elmer Fudd
200
Name one TV show or movie that used stop-motion animation
Nightmare before Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, etc.
300
Why is Philo known as the father of television?
Philo invented the first electronic television
300
What show starred an angry cat always trying to catch a clever mouse?
Tom and Jerry
300
In what year was the first nationwide color broadcast?
1954, broadcasted by NBC
300
Who is the Charlie Brown character that always carries around a blanket?
Linus
300
What is the name of the fictional corporation in the Looney Tunes?
Acme
400
Who tried to steal Philo's invention?
Philo's high school chemistry teacher
400
What show featured a sailor-man, and lots of spinach?
Popeye
400
Who was the first President to be seen on TV?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
400
Which character would end Looney Tunes by saying "that's all folks"
Porky Pig
400
Which animation company created cartoons such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner?
Warner Bros.
500
Who tried to create an electronic television before Philo?
Vladimir Zworykin
500
What show starred Dexter and Dee Dee
Dexter's Lab
500
What was the first show ever aired on TV?
The Queen's Messenger, broadcast in 1928
500
Who is always trying to capture the Roadrunner?
Wile E. Coyote
500
Which animation company created cartoons such as the Flinstones, Scooby-doo, Popeye, and the Superfriends?
Hanna-Barbera productions