Thomas Edison Questions
What was Thomas Edison’s most famous invention?
lightbulb
What was Alexander Graham Bell’s most famous invention”
the telephone
Who was the world’s first media tycoon?
William Randolph Hearst
Which famous 1941 movie is based on Hearst?
Citizen Kane
What was Thomas Edison’s favorite invention?
The phonograph or record player
What was the name of the telephone company he founded in 1877?
The Bell Telephone Company
What college kicked Heart out for skipping class and other bad behaviors?
Harvard
Joseph Pulitzer established the Pulitzer Prize in his will in 1917 and the award goes to what kind of people?
Journalists
During which war did Thomas Edison work as a telegraph operator?
The Civil War
What inspired Bell to experiment with sound?
His mother was deaf and he wanted to help the deaf communicate.
What famous American writer wrote for Hearst’s newspapers?
Mark Twain
Why was Joseph Pulitzer discriminated against?
Because he was an immigrant and Jewish
What was the name of the Edison's laboratory research and development facility,which was the the first in the world?
Menlo Park Laboratory in Menlo Park New Jersey
Who was Alexander Graham Bell’s partner on his inventions?
Thomas Watson
What group of readers did Hearst and Pultizer compete for?
Immigrants
What was the first war that had a lot of media coverage from both Heart and Pulitzer?
The Spanish American War
Who did Edison partner with to help make car batteries?
Henry Ford
Name one other invention that Bell is famous for?
a speedboat or a metal detector
What is the style of journalism that both Hearst and Pultizer created?
sensational or Yellow journalism
What is the name of the estate in California that took 28 years for William Randolph Hearst to build?
Hearst Castle