"War of the Worlds" Radio Play

"War of the Worlds" radio play is based on the original novel by...

• HG Wells

• Gene Roddenberry

• George Lucus

The aliens are from...

• Mars

• Venus

• Pluto

• Russia

What kind of weapon did the Martians use?

• Ray Guns

• Heat Rays

• Bullets

• Gamma rays

How does the play end?

• The aliens are infected by a virus.

• Humans drop atomic bombs on them.

• The army uses flame throwers against them.

• Black birds kill them by pecking out their eyes.

These announcements were to seemingly “interrupt” a regularly scheduled broadcast to dispatch information about ____________ attack

• An alien attack
• A tornado
• A shark attack
• A terrorist attack

Orson Welles and writer Howard Kotch updated The War of the Worlds story by moving the setting to ______________.

• England

• New Jersey

• Africa

• the year 2035

In what year did CBS present their adaptation of the science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds"?

• 1950

• 1880

• 1938

• 1971

Newspapers reported that during the broadcast, and for several hours afterward, many listeners experienced _________________ which caused them to behave irrationally.

• viral infection

• mass hysteria

• memory loss

• history loss

Orson Welles aired his radio play for the first time on...

• July 4th

• Christmas Eve

• The night before Halloween

• New year's Eve

Orson Welles wrote and performed the play in order to...

• entertain listeners

• panic listeners

• anger listeners

• encourage funding for anti-alien weapon system