History of Cinema & TV Quiz

What does the term "persistence of vision" mean?

• trying one's best to see clearly

• your brain interpreting what you see correctly

• seeing a series of still pictures & interpreting them as moving pictures

• making photographs on metal plates

Thomas Edison's invention for viewing motion pictures was called a

• nickelodeon.

• kinetoscope.

• vitagraph.

• zoopraxiscipe.

The arcade where individuals could watch Edison's motion pictures, named after the cost of one viewing, was called a

• nickelodeon.

• kinetoscope.

• projector.

• dime store.

The most common types of early film experiments shot what type of subjects?

• Ordinary daily life

• Sporting events

• Church services

• Short stories (narratives)

D.W. Griffith is most well-known for this film that was seen as racist because it offered a sympathetic Southern view of the Civil War and a heroic portrayal of the KKK.

• Horse in Motion

• Noah's Ark

• The Birth of a Nation

• Ben-Hur

This "talkie" film was the first with synchronized sound (voice and music):

• The Birth of a Nation

• The Jazz Singer

• The Great Train Robbery

• Noah's Ark

What was the name of the first film projected in a theater for an audience to see?

• The Sneeze

• Workers Arriving at a Factory

• Train Arriving at a Station

• One Week

Who was the first to project films for a viewing audience?

• Thomas Edison

• The Lumiere Brothers

• Edwin S. Porter

• D.W. Griffith

Which movie is considered to be the 1st action-adventure movie, directed by Edwin S. Porter?

• The Great Train Robbery

• Nanook of the North

• The Wizard of Oz

• Gone With the Wind

What was the first film with color in 1908? (This film hand-painted each cell to add color to the shot)

• Wizard of Oz

• A Visit to the Seaside

• Gone with the Wind

• A Trip to the Moon