TVDAY

1.Who invented the first television?

• THOMAS EDISON

• JOHN LOGIE BIYAD

• RICHED G. DREW

• WALLACE CAROTHERS

Answer explanation

The invention of the television is credited to John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer and inventor born in 1888. His mechanical television, or “televisor,” used a rotating disk with holes in it to generate an image. In 1926, he made a historic, public display in front of scientists at Britain’s Royal Institution in London. It was just a 3.5 by 2 inch image, but enough to change the course of history.

2.Who was the first woman on television?

• ALICE

• AMILIA

• ELMA GARDNER PEM FARNSWORTH

• BULLSE COLMAN

Answer explanation

Farnsworth was the wife of American inventor Philo T. Farnsworth, who is credited with making the first electronic television transmission on September 7, 1927 using a scanning tube of his own design. The transmitted image of Pem and her brother, Cliff Gardner, in 1929 was the world’s first transmission of a live human image. Her husband would receive a patent for his “Image Dissector” in 1930.

3.When was the first television broadcast in China?

• MAY 1958

• MAY 1957

• MAY 1956

• MAY 1964

Answer explanation

The first television program was broadcast on May 1, 1958 by Beijing TV, which later became known as China Central Television (CCTV). It included a 10 minute report on Labor Day as well as a documentary and cultural programs.

4.What was the first live sporting event in TV history?

• 1936 FIFA MEXICO FOOTBALL

• 1936 BERLIN OLYMPIC GAMES

• 1936 NEW YORK BOXING

• 1936 YALES VS HARWARD FOOT BALL

Answer explanation

The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin was broadcast live in black and white to athletes in the Olympic village and to 25 special viewing rooms for the public in Berlin and Potsdam. In 1960, Rome made history as the first Olympics to be broadcast live across Europe, and the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 was the first to reach a worldwide audience. The Mexico City Games in 1968 became the first to be broadcast in color.

5. How much did the first TV set cost?

• 55 Pounds

• 60 pounds

• 25 pounds

• 26 pounds

Answer explanation

The Baird Televisor, mass produced by the Plessley Company, was sold from 1929 into the early 1930s, making it the first commercially sold TV. It cost 26 pounds, an estimated 1,500 pounds in today’s money, and sold around 1,000 units.

6. What product did China’s first television commercial advertise?

• Zen Scents

• Gensing Liqour

• Changhe Automobiles

• Ping yang vitalizer

Answer explanation

China’s first commercial aired on Shanghai Television on January 28, 1979. The 90-second ad was for a product called Shenguiyangrong Ginseng Liquor, which sold for about 15 RMB. The advertisement worked as the product quickly sold out over the next two weeks, despite a cost that was nearly a quarter of the average annual salary of a university graduate.

7.Which Bollywood megastar made his television debut in 2000 with an Indian version of a British game show?

• Amitabh Bachchan

• Shashi Kapoor

• Rajesh Khanna

• Mithun Charkravarthy

8. First transmitted on BBC in 1938, what was the world's first television gameshow?

• Spelling Bee

• Allen family show

• News changer

• Prime Minister's Voice

9. Which company, in 1982, produced the first mass-produced pocket television: the Watchman?

• Sharp

• National Penesonic

• Sony

• Dynora

10. The 'Neighbor's Envy, Owner's Pride' slogan is associated with which brand of TV?

• Sony

• Onida

• Sharp

• Samsung