Intro to Mass Comm Fall Final Practice #1

What was the first IN-HOME video game console sold?

• Nintendo

• Atari

• Magnavox Odyssey

• Sega Genesis

Which invention introduced by Karl Ferdinand Braun led to the development of television?

• Cathode Ray Tube

• LED Lighting

• Electricity

• VHS Tape

What is the name of rooms in monasteries where monks transcribed books?

• Scriptoria

• Monk Houses

• Wordpartments

• Parsonages

What is the term to describe the speech of "the common people"?

• Tubage

• Vernacular

• Lineage

• Issage

Which 1940s development eventually led to the expansion of the number of TV channels people could watch?

• Film

• Antenna

• Sound

• Cable

What 19th century development made books cheaper and more accessible to audiences?

• Vending Machines

• Amazon

• Paperbacks

• Books on Tape

Which U.S. conflict was one of the first that had newspaper war reporters?

• Vietnam War

• Civil War

• World War I

• World War II

Which newspaper publisher was best known for sensationalism?

• Joseph Pulitzer

• Jeff Bezos

• Nellie Bly

• John Peter Zenger

Which former newspaper publisher has a world-renowned journalism prize named after him?

• William Hearst

• Bill Lee

• Robert Redford

• Joseph Pulitzer

What was the term used for the first movies with sound?

• Soundbooms

• Explosions

• Musicals

• Talkies