Audio Timeline Quiz

Who succeeded in recovering Mary's Little Lamb from a strip of tinfoil wrapped around a spinning cylinder?

• Marconi

• Clement Ader

• Emile Berliner

• Thomas Alva Edison

In which year was the first music put on record with cornetist Jules Levy playing 'Yankee Doodle'?

• 1877

• 1878

• 1881

• 1887

Who was granted a patent on a flat-disc gramophone in 1887?

• Clement Ader

• Marconi

• Emile Berliner

• Thomas Alva Edison

Which inventor introduced an electric motor-driven phonograph in 1888?

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Marconi

• Clement Ader

• Emile Berliner

Who successfully experimented with wireless telegraphy system in Italy in 1895?

• Marconi

• Clement Ader

• Emile Berliner

• Thomas Alva Edison

Which company was founded by Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson in 1901?

• RCA

• Sony

• Victor Talking Machine Company

• Philips

Who invented the triode vacuum tube in 1906?

• Enrico Caruso

• Lee DeForest

• Edwin F. Armstrong

• Thomas Edison

In which year was the first live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in NYC featuring Enrico Caruso?

• 1912

• 1910

• 1917

• 1916

Who was issued a patent for a regenerative circuit in 1912, making radio reception practical?

• Enrico Caruso

• Thomas Edison

• Edwin F. Armstrong

• Lee DeForest

Which company was founded in 1919 and partially owned by United Fruit?

• Sony

• RCA

• Victor Talking Machine Company

• Philips