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WorksheetsThe Rise of Hollywood
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where and when did Thomas Edison create the first motion picture camera?
a)
New Jersey, 1981
b)
New York, 1881
c)
New Jersey, 1891
d)
New York, 1891
2.
What was the title of the first ever movie made in Hollywood?
a)
In Old California
b)
California in 1910
c)
In New California
d)
In Old Town California
3.
Which of these production companies was NOT one of the first 6 to exist in Hollywood
a)
Universal
b)
Warner Bros.
c)
Paramount
d)
United
4.
What does M.P.P.T. stand for?
a)
Motion Picture People Trade
b)
Motion Picture Patent Trust
c)
Motion Picture Protection Trust
d)
Motion Picture People Trust
5.
Who founded the small town we now call Hollywood?
a)
D.W. Griffith
b)
Steven Spielberg
c)
Hugh Hefner
d)
Hobart Whitley
6.
Filmmakers fled to Los Angeles for the following reasons EXCEPT...
a)
Sunshine
b)
Protection
c)
Opportunity
d)
Education
7.
How many Hollywood names were put on the suspect list during the 'Red Scare"?
a)
43
b)
42
c)
47
d)
49
8.
What year did JAWS come out?
a)
1982
b)
1975
c)
1977
d)
1981
9.
Hollywood became the center of film production in what decade?
a)
1920s
b)
1950s
c)
1930s
d)
1910s
10.
Which name is NOT one of the Warner Brothers?
a)
Sam
b)
Robert
c)
Jack
d)
Albert
11.
What year was color introduced in film?
a)
1932
b)
1949
c)
1933
d)
1939
12.
What is the title of the first "talkie"?
a)
The Jazzy Dance
b)
Jazz and the Singer
c)
All That Jazz
d)
The Jazz Singer
13.
What became film's biggest competitor?
a)
Animation
b)
T.V.
c)
Widescreen
d)
Radio
14.
F.N.W.
a)
Foreign National Wave
b)
French National Wave
c)
Foreign New Way
d)
French New Wave
15.
How many production companies did Edison run and own in New Jersey and New York?
a)
13
b)
19
c)
11
d)
14
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