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History of TV

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John Baird (1888–1946) invented....

a)

plazma

b)

iconoscope

c)

stereoscopic television

d)

Nipkow disk

2.

The inventor of the iconoscope, a transmission device, as well as the kinescope is........................

a)

Campbell-Swinton

b)

Paul Nipkow

c)

Vladimir Zworykin

d)

John Baird

3.

Bitzer and Slottow and their graduate student Robert Wilson invented......

a)

electric washing machine

b)

color TV

c)

the plazma

d)

a transmission device

4.

Three distinct schools of thought in technology influenced different researchers.

a)

true

b)

False

5.

Television is the work of many people over a number of decades.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Paul Nipkow invented .............................

a)

Nipkow disk

b)

iconoscope

c)

a cathode-ray tube

d)

color television

7.

Philo Farnsworth (1906-1971)– was ..

a)

an engineer

b)

a doctor

c)

a trainer

d)

a professor

8.

Color television is a recent idea.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Television is popular around the world.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The second school was based on an electronic television system that used infra-red light

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Electronic television is based on the development of the cathode-ray tube, which cannot be found in modern television sets.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Most people in Britain that use the word television to refer to tube.

a)

False

b)

True

13.

Without “intercarrier sound system” , televisions would probably have been too costly for most people.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Name the TV show

a)

Teen Tians Go

b)

Bob's Burgers

c)

Adventure Time

15.

What show is this character from?

a)

Riverdale

b)

Stranger Things

c)

13 Reasons Why

d)

Insatiable

16.

What kind of programme is it?

a)

news

b)

discussion

17.

What kind of tv programme is it?

a)

cartoon

b)

commercial

18.

What kind of tv programme is it?

a)

documentary

b)

the news

19.

What kind of tv programme is it?

a)

reality show

b)

commercial

20.

The word television, which refers to the transmission of images over a distance.

a)

True

b)

False