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Recorded Music

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the first phonograph that recorded and replayed sound in 1877?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

Samuel Morse

2.

When did digital media take over vinyl records' popularity?

a)

1960s

b)

1970s

c)

2000s

d)

1980s

3.

What decade was the MP3 first introduced?

a)

1970s

b)

1980s

c)

1990s

d)

2000s

4.

Currently, what has the biggest impact on the decline of CD sales?

a)

Paid subscription streaming

b)

Live concerts

c)

Podcasts

d)

Vinyl records

5.

THIS IS...

a)

VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER

b)

DIGICAM

c)

HOME ASSISTANT

d)

VINYL RECORD

6.

What is this?

a)

8 Track Tape

b)

COMPACT DISC

c)

VINYL RECORD

d)

VHS

7.
Analog sound is any sound that an ear can hear. Any example is 
a)
voice
b)
amplifier
c)
both
8.
Before people knew how to record sound, the only way to hear music was at a live performance.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
In ____, Thomas Edison, an American inventor, discovered he could record sound onto a piece of tin.
a)
1877
b)
1876
c)
1878
10.
As music was played, the tin rotated on a cylinder and a needle scratched a groove into the ____.
a)
can 
b)
tin
c)
aluminum
11.

When a sound engineer records live music onto a wax disc, the indentations are based on

a)

Echos

b)

Vibrations

c)

Harmony

12.

Why was a jukebox called a "nickelodeon"?

a)

It was round like a nickel

b)

It was named after the television station

c)

Because it played a song when a nickel was inserted

13.

In what decades was the jukebox most popular?

a)

1880s-1920s

b)

1920s-1930s

c)

1940s-1960s

d)

1980s-1990s

14.

What is an "overdub"?

a)

When a sound engineer adds a second recording into the original

b)

When a sound engineer records over a rec ording, erasing the first one.