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History of the TV - Student Created Study Guide

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What year was the first TV remote controller introduced into American households?
a)
1906
b)
1926
c)
1956
d)
1986
2.

Who did the first electronic TV transmission?

a)
Philo Farnsworth
b)
Paul Nipkow
c)
John Logie Bard
d)
Vladimir Zworkykin
3.

Which year did Philo Farnsworth travel to England raise money for his legal battle with the RCA?

a)
1922
b)
1923
c)
1932
d)
2021
4.
Who is the founder father of Televison
a)
Paul Nipkow
b)
Vladimir k. Zworykin
c)
Philo Farnsworth
d)
John Logie Baird
5.
Who was the first person to make a silhouette images, at 30 scan lines?
a)

John Baird

b)
Paul Nipkow
c)

Vladimir K. Zworykin

d)
Philo Farnsworth
6.

Who made the Nipkow Disc?

a)
Vladimir K. Zworykin
b)
Paul Nipkow
c)
Philo Farnsworth
d)
John Logie Baird
7.

What does the Nipkow Disc do?

a)
Displays pictures
b)

Creates images of 18 scan lines when rotated very fast

c)

Creates commercials for television

d)

Broadcasts Radio

8.

Who created the TV?

a)

Philo Farnsworth

b)
Kenjiro Takayanagi
c)
John Logie Baird
d)
Charles Francis Jenkins
9.
Who created the Nipkow disk
a)
Paul Nipkow
b)
Vladamir Nipkow
c)
Steve Nipkow
d)
Homer Nipkow
10.
What year did Paul Nipkow invent a method of transmitting images by using a disk with a series of holes in a spiral?
a)
1923
b)
1885
c)
1888
d)
1946
11.
Who is known as the "Father of Television"?
a)
John Baird
b)
Philo Farnsworth
c)
Paul Nipkow
d)
Vladimir K. Zworykin
12.
Who invented the Nipkow Disc?
a)
Paul Nipkow
b)
Vladimir K. Zworykin
c)
Philo Farnsworth
d)
John Baird
13.
What year did Paul Nipkow invent a method of transmitting images?
a)
1875
b)
1888
c)
1920
d)
1950
14.

Who invented the first mechanical method of transmitting images?

a)
John Baird
b)
Paul Nipkow
c)
Vladimir K. Zworykin
d)
Philo Farnsworth
15.
What was the amount of scan lines that John Baird made with his device based on Nipkow's disk?
a)
100 Scan Lines
b)
30 Scan Lines
c)
120 Scan Lines
d)
10 Scan Lines
16.
Who made the first TV transmission?
a)
Paul Nipkow
b)
John Baird
c)
Philo Farnsworth
d)
Vladimir Zworykin
17.
How old was Philo Farnsworth when he conceived the idea of television?
a)
12
b)
15
c)
17
d)
19
18.
Who did Philo Farnworth show is drawing to?
a)
His Mom
b)
His brother
c)
His Science Teacher
d)
A Business man
19.

In what year did Paul Nipkow invented the a mechanical method of transmitting moving images?

a)
1888
b)
1858
c)
1800
d)
1988
20.

Who did Philo Farnsworth work with to raise money for legal battles against RCA?

a)
Vladimir Zworykin
b)
Paul Nipkow
c)
John Baird
d)
Westinghouse
21.

Who was the employee of Westinghouse, that applied for a patent for the icono-scope, an electronic television system?

a)
Paul Nipkow
b)
Vladimir K. Zworykin
c)
Philo Farnswarth
d)
John Logie Baird
22.

When did Paul Nipkow invent method of mechanically transmitting images?

a)
1980
b)
1886
c)
1964
d)
1888
23.
Who was the "Father of Television?"
a)
Zworykin
b)
Baird
c)
Farnsworth
d)
Nipkow
24.
What does CRT stand for?
a)
Cathode-ray tube
b)
Cathode tube
c)
Computer ray tube
d)
Computer relay tool
25.

Who created the disc use to mechanically transmit moving images?

a)
Paul Nipkow
b)
Vladimir Zworykin
c)
John Baird
d)
Philo Farnsworth
26.
Who is considered the "Father of Television?"
a)
John Logie Baird
b)
Philo Farnsworth
c)
Paul Nipkow
d)
Ms. Martin's husband
27.

In 1888, Paul Nipkow invented a method of transmitting images.

What was the method?

a)
The method used a disk with a series of holes set in a spiral.
b)

An electronic television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes.

c)

A mechanical system based on Nipkow's disk.

d)

The transmission of the image of a dollar sign comprising 60 horizontal lines.

28.
Who applied for a patent for the icono-scope?
a)
Paul Nipkow
b)
John Baird
c)
Vladimir K. Zworykin
d)
Philo Farnsworth
29.

Who invented a method of mechanically transmitting images in 1888?

a)
Paul Nipcow
b)
Vladimir K. Zworykin
c)
John Baird
d)
Philo Farnsworth
30.

What invention was used for the first TV transmission in 1927?

a)

Simplex Communication

b)

Dissector Tube

c)
Antenna
d)

Radio

31.
What did Philo Farnsworth patent in 1927 that would later become an important component in the development of all-electronic television?
a)
"dissector tube"
b)
kinescope
c)
cathode-ray tube (CRT)
d)
Nipkow Disc
32.
What year was the Nipcow disk invented?
a)
1884
b)
1885
c)
1883
d)
1902
33.

What company tried to steal Philo Farnsworth's patent?

a)
RCA
b)

IBM

c)
RAC
d)

Westinghouse

34.
What is a Nipkow Disc?
a)
Data Storage Disk.
b)
Disk for a Music CD.
c)
Disk for transmitting images.
d)
Server Disk.
35.

What is a Cathode-Ray Tube used for?

a)
vaccum tube that produces images
b)
a telescope
c)
a part of a camera
d)
a beam
36.

Who made the Nipkow Disk?

a)
Paul Zworykin
b)
Philo Farnsworth
c)
Paul Farnsworth
d)
Paul Nipkow
37.
What did Paul Nipkow invent?
a)
An electronic television transmitting and receiving system
b)
Transmitting images disc
c)
Kinescope
d)
The TV remote control
38.

This photo shows an example of...

a)

Iconoscope

b)

Cathode-Ray Tub

c)

Nipkow Disc System

d)

Roto-Rooter

39.

A specialized vacuum tube in which images are produced when an electron beam strikes a phosphorescent surface is known as a(n)

a)

Kinescope

b)

Zworykin

Telescope

c)

Cathode-Ray Tube

d)

Nipkow Disc

40.

What is this? Why is it important?

4 lines
41.

Why did Zworykin meet with Farnsworth?

a)

They were good buddies

b)

Farnsworth wanted to borrow money from Zworykin

c)

Zworykin was stealing Farnsworth's ideas

d)

To collaborate on improving the Nipkow Disc

42.

John Logie Baird's mechanical television relied on the Nipkow Disc to operate.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Who said, “So my investors were asking when they were going to see dollars from my invention, so in my most recent demonstration, I transmitted an image of a dollar sign."

a)

Philo Farnsworth

b)

John Logie Baird

c)

Vladimir Zworykin

d)

Paul Nipkow

44.

In 1929, the Kinescope was invented by....

a)

Vladimir Zworykin

b)

Philo Farnsworth

c)

John Baird

d)

Kine Chesney

45.

Whose Patent?

a)

Paul Nipkow

b)

John Baird

c)

Thomas

Edison

d)

Vladimir Zworykin

46.

Which inventor showed a drawing of his idea for a television system to his science teacher?

a)

Philo Farnsworth

b)

Paul Nipkow

c)

Vladimir K. Zworykin

d)

Yourself

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