WorksheetsAudio Timeline Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
In which year was the first commercial AM radio broadcast made by KDKA in Pittsburgh PA?
1921
1925
1928
1931
Who introduced the microgroove 33-1/3 rpm long-play vinyl record (LP) in 1948?
Columbia Records
RCA
Sony
Victor Talking Machine Company
Which company introduced the first digital delay line, the Lexicon Delta-T 101, in 1970?
Yamaha
Lexicon
Ampex
Mackie
Who conceived and built the first 'affordable' digital multitrack recorder, the ADAT, in 1991?
Alesis
Sony
Yamaha
Mackie
In which year were DVD videodiscs and players introduced, expected to eventually supplant the CD as the chosen playback medium in the home?
1999
1998
2000
1997
