Questions from Norway The history of media
When was the first movie made? A: 1895 (R) B:1902 C:1889 D:1892
Who made the movie “A trip to the moon”? A: Georges Méliès (R) B: Charlie Chaplin C: The Lumiere Brothers D: Robert J. Flaherty
When did movieproducers start making silent movies? A: Ca. 1905 B: Ca. 1895 (R) C: Ca. 1915 D: Ca. 1925
When did film start getting competition from television? B:1960 C:1950 (R) D:1975
What was the first full computer-animated movie made by Disney? A: Winnie the Pooh B: Toy Story (R) C: Pocahontas D: The Incredibles
When was Dogme film introduced to the international movie scene? B: 1995 (R) C: 1997 D: 2000
What happened to the radio when the TV became popular? People stopped listening It became a secondary activity It became better Nothing
In which country was the radio invented? Great Britain France China America
When was the first radio program broadcast? 1906 1912 1920 1931
Who was the first person who sent out a radio program? Guglielmo Marconi Reginald Fessenden Ernest Mercadier Lee de Forest
When did the radio come to Norway? 1900s 1920s 1940s 1950s
Who invented the Radio? Reginald Fessenden Nikola Tesla Nathan Stubblefield Dickie Dick
What year did Norway have their first television brodcasting? 1930 1960 1990 1890
When could we see Direct TV from different parts of the world for the first time? 1962 1953 1956 1927
In what way did television influenced politics and politicians? It didn’t change anything After the debate between Nixon and Kennedy, how you presented yourself, what you looked like, how you sounded and whether you connected directly with audiences mattered After the debate between Nixon and Kennedy, people didn’t care about politics anymore After the debate between Nixon and Kennedy it became very popular to debate on TV.
How many percent of the U.S. household owns a TV? 50% 97% 82% 67%
How many hours does American children spend in front of the TV a day? 4 hours 41 minutes 3 hours 3 hours 51 minuets 4 hours 30 minuets
When did the American system committee ntsc start to work on a system to transfer color signals? The late 1940’s The early 1940’s The middle of 1930 Early in the 1950’s
What affected the length of the news that was broadcasted through telegraph? Every word cost money. The amount of words each message could contain was limited to 140 words. The lesser the words, the less time it took to deliver the message. The amount of paper was to much.
What laid the foundation for the newspapers becoming a mass medium The industrial revolution The Technological Revolution The Internet The phone
The number of papers published in the US increased until the 20th century, when suddenly the numbers heavily decreased. Why did this happen? The paper industry were rationalized through the establishment of chains The Internet turned out to be a far more important platform than people thought, when it came to broadcasting news USA experienced an economic crisis which resulted in the fact that people couldn’t afford buying papers The end of free press
When did commercials and advertisements in the newspaper? 1870 in London 1841 In USA 1911 in Germany 1952 in Norway
What was the first web newspaper was published the year..? 1994 1987 1996 1998
What was the name of the first newspaper? Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien Avisa Relation oder Zeitung Berrow‘s Worcester Journal Caurante uyt Italien, Duystlandt, &c.
What did they name the first internet version? CERN ARPANET Google Windows Explorer
What was the main reason of the invention of the internet? It was made as a communication tool for the us army It was made as a way to easily communicate around the world A network tool for the Russian army To share pictures with each other
When was the www invented? 1950 1970 1989 1999
What does WWW stand for? World Wide Window What went wrong World Wide Web Wiki World Week
What is HTML? A language that gives a internetpage content A operating system A image editor A mobile app
What is the most visited website? (per 2015) Facebook Youtube Google Twitter