2. Radio Broadcasting History

3. Which scientist/inventor is known as the “Father of Radio?”

4. Nikola Tesla

5. Fessenden worked with whom in 1892?

6. Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse

7. Hertz was named professor at what university in 1889?

8. University of Bonn

9. Give the date and location of Mr. Loomis’ death.

10. October 13, 1886 Terra Alta, WV

11. What inventor completes this equation? Newton -> ??? -> Einstein

12. Maxwell

13. Who began lab experiments on his father’s estate in 1895?

14. Guglielmo Marconi

15. What individual was forced to spend most of his fortune on attorney’s fees and court costs?

16. Lee De Forest

17. Who discovered AM (amplitude modulation) radio?

18. Reginald Fessenden

19. De Forest won how many patents during his lifetime?

20. 180

21. Tesla did what in 1884?

22. He moved to America and began working with Thomas Edison.

23. Which inventor was the first to use an antenna system?

24. Mahlon Loomis

25. Maxwell was first named a professor of physics in what year?

26. 1856

27. Give the date and location of Mr. Fessenden’s birth.

28. October 6, 1866 Quebec, Canada

29. Marconi was granted a patent for wireless telegraphy in what year?

30. 1896

31. De Forest’s two major inventions were what?

32. The vacuum tube and sound for motion pictures.

33. Tesla was awarded approximately how many patents in his lifetime?

34. 700

35. Give the date and location of Mr. Marconi’s birth.

36. April 25, 1874 Bologna, Italy

37. What individual wanted to be known as the “Father of Broadcasting,” but was not?

38. Lee De Forest

39. What inventor became a professor of physics at Cambridge University in 1871?

40. James Clerk Maxwell

41. Marconi did what in 1897?

42. He formed the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company.

43. Loomis did what in 1868?

44. He demonstrated wireless communication for Congress.

45. De Forest described modern radio as what?

46. He described it as “a failure… full of second-rate jazz.”

47. Give the date and location of Mr. Hertz’s birth.

48. February 22, 1857 Hamburg, Germany

49. What inventor was pursuing research in space exploration and nuclear energy as early as the 1850’s?

50. James Clerk Maxwell

51. Who established wireless communication between France and England in 1899?

52. Guglielmo Marconi

53. Which inventor received patent #7777 for “syntonic telegraphy?”

54. Guglielmo Marconi

55. What was invented (and by whom) in 1891 that is still used in radio design today?

56. The Tesla Coil by Nikola Tesla

57. De Forest was the first individual to broadcast what event in 1916?

58. Election returns.

59. Give the date and location of Maxwell’s death.

60. November 5, 1879 Cambridge, England

61. In what year did Marconi transmit wireless signals across the Atlantic?

62. 1901

63. What scientist helped develop laser beams, robotics, remote control, solar energy and satellites?

64. Nikola Tesla

65. Marconi was credited with what achievement in 1902?

66. He transmitted the first complete message from the United States to England.

67. Which inventor is known as the “Father of Radio Broadcasting?”

68. Reginald Fessenden

69. A microwave radiotelephone link was established in 1932 between what locations?

70. Vatican City and Castel Gandolfo.

71. Give the date and location of Mr. Tesla’s birth.

72. July 10, 1856 Croatia

73. What did Fessenden do in 1906?

74. He executed a Christmas Eve broadcast featuring music and scripture.

75. Give the date and location of Maxwell’s birth.

76. June 13, 1831 Edinburgh, Scotland

77. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1909?

78. Guglielmo Marconi

79. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled which inventor was most important to the development of radio in 1943?

80. Nikola Tesla

81. Loomis received his first patent for wireless telegraphy in what year?

82. 1872

83. Marconi predicted the concept of naval radar in what year?

84. 1922

85. Give the date and location of Mr. De Forest’s birth.

86. August 26, 1873 Council Bluffs, Iowa

87. Newton is credited with the Laws of Motion, Einstein with the Theory of Relativity and Maxwell with what?

88. Four Mathematical Equations

89. Tesla won a patent for what creation in 1896?

90. Basic design of a radio. (Later used by Marconi)

91. Naval radar was effectively demonstrated by Marconi in what year?

92. 1935

93. De Forest worked where 1931-1961?

94. Hollywood

95. Give the date and location of Mr. Fessenden’s death.

96. July 22, 1932 Bermuda

97. What did De Forest create in 1907?

98. De Forest Radio Telephone Company

99. Name the first scientist/inventor to broadcast and receive radio waves.

100. Heinrich Rudolph Hertz

101. Give the date and location of Mr. Tesla’s death.

102. January 7, 1943 New York, NY

103. What scientist helped develop the fields of thermodynamics, rheology, photography, engineering and mathematics?

104. James Clerk Maxwell

105. Give the date and location of Mr. Loomis’ birth.

106. July 26, 1826 Oppenheim, NY

107. Fessenden succeeded with what task in 1900?

108. He transmitted his voice via wireless telephone.

109. Who developed wireless radio communication for the US Weather Bureau?

110. Reginald Fessenden

111. Maxwell’s development of what helped create radio, television, radar, microwaves and thermal images?

112. Electromagnetic radiation.

113. Tesla hoped to harness the power of what?

114. Niagara Falls

115. Give the date and location of Mr. Hertz’s death.

116. January 1, 1894 Bonn, Germany

117. Fessenden owned over 500 patents including two for what?

118. Microfilm and sonar.

119. Give the date and location of Mr. De Forest’s death.

120. June 30, 1961 Los Angeles, CA

121. What inventor received a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1899?

122. Lee De Forest

123. What inventor is regarded for combining scientific research and religious faith?

124. James Clerk Maxwell

125. Tesla succeeded in building what structure in 1895?

126. The first hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls.

127. Give the date and location of Mr. Marconi’s death.

128. July 20, 1937 Rome, Italy

129. Who created audion equipment in 1916?

130. Lee De Forest

131. What inventor built wireless telegraph devices for the US Navy?

132. Lee De Forest

133. Westinghouse sided with Tesla against Edison in what?

134. The War of the Currents

135. Who was known as the “Father of Modern Physics?”

136. James Clerk Maxwell

137. The hertz (Hz), a unit of measurement, is named for what scientist?

138. Heinrich Rudolph Hertz

139. The Loomis Bill, signed into law in 1873, created what?

140. Loomis Aerial Telegraph Company

141. The disagreement between Edison and Tesla revolved around what?

142. What kind of electrical current would be best for America.