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1. This scientist, creator of the iconoscope and the kinescope, is widely regarded as one of the 'Fathers of Television':
2. This other applicant for 'Father of Television' created the 'image dissector', the first all-electric television transmitter, in 1927 at the age of 21:
3. RCA's first experimental TV transmissions began in 1929 showing pictures of this cartoon character:
4. Television was first introduced to the general public at the 1939 Worlds Fair in:
5. Who was the first U.S. President to appear on television:
6. Television was greatly curtailed during World War II. Which of the following was the only network to continue extensive commercial programming during the war?
7. NBC broadcast the first sportscast of this game in 1939:
8. The first television commercial was aired in 1941 for this product:
9. This news program switched from radio to TV on Nov. 6, 1947 and is still aired weekly on NBC after more than 50 years. What is the program?
10. Which of the following TV stars did NOT debut in 1948?
11. The next logical step in television evolution was the advent of color programming. Starting in 1950, there were two color systems, the RCA system and this one:
12. This long-time radio personality hosted two landmark TV shows, 'See It Now' and 'Person To Person' as well as an award winning documentary, 'Harvest Of Shame':
13. Sylvester 'Pat' Weaver was a TV pioneer as program manager of NBC who deserves inclusion in this quiz for all but one of the following:
14. One of the first major contoversies facing TV was the quiz show scandal. Contestant Charles Van Doren was revealed to be receiving his answers in advance on what show?
15. Who, or what, is 'Bamboo Harvester'?
16. Which of the following did not host 'The Tonight Show'?
17. Satellite television began July 10,1962, a day after the launch of this:
18. What was invented in 1948, simultaneously in Oregon and Pennsylvania, by television store owners looking to sell more TV sets?
19. One of the best programs from televisions' early years was 'Your Show of Shows' with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Which of the following did NOT get their start writing for this series?
20. When presented with the opportunity to air this program in 1970, it was reported that CBS network president Bob Wood turned it down, saying, 'Preempt Doris Day? Are you out of your mind?'. Which show was rejected?
21. One major obstacle that remains relevant in television is censorship. Despite high ratings, what program was cancelled by CBS after a long fight over the content of their show from 1967-70?
22. Which of the following programs was NOT based on a hit show from Great Britain?
23. Alvin Childress and Spencer Williams Jr. were better known as:
24. As an escape from resubmitting existing signals, this became the first to use cable to broadcast original programming as a premium TV network:
25. What do stations WSBK-Boston, WGN-Chicago, WTBS-Atlanta and WWOR-New Jersey all have in common?
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