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As a high school student, he outlined a system of all-electronic TV. |
Philo Farnsworth |
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He sought a patent for the first electronic TV camera tube. |
Vladimir Zworykin |
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This German inventor constructed the first patent for a spinning disk that would become the basis for the first working TV system. |
Paul Nipkow |
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He conducted the first public demonstration of live TV in Europe. |
John L. Baird |
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He was the first to develop color TV for CBS. |
Peter Goldmark |
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His philosophy was to obtain the biggest stars and offer them a contract they couldn't refuse. |
William Paley |
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This network executive was technologically drive. |
David Sarnoff |
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He advanced ABC's commitment for sports programming. |
Leonard Goldenson |
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This show was the worst culprit in the quiz-show scandal. |
Twenty-One |
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He was NBC's first news anchor. |
John Cameron Swayze |
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They were TV's first duo anchors of a network news show. |
Huntley and Brinkley |
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This inventor proposed an electronic TV, but John Baird convinced him that TV's failure was in a mechanical, not electronic, TV system. |
Campbell Swinton |
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The quiz show winner was named a Today host. |
John Van Doren |
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The courts awarded this inventor the title "father of electronic television" |
Philo Farnsworth |
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This TV variety host (a newspaper man) could not tell a joke or sing, yet remained on TV for 23 years. |
Ed Sullivan |
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This was the nation's top-rated show with the "Queen of Comedy" four of its six seasons. |
Lucille Ball |
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He was determined to bring TV to the masses |
David Sarnoff |
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He devised a scheme where by entertainers would be taxed as companies and not as individuals. |
William Paley |
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He was Edward R. Murrow's sidekick |
Fred Friendly |
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Perhaps, the greatest broadcaster in U.S History |
Edward R. Murrow |
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Edward R. Murrow regarded television with? |
Suspicion |
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This See It Now show began broadcast journalism in America. |
Case Against Milo Radulovich |
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He understood how to manipulate the press through its own endorsement of objectivity as a journalistic convention. |
Joseph McCarthy |
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This television spectacle was the final blow to Joseph McCarthy. |
Army-McCarthy Hearings |
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This was forerunner of today's 60-Minutes-type programs. |
See It Now |
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Three consequences of 60 Minute's successes. |
1. Saved the news division's budget. 2. Produced clones. 3. Spoiled management since news now had to make money. |
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This black leader knew how to use media to get his message of non-violence across to the American people. |
Martin Luther King, Jr |
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What are the earliest known PCs? |
TRS-80 Atari T.I Commodore |
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Who was the most dangerous man in the Silicon Valley? |
Steve Jobs |
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Why was he the most dangerous man in the Silicon Valley? |
Not profit motivated. Wanted to change the world. Convinced John Scully to leave Pepsi and be president of Apple. |
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What was the Mac's Killer App? |
Adobe's Photoshop |
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What was Mac's problem against IBM's PC? |
It was more expensive and did not have as much support for applications. |
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What was the operating system that took over the Mac's reign? |
Windows 3.0 |
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Who envisioned a global computer network? |
JCR Licklider |
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What does DARPA stand for? |
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, otherwise known as the Pentagon |
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Who was the man who oversaw the ARPAnet project? |
Bob Taylor |
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Who invented packet switching? |
Len Kleinrock |
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Who was the chief architect of ARPAnet? |
Larry Roberts |
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Who build the first network switch? |
BBN |
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What was the first wireless network called? |
AlohaNet |
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What killer app was introduced to the internet and who was it created by? |
Email, created by Ray Tomlinson |
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Who created the URL/world wide web? |
Tim Berners-Lee |
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What was the name of the first internet browser and who created it? |
Marc Andreason |
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What was the first commercial browser? |
Netscape Navigator |
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Who was the first big internet provider? |
AOL (America Online) |
