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Radio Broadcasting History

Radio Broadcasting History. Which scientist/inventor is known as the “Father of Radio?”. Nikola Tesla. Fessenden worked with whom in 1892?. Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. Hertz was named professor at what university in 1889?. University of Bonn.

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Radio Broadcasting History

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  1. Radio BroadcastingHistory

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

  3. Nikola Tesla

  4. Fessenden worked with whom in 1892?

  5. Thomas Edisonand George Westinghouse

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

  7. University of Bonn

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

  9. October 13, 1886Terra Alta, WV

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

  11. Maxwell

  12. Who beganlab experimentson his father’sestate in 1895?

  13. Guglielmo Marconi

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

  15. Lee De Forest

  16. Who discovered AM (amplitude modulation)radio?

  17. Reginald Fessenden

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

  19. 180

  20. Tesla did whatin 1884?

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

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

  23. Mahlon Loomis

  24. Maxwell was first named a professor of physics inwhat year?

  25. 1856

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

  27. October 6, 1866Quebec, Canada

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

  29. 1896

  30. De Forest’s two major inventionswere what?

  31. The vacuum tube and sound for motion pictures.

  32. Tesla was awarded approximatelyhow many patents in his lifetime?

  33. 700

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

  35. April 25, 1874Bologna, Italy

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

  37. Lee De Forest

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

  39. James Clerk Maxwell

  40. Marconi did whatin 1897?

  41. He formed the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company.

  42. Loomis did whatin 1868?

  43. He demonstrated wireless communicationfor Congress.

  44. De Forest described modern radioas what?

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

  46. Give the date andlocation of Mr.Hertz’s birth.

  47. February 22, 1857Hamburg, Germany

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

  49. James ClerkMaxwell

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