Television quiz

More questions about Television

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1. 1 Easy

   In Avatar: The Last Airbender, why did Zuko hunt the Avatar?

   Answer: To restore his honor and return home

   Why: Banished at 13 for objecting at a war meeting, Zuko was scarred by Ozai himself; only the Avatar's capture could win him a way home.

2. 2 Medium

   Why did early television stations broadcast a test pattern overnight?

   Answer: To help viewers calibrate sets

   Why: Each element of RCA's 1939 test card measured one technical aspect of the signal; color television made it obsolete by the mid-1960s.

3. 3 Hard

   How much cash did Walter White successfully leave for his family?

   Answer: 9.7 million dollars

   Why: Gretchen and Elliott Schwartz agree to run it as a trust for Walt's son only after laser pointers fake a pair of sniper sights on them.

4. 4 Easy

   Why did Star Trek's "Plato's Stepchildren" make TV history?

   Answer: It featured an interracial kiss

   Why: Nichols said Shatner crossed his eyes in NBC's no kiss backup take until it was unusable, so the kiss aired on 22 November 1968.

5. 5 Medium

   Why did cable television networks first emerge in the United States?

   Answer: To bring signals to mountainous areas

   Why: Cable TV began in the late 1940s as 'Community Antenna Television' to run wires from mountain peaks down to valleys blocked from regular signals.

6. 6 Hard

   Which product appeared in the first legal television commercial in 1941?

   Answer: Bulova watches

   Why: The spot ran on New York's WNBT just before a Brooklyn Dodgers game, and Bulova was billed nine dollars for it.