Thursday, February 13, 2014

First Post, First Quiz, Second Semester


1. When was the first photo "sent across the wire?"
2. What was the photo that was first sent across telephone wires?
3. How many cities received the first photo?
4. What was The Hindenburg?
5. The Glenn Miller Orchestra performed what popular tune during this era?
6. What magazine used the concept of Picture Magic?
7. What United States government agency documented poverty in the 1930's?
8. What African-American photographer worked for this agency?
9. What painting inspired his best known photograph?
10. Who was the famous landscape photographer shown in the video?
11. When was Pearl Harbor bombed?
12. What was a pin up girl?
13. How long was it between D-Day and the first photo sent "across the wire?"
14. Who took the famous photos on Normandy Beach during D-Day?
15. What was Rosenthal's picture with the American Flag?

1. The first photo was sent across the wire on January 1, 1935.
2.  The first photo that was sent across the telephone wires was a picture of the plane crash.
3. 25 cities recieved the first photo sent across the wire.
4. The Hindenburg was a German passenger airship that caught on fire.
5. The song "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller Orchestra was the popular tune during that era.
6. The magazine thqat used the concept of Picture Magic was called "Life".
7. FSA (Farm Security Agency) doctumented poverty in the 1930's with the U.S. government.
8. Gordan Parks was the African American photographer.
9. American Gothic inspired Gordan Parks' best know photograph.
10. The famous land scape photographer shown in the video was named Adams.
11.  Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7.
12. The pin up girl was a girl named Betty Grable that wore a bathing suit.
13. It was 13 Years between D-Day and the first photo sent across the wire.
14. Joseph John Rosenthal took the famous photo on Normandy Beach during D-Day.
15. The picture of the American Flag by Rosenthal was the victory at Iowa Jima.