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
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Loomis’ death.
October 13, 1886
Terra Alta, WV
What inventor completes
this equation?
Newton -> ??? -> Einstein
Maxwell
Who began
lab experiments
on his father’s
estate in 1895?
Guglielmo Marconi
What individual was
forced to spend
most of his fortune
on attorney’s fees
and court costs?
Lee De Forest
Who discovered
AM (amplitude
modulation)
radio?
Reginald Fessenden
De Forest won how
many patents during
his lifetime?
180
Tesla did what
in 1884?
He moved to
America and began
working with
Thomas Edison.
Which inventor was
the first to use an
antenna system?
Mahlon Loomis
Maxwell was first
named a professor
of physics in
what year?
1856
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Fessenden’s birth.
October 6, 1866
Quebec, Canada
Marconi was
granted a patent for
wireless telegraphy
in what year?
1896
De Forest’s two
major inventions
were what?
The vacuum tube
and sound for
motion pictures.
Tesla was awarded
approximately
how many patents
in his lifetime?
700
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Marconi’s birth.
April 25, 1874
Bologna, Italy
What individual
wanted to be known
as the “Father of
Broadcasting,”
but was not?
Lee De Forest
What inventor became
a professor of physics
at Cambridge
University in 1871?
James Clerk
Maxwell
Marconi did what
in 1897?
He formed the
Wireless Telegraph
& Signal Company.
Loomis did what
in 1868?
He demonstrated
wireless
communication
for Congress.
De Forest described
modern radio
as what?
He described it as
“a failure… full of
second-rate jazz.”
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Hertz’s birth.
February 22, 1857
Hamburg, Germany
What inventor was
pursuing research in
space exploration and
nuclear energy as
early as the 1850’s?
James Clerk
Maxwell
Who established
wireless
communication
between France and
England in 1899?
Guglielmo Marconi
Which inventor
received patent
#7777 for “syntonic
telegraphy?”
Guglielmo Marconi
What was invented
(and by whom) in
1891 that is still used
in radio design today?
The Tesla Coil
by Nikola Tesla
De Forest was the
first individual to
broadcast what
event in 1916?
Election returns.
Give the date and
location of
Maxwell’s death.
November 5, 1879
Cambridge, England
In what year did
Marconi transmit
wireless signals
across the Atlantic?
1901
What scientist helped
develop laser beams,
robotics, remote control,
solar energy and
satellites?
Nikola Tesla
Marconi was
credited with what
achievement in
1902?
He transmitted the
first complete
message from
the United States
to England.
Which inventor is
known as the
“Father of Radio
Broadcasting?”
Reginald Fessenden
A microwave
radiotelephone link
was established in
1932 between what
locations?
Vatican City
and
Castel Gandolfo.
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Tesla’s birth.
July 10, 1856
Croatia
What did Fessenden
do in 1906?
He executed a
Christmas Eve
broadcast featuring
music and scripture.
Give the date and
location of
Maxwell’s birth.
June 13, 1831
Edinburgh, Scotland
Who won the Nobel
Prize for physics
in 1909?
Guglielmo Marconi
The U.S. Supreme
Court ruled which
inventor was most
important to the
development of radio
in 1943?
Nikola Tesla
Loomis received his
first patent for
wireless telegraphy
in what year?
1872
Marconi predicted
the concept of naval
radar in what year?
1922
Give the date and
location of Mr. De
Forest’s birth.
August 26, 1873
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Newton is credited with
the Laws of Motion,
Einstein with the Theory
of Relativity and
Maxwell with what?
Four
Mathematical
Equations
Tesla won a patent for
what creation in 1896?
Basic design
of a radio.
(Later used
by Marconi)
Naval radar was
effectively
demonstrated
by Marconi in
what year?
1935
De Forest worked
where 1931-1961?
Hollywood
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Fessenden’s death.
July 22, 1932
Bermuda
What did De Forest
create in 1907?
De Forest
Radio Telephone
Company
Name the first
scientist/inventor
to broadcast and
receive radio waves.
Heinrich Rudolph
Hertz
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Tesla’s death.
January 7, 1943
New York, NY
What scientist helped
develop the fields of
thermodynamics,
rheology, photography,
engineering and
mathematics?
James Clerk
Maxwell
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Loomis’ birth.
July 26, 1826
Oppenheim, NY
Fessenden
succeeded with
what task in 1900?
He transmitted his
voice via wireless
telephone.
Who developed
wireless radio
communication
for the US
Weather Bureau?
Reginald Fessenden
Maxwell’s
development of what
helped create radio,
television, radar,
microwaves and
thermal images?
Electromagnetic
radiation.
Tesla hoped
to harness the
power of what?
Niagara Falls
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Hertz’s death.
January 1, 1894
Bonn, Germany
Fessenden owned
over 500 patents
including two
for what?
Microfilm
and sonar.
Give the date and
location of Mr. De
Forest’s death.
June 30, 1961
Los Angeles, CA
What inventor
received a Ph.D.
from Yale
University in 1899?
Lee De Forest
What inventor is
regarded for
combining scientific
research and
religious faith?
James Clerk
Maxwell
Tesla succeeded in
building what
structure in 1895?
The first
hydroelectric
power plant at
Niagara Falls.
Give the date and
location of Mr.
Marconi’s death.
July 20, 1937
Rome, Italy
Who created audion
equipment in 1916?
Lee De Forest
What inventor built
wireless telegraph
devices for the US
Navy?
Lee De Forest
Westinghouse sided
with Tesla against
Edison in what?
The War of
the Currents
Who was known as
the “Father of
Modern Physics?”
James Clerk
Maxwell
The hertz (Hz),
a unit of
measurement,
is named for
what scientist?
Heinrich Rudolph
Hertz
The Loomis Bill,
signed into law in
1873, created what?
Loomis Aerial
Telegraph Company
The disagreement
between Edison
and Tesla revolved
around what?
What kind of
electrical current
would be best for
America.