Christmas Quiz 2007
- From: Richard Lamont <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:31:04 +0000
Well nobody else seems to be doing it, so here is my effort. As on
previous occasions, it's just a bit of fun. As I haven't worked in
broadcasting for many years, the questions reflect my out-of-date
knowledge and experience. You are free to agree that this just adds to
their seasonal, rustic charm.
1. How do you spell Marconi's first name?
A. Guglielmo
B. Guiseppe
C. Guaglione
D. Jade
2. Where was the wartime transmitter known as Aspidistra located?
A. Orfordness
B. Alexandra Palace
C. Ottringham
D. Crowborough
3. What does a tetrode have that a triode does not?
A. A control grid
B. A national grid
C. A screen grid
D. A suppressor grid
4. What is a three-legged fuse?
A. A thermistor
B. An accountant (male)
C. A thyratron
D. A transistor
5. Assuming SD is 720 pixels per line, a 1080i HD picture has
A. 5 times as many pixels as 480i and 5 times as many as 576i
B. 5 times as many pixels as 480i and 6 times as many as 576i
C. 6 times as many pixels as 480i and 5 times as many as 576i
D. 6 times as many pixels as 480i and 6 times as many as 576i
6. If your national distribution network goes tits-up on the hottest day
of the year, what is most likely to blame?
A. ICE
B. Cable and Wireless's air conditioning
C. Sunspots
D. RBS
7. 6500K is
A. Colour temperature of correctly-aligned colour monitor
B. Colour temperature of dichroic halogen lamp
C. Colour temperature of tri-phosphor fluorescent lamp
D. Average freelance's annual income
8. What kind of connector does a 3-pin male XLR mate with
A. A shaver connector
B. A BS4343 connector
C. A kettle connector
D. A Musa connector
9. You are in a short-wave transmitting station and suddenly all the
transmitters shut down one-by-one because of reflectometer trips. What
do you do?
A. Log the bird strikes against the antennas for the RSPB's survey.
B. Reduce power until the idiot farmer's bonfire upwind has burnt out.
C. Nothing. It'll save electricity anyway. Just report it to Bush.
D. Report the interference to the Radio Investigation Service.
10. You are trying to fix an old Sonifex cart machine in order to rescue
a recording that someone found on an old cart and isn't available on
anything better. It works but there is bad flutter. What do you do?
A. Change the knackered capstan
B. Change the knackered record/repro head
C. Change the knackered solenoid
D. Change the knackered pinch roller
11. In ITU-R Rec. 601, black level and peak white are represented by:
A. 0 and 235
B. 16 and 235
C. 0 and 255
D. 16 and 255
12. You need to reduce the depth of field. What kind of filter do you
select?
A. Ultra-violet
B. Polarizing
C. Bandpass
D. Neutral density
13. You are a clueless arty fart and have been given the job of
designing something that looks like the Alexandra Palace tower for an
episode of Dr Who. You stick objects on the tower that look like:
A. A fan from a jet engine
B. An old central heating radiator
C. A string of onions
D. A bedstead
14. What is 377 ohms?
A. An nominally 300-ohm STC 4038 microphone at 800 Hz
B. The driving point of a half-wave folded dipole
C. The characteristic impedance of free space
D. A 330-ohm and 47-ohm resistor in parallel
15. The big white thing at the top of the Crystal Palace TV tower is:
A. A big candle
B. A hollow cylinder
C. Now unused, following the end of 405-line transmissions, but still
there because it's too difficult to remove
D. Known by the riggers who maintain the tower as "Baird's Revenge"
16. Which tune by Eric Coates is also known as the Rediffusion March?
A. By The Sleepy Lagoon
B. Music Everywhere
C. Man From The Sea
D. Calling All Workers
17. The director says "Kill the redhead!". Does he mean:
A. Murder a ginger-haired production assistant
B. Switch off a light
C. Murder Brian Redhead, if he's still alive
D. Switch off that clapperboard thingy with timecode on red LEDs
18. Which is the odd one out?
A. 23.976
B. 27.125
C. 29.97
D. 59.94
19. You make a stereo, 16-bit, 48kHz linear PCM recording that lasts
exactly an hour, a minute and a second. How big is the file, to the
nearest Megabyte?
A. 701 MB
B. 702 MB
C. 703 MB
D. 704 MB
20. In which of these old films does a military leader attempt to hijack
the country's broadcasting networks as part of a coup d'état?
A. Dr Strangelove
B. Seven Days in May
C. On the Beach
D. The Manchurian Candidate
Please send answers to me by email and don't post them here. Answers
will be posted on Friday 28th. The prize is not getting your arse kicked
if you don't come last.
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