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What was the first music video played on MTV when the channel first aired? In what year?
Video Killed the Radio Star
by The Buggles ﴾1981﴿
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What was the first movie to have sound? In which year?
The Jazz Singer, 1927
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When was moveable type invented, making books more accessible to everyone? Who invented it?
Johannes Gutenberg, in 1454/1455
﴾The Gutenberg Bible﴿
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Which new electronic toy sold out in 3 days in its debut in 1996?
Tamagotchi
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Who invented the first movie machine?
Thomas Edison­ 1893 World's Fair ﴾KineticScope﴿
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What and when was the first newspaper published?
Acta Diruna­ Rome Newspaper ﴾100 B.C.E.﴿
Tablet posted on Senate wall after meetings.
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When was Facebook created? Who is Facebook's founder?
2003, Mark Zuckerberg
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What was the first television series to use multiple cameras?
I Love Lucy, in the 1950s
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Who is credited with the invention of the television? In which year?
Philo Farnsworth­ 1927
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What were the first television stations? When they start broadcasting?
CBS and NBC, 1947
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When was the first photography camera available for public sale? What was it called?
1900­ The Brownie
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Who is nicknamed, "The Father of the Radio"? When was radio invented?
Marconi­ late 1800s
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What and when was the first video game home console available to the public?
"Odyssey" in 1972
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What and when was the first true video game invented?
Spacewar in 1961
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When did development of the Internet begin?
During the Cold War ﴾1950s, 1960s﴿
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When was the first digital camera available to the public?
1994­ The Kodak/Apple Quicktake
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What was the most popular book in the early United States? When was it first published?
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1732
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When was the Kindle first released?
2007
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When was color photography developed?
1935­ by Kodak
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What was the first full length animated movie?
Disney's Snow White in 1937
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