Sunday Quiz | Test your TV knowledge on World Television Day

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November 20, 2021 05:21 pm | Updated January 06, 2022 10:29 pm IST

Sunday Quiz | Test your TV knowledge on World Television Day
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1 / 10 | The United Nations celebrates November 21 as World Television Day as TV remains the single largest source of video consumption globally. On October 2, 1925, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird successfully transmitted the first television picture with a greyscale image in a 32-line vertically scanned image, at five pictures per second. What could be seen on TV was ‘Stooky Bill’, a prop made of plaster of paris with bright coloured make-up. What was stooky bill, something you’d see in children’s parties?
Answer : A ventriloquist dummy
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