Daily Quiz | On photography
American entrepreneur George Eastman is known globally for co-founding the legendary camera brand ‘Kodak’.
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The word photography is derived from the Greek 'photos' and 'graphein'. What does it mean?
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Why is August 19 celebrated as World Photography Day?
Answer : It was on this date in 1839 that the French government is believed to have purchased the patent for the ‘daguerreotype’, the first-ever photographic process
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In photography terminology, what do DSLR and JPEG stand for?
Answer : Digital Single-Lens Reflex and Joint Photographic Experts Group
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What is the biggest contribution of Edwin Land to the world of photography?
Answer : Invented the Polaroid instant camera
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On March 5, 1960, Alberto Korda captured the likeness of an influential figure at a memorial service in Havana, and the image dubbed 'Guerrillero Heroico' is said to be one of the most reproduced on various media. Whom did Korda shoot?
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'Les Horribles Cernettes', an all-female pop group founded by CERN employees, lays claim to what 'first' in the world of the Internet?
Answer : The first photographic image shared on the World Wide Web
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Tony Duffy co-founded Allsport, the pioneering sports photo agency, on the strength of an iconic photograph of an athlete he took in 1968. Which athlete?
Answer : Bob Beamon’s record-breaking long jump at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
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What two-word term did the legendary Henri Cartier-Bresson coin for ‘capturing an event that is ephemeral and spontaneous’?
