Valdemar Poulsen - Quiz
Valdemar Poulsen
  • 1. What was the name of the magnetic wire recorder developed by Valdemar Poulsen in 1898?
A) Phonograph
B) Radiophone
C) Telegraphone
D) Wiregraph
  • 2. In what city was Valdemar Poulsen born?
A) Vienna
B) Paris
C) Stockholm
D) Copenhagen
  • 3. What was the profession of Valdemar Poulsen's father, Jonas Nicolai Johannes Poulsen?
A) University professor
B) Engineer
C) Inventor
D) Supreme Court judge
  • 4. At which university did Poulsen study natural sciences?
A) University of Paris
B) Royal Institute of Technology
C) Technical University of Denmark
D) University of Copenhagen
  • 5. What radio technology did Poulsen develop that provided a continuous wave transmitter?
A) Spark-gap transmitter
B) Crystal radio
C) Vacuum-tube transmitter
D) Poulsen arc
  • 6. Who was Poulsen's assistant in developing magnetic recorders?
A) Jonas Nicolai
B) Franz Josef
C) Peder Oluf Pedersen
D) Rebekka Magdalene
  • 7. At which event in 1900 did Poulsen demonstrate his telegraphone?
A) Exposition Universelle in Paris
B) International Radio Conference
C) Copenhagen Technical Exhibition
D) World's Fair in Chicago
  • 8. Whose voice was recorded by Poulsen at the 1900 Paris exposition, which is considered the oldest surviving magnetic audio recording?
A) Peder Oluf Pedersen
B) The King of Denmark
C) The President of France
D) Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
  • 9. What was a primary reason for the limited adoption and financial failure of the telegraphone?
A) Lack of electronic amplification
B) Too much competition
C) Poor sound quality
D) The invention was illegal
  • 10. In what year did Poulsen obtain his telegraphone patent?
A) 1869
B) 1898
C) 1900
D) 1942
  • 11. In what year did Valdemar Poulsen develop the arc converter transmitter?
A) 1907
B) 1903
C) 1908
D) 1910
  • 12. Whose invention did Poulsen modify to create the Poulsen Arc Transmitter?
A) Ernst Alexanderson
B) William Duddell
C) Lee de Forest
D) Einar Dessau
  • 13. What kind of atmosphere was introduced to the arc as a key modification?
A) Helium
B) Oxygen
C) Nitrogen
D) Hydrogen
  • 14. What type of field was used in the Poulsen Arc Transmitter?
A) Transverse magnetic field
B) Variable thermal field
C) Static gravitational field
D) Longitudinal electric field
  • 15. Which technology eventually supplanted the use of arc transmitters?
A) Spark-gap transmitters
B) Vacuum tubes
C) Mechanical switches
D) Chemical batteries
  • 16. In 1907, the Poulsen system communicated between which two locations?
A) Ejerg and Lyngby
B) Lyngby and Newcastle
C) Berlin and Copenhagen
D) Los Angeles and San Francisco
  • 17. What was the distance of the wireless telephone communication from Ejerg to Lyngby in 1908?
A) 295 miles
B) 215 miles
C) 100 miles
D) 145 miles
  • 18. How much power was used for the communication from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 1910?
A) 5 kilowatts
B) 3 kilowatts
C) 12 kilowatts
D) 100 kilowatts
  • 19. Which company licensed Poulsen's arc for use in the United States?
A) Western Union
B) Federal Telegraph Company
C) Marconi Company
D) General Electric
  • 20. What type of transmission was the Poulsen Arc Transmitter capable of that earlier spark-gap transmitters could not do?
A) Amplitude modulation
B) Digital encryption
C) Frequency hopping
D) Pulse code modulation
  • 21. Who used a shortwave transmitter to establish contact with Poulsen in 1909?
A) Ernst Alexanderson
B) William Duddell
C) Einar Dessau
D) Lee de Forest
  • 22. What device did Lee de Forest initially use only as a radio detector before realizing its potential for oscillation?
A) Spark-gap generator
B) Audion tube
C) Alexanderson alternator
D) Arc transmitter
  • 23. When did the use of arc transmitters largely cease?
A) Mid 1930s
B) Early 1950s
C) Early 1920s
D) Late 1900s
  • 24. What technology, besides vacuum tubes, supplanted arc transmitters for long distance telegraphy?
A) Singing arcs
B) Shortwave transmitters
C) Alexanderson alternators
D) Spark-gap systems
  • 25. What year did Valdemar Poulsen marry Frederikke Marie Rasmussen?
A) 1923
B) 1942
C) 1907
D) 1894
  • 26. When did Valdemar Poulsen's first wife, Frederikke Marie Rasmussen, die?
A) 1907
B) 1923
C) 1921
D) 1942
  • 27. Who was Valdemar Poulsen's second wife?
A) Frederikke Marie Rasmussen
B) Peder Severin Krøyer
C) Christian Henrik Otto
D) Asta Stoltz Nielsen
  • 28. What was the profession of Valdemar Poulsen's son, Christian Henrik Otto Poulsen?
A) Geologist
B) Engineer
C) Physicist
D) Artist
  • 29. In which city did Valdemar Poulsen die?
A) Frederiksborg
B) Copenhagen
C) Leipzig
D) Gentofte
  • 30. In what year did Valdemar Poulsen die?
A) 1969
B) 1939
C) 1942
D) 1993
  • 31. Where is Valdemar Poulsen buried?
A) Gentofte Cemetery
B) Leipzig University
C) Landemærket 3
D) Frederiksborg Castle
  • 32. Which organization awarded Poulsen a Gold Medal in 1907?
A) Danish Academy of Technical Sciences
B) Danish government
C) Swedish Institute for Engineering Research
D) Royal Danish Society for Science
  • 33. When was the Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal awarded annually?
A) 6 August
B) 10 December
C) 1 January
D) 23 November
  • 34. In what year did Poulsen receive the inaugural Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal?
A) 1969
B) 1942
C) 1907
D) 1939
  • 35. When was the Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal award discontinued?
A) 1993
B) 1942
C) 2018
D) 1939
  • 36. What is the location of the painting 'Men of Industry'?
A) Frederiksborg Castle
B) Gentofte Cemetery
C) University of Leipzig
D) Landemærket 3
  • 37. What does the plaque at Landemærket 3 in Copenhagen commemorate?
A) Poulsen's burial site
B) Poulsen's wedding
C) Poulsen's birthplace
D) The location of his laboratory
  • 38. In what year was the commemorative plaque at Landemærket 3 installed?
A) 1904
B) 1969
C) 1043
D) 1942
  • 39. A Danish stamp was issued for which anniversary of Poulsen's birth?
A) 149th anniversary
B) 150th anniversary
C) Centennial
D) 50th anniversary
  • 40. In what year was the Danish stamp commemorating Poulsen's birth issued?
A) 1907
B) 1942
C) 1969
D) 2018
  • 41. On which date did Google honor Poulsen with a Doodle?
A) 23 November 2018
B) 1 January 1969
C) 6 August 1942
D) 23 November 1939
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