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Photography: General trivia quiz

Think you know Photography: General? Prove it against a real opponent. QuizDown has over 120 Photography: General questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Photography: General questions cover

  • Color Process
  • Exposure
  • Alternative Process
  • Color Printing
  • Decisive Moment
  • Documentary
  • Early Photography
  • Motion Studies
  • Optics
  • Origins
  • Photojournalism
  • Pictorialism

Try three Photography: General questions

Question 1

What device is commonly used to capture still images?

  1. Camera
  2. Microphone
  3. Projector
  4. Telescope
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Camera

Question 2

Which French inventor is widely credited with creating the first practical photographic process in 1839?

  1. Claude Monet
  2. Louis Daguerre
  3. Louis Pasteur
  4. Auguste Rodin
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Louis Daguerre

Question 3

Who created the earliest surviving permanent photograph, taken in the 1820s?

  1. Jules Verne
  2. Gustave Eiffel
  3. Nicéphore Niépce
  4. Édouard Manet
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Nicéphore Niépce

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Photography: General match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Photography: General questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

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