Question 1
Which French inventor made the oldest surviving permanent photograph, showing buildings seen from a window?
- Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
- Louis Daguerre
- George Eastman
- William Henry Fox Talbot
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
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Photography History trivia quiz
Photography History trivia, played live: seven rounds, ten seconds a question. QuizDown has over 120 Photography History questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.
What the Photography History questions cover
- Daguerreotype
- Motion Studies
- Calotype
- Color Theory
- Documentary
- Pictorialism
- Chronophotography
- Color Photography
- Composite Prints
- Cyanotypes
- Digital Cameras
- Dry Plate
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Question 2
Which French artist helped develop the influential silver-plated image process announced in 1839?
- Eadweard Muybridge
- Louis Daguerre
- Nadar
- Matthew Brady
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Louis Daguerre
Question 3
Which English inventor developed the paper-negative process that allowed multiple prints from one image?
- George Eastman
- Edwin Land
- William Henry Fox Talbot
- Oscar Barnack
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William Henry Fox Talbot
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How a Photography History match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven Photography History questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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