Q 01/05

In what year was the very first Emmy Awards ceremony held?

A) 1949

B) 1952

C) 1955

D) 1958

Answer · why

A) 1949

That first ceremony only honored shows produced and aired locally in Los Angeles; the Emmys did not become a national event until the 1950s.

Q 02/05

Where was the first Emmy ceremony held?

A) The Pantages Theatre in Hollywood

B) The Hollywood Athletic Club

C) The Ambassador Hotel Cocoanut Grove

D) The Shrine Auditorium

Answer · why

B) The Hollywood Athletic Club

Tickets cost $5, and only six awards were handed out that night.

Q 03/05

The name "Emmy" is a feminized version of "Immy", industry slang for what piece of equipment?

A) A vacuum-tube amplifier

B) A studio boom microphone

C) An image orthicon tube

D) A kinescope recorder

Answer · why

C) An image orthicon tube

Engineer Harry Lubcke proposed the name; "Immy" was then softened to "Emmy" to match the female figure on the statuette.

Q 04/05

Which name for the award was rejected because it was also a famous World War II general's nickname?

A) Mac

B) Monty

C) Patton

D) Ike

Answer · why

D) Ike

ATAS founder Syd Cassyd proposed it after the iconoscope tube, but members wanted something that did not evoke Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Q 05/05

Who designed the Emmy statuette?

A) Louis McManus

B) Cedric Gibbons

C) Syd Cassyd

D) Harry Lubcke

Answer · why

A) Louis McManus

He was a film editor and title designer, and the Academy rejected 47 other proposals before choosing his figure in 1948.