Q 01/05

NBC was founded in 1926 as a division of which company?

A) Radio Corporation of America

B) American Telephone & Telegraph

C) Westinghouse Electric

D) Columbia Phonograph

Answer · why

A) Radio Corporation of America

RCA kept a 50 percent stake, and regular broadcasts began on 15 November 1926.

Q 02/05

Which cable giant has owned NBC through NBCUniversal since buying a controlling stake in 2011?

A) Charter

B) Comcast

C) Verizon

D) DirecTV

Answer · why

B) Comcast

Comcast bought out General Electric's remaining share in 2013, and 30 Rockefeller Plaza was renamed the Comcast Building.

Q 03/05

NBC's peacock logo was introduced in 1956 to promote what?

A) Stereo sound

B) Coast-to-coast live TV

C) Color broadcasting

D) Videotape recording

Answer · why

C) Color broadcasting

Parent company RCA sold color sets, so NBC had every reason to shout about its color schedule.

Q 04/05

How many feathers did the original 1956 NBC peacock have?

A) Five

B) Six

C) Nine

D) Eleven

Answer · why

D) Eleven

The 1986 redesign trimmed it to six feathers, one for each of the network's divisions.

Q 05/05

In NBC's 1986 six-feather peacock, each colour stood for a division. Which one was yellow?

A) News

B) Sports

C) Entertainment

D) Stations

Answer · why

A) News

Sports is orange, Entertainment red, Stations purple, Network blue and Productions green.