Q 01/05

Who founded the Polaroid Corporation in 1937?

A) Edwin Land

B) Chester Carlson

C) Oskar Barnack

D) George Eastman

Answer · why

A) Edwin Land

Land ran the company as CEO for 43 years and was on the cover of Life in 1972 as 'A Genius and His Magic Camera'.

Q 02/05

In which Massachusetts city was Polaroid founded?

A) Worcester

B) Cambridge

C) Springfield

D) Boston

Answer · why

B) Cambridge

Its Streamline Moderne headquarters at 784 Memorial Drive is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Q 03/05

What was Polaroid's initial market before instant cameras?

A) Camera flashbulbs

B) Movie projectors

C) Polarised sunglasses

D) Photographic paper

Answer · why

C) Polarised sunglasses

Its polarisers also went into 3-D movies and protective goggles for military dogs.

Q 04/05

Which university did Land leave after his freshman year to pursue his polariser research?

A) Yale

B) Princeton

C) MIT

D) Harvard

Answer · why

D) Harvard

He later returned to Harvard to continue his research but never took a degree.

Q 05/05

Whose question on a 1943 holiday in Santa Fe inspired the idea of instant photography?

A) Land's three-year-old daughter

B) Land's business partner

C) A Kodak salesman

D) A Life magazine photographer

Answer · why

A) Land's three-year-old daughter

Jennifer Land's question sent her father straight to his patent attorney, who happened to be in town.