Q 01/05

Which pioneering 24-hour cable news network did Ted Turner found in 1980?

A) Fox News

B) MSNBC

C) C-SPAN

D) CNN

Answer · why

D) CNN

He sold his Charlotte station WRET for a then-record $20 million to fund it and based it in low-cost, non-union Atlanta.

Q 02/05

In which city was Ted Turner born in November 1938?

A) Atlanta

B) Chattanooga

C) Cincinnati

D) Savannah

Answer · why

C) Cincinnati

His family moved to Savannah when he was nine, and he attended the McCallie School in Chattanooga.

Q 03/05

Why was Turner expelled from Brown University before finishing his degree?

A) He punched a professor

B) He was caught cheating in an exam

C) He had a female student in his dorm room

D) He ran an illegal radio station

Answer · why

C) He had a female student in his dorm room

His father had been 'appalled, even horrified' that he first majored in classics; Brown gave him an honorary BA in 1989.

Q 04/05

What kind of business did Turner take over from his father in March 1963, after his father's suicide?

A) Billboard advertising

B) Radio stations

C) A newspaper

D) A shipping line

Answer · why

A) Billboard advertising

Turner Outdoor Advertising was worth about $1 million; he was 24 and became the largest outdoor advertiser in the Southeast.

Q 05/05

In which branch of the military did Turner serve to fulfil his national service obligation?

A) Coast Guard Reserve

B) Marine Corps

C) Navy Reserve

D) Air National Guard

Answer · why

A) Coast Guard Reserve

'I liked boats,' he said, and was deployed to 'some pretty sweet places - Charleston and Fort Lauderdale'.