Light Up and Sound Off

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Light Up and Sound Off
Blame Thomas Edison. Ever since the Wizard of Menlo Park invented the motion-picture camera, trade show managers have had to master a bewildering array of audiovisual knowledge. Take our test below, and see if you can tell your aspect ratio from your LCD. By Charles Pappas

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1. Level of illumination in a room other than the light emitted by the projector.

a. Ambient Light
b. Black Light
c. Northern Light

2. Term for number of pixels contained in a screen's viewing area.

a. Resolution
b. Firmness
c. Determination

3. Projector positioned behind a translucent screen so its image can be viewed from the front.

a. Rear Window
b. Rear-screen Projection
c. Astral Projection

4. Measurement of an image's width to its height.

a. Aspect Ratio
b. Turnover Ratio
c. Pixel Ratio

5. Length from the center of a projector lens to the center of the screen on which it's projecting.

a. Throw Pillow
b. Throw Distance
c. Throw Away

6. Microphone feedback, the howl/squeal/buzz noise created when a microphone and loudspeaker negatively affect one another, is also known by this term.

a. Mandela Effect
b. Hawthorne Effect
c. Larson Effect

7. Type of microphone that picks up sound from all directions.

a. Omni-directional
b. Shotgun
c. Bi-directional

8. Smallest part of a computer-generated graphic image.

a. Pixie
b. Pixel
c. Pixar

9. Term for positioning multiple microphones at least three times farther from each other than they are from the people speaking into them.

a. 3-in-one Oil
b. 3-strikes Rule
c. 3-to-1 Rule

10. The standard for simultaneously transmitting digital video and audio from a source, such as a computer or tv cable box, to a computer monitor, tv, or projector.

a. HDTV
b. HDMI
c. HEPA