Each year the Dee Why RSL Camera Club hosts a trivia night on all things photography. I had the privilege of running the night and developing the content. If you would like a copy of this presentation with answers, please get in contact with me.

1. DEE WHY RSL CAMERA CLUB
ANNUAL TRIVIA NIGHT
Proudly brought to you by your amazing, witty, gorgeous, sexy
and funny committee members.
(Insert round of applause here)

2. QUESTION SET ONE
The history of photography.

3. QUESTION ONE
During the 17th century, what did Robert Boyle believe
caused Silver Chloride to turn dark under exposure to?

4. QUESTION TWO
The term 'camera obscura' literally means what?

5. QUESTION THREE
Name the English photography pioneer born in 1800,
and developer of the calotype process of photography?

6. QUESTION FOUR
Which company (still going today) was the first to
produce a commercially successful 35mm format
camera?
Bonus points for the year it was launched.

7. QUESTION FIVE
Which company, founded in 1888, used the slogan "You
press the button and we do the rest"?

8. QUESTION SIX
Which Swedish manufacturer, most famous for their
medium format cameras, was founded in 1841, however
didn't introduce its first commercial camera until more
than 100 years later?

9. QUESTION SEVEN
What photographic invention is generally credited to the
American scientist Edwin Land?
Bonus points for the company he set up to exploit it.

10. QUESTION EIGHT
In 1973, Fairchild semiconductors produced the first
large image-forming CCD chip - what was it's
resolution?

11. QUESTION NINE
Which company made the first mass produced
autofocus camera?
Bonus points for the year it was launched.

12. QUESTION TEN
What film format was invented in 1982 by Kodak
(officially discontinued in December 1999) - each film
being circular, contained in a cartridge and having 15
exposures?

13. QUESTION SET TWO
Using your camera.

14. QUESTION ONE
What is the simplest thing you can change on your
camera to vary the depth-of-field?

15. QUESTION TWO
Most cameras have four basic exposure modes:
auto/program, aperture priority, manual. What is the
fourth one?

16. QUESTION THREE
What does '125' mean when you select this for the shutter
speed?
a. 125 shots remaining before card full
b. shutter will be open for 1.25 seconds
c. 12.5 seconds self-timer
d. shutter will open for 1/125th second
e. shutter will open for 125 milliseconds (0.125s)

17. QUESTION FOUR
Which of these is best suited to low light photography
a. low ISO setting
b. fast shutter speeds
c. low f-number for the aperture
d. a polarising filter
e. long focal length lenses

18. QUESTION FIVE
When shooting in RAW format, it does not matter if the
white balance setting is wrong - you can fix it later.
True or False?

19. QUESTION SIX
You have a lens which has a maximum aperture opening of
28mm diameter. Which of these lenses could it be?
a. 28mm f/3.5 lens
b. 50mm f/1.8 lens
c. 100mm f/2.8 lens
d. 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens

20. QUESTION SEVEN
Name two uses for the mirror lockup function in a DSLR.

21. QUESTION EIGHT
Which of these are valid reasons to use the RAW format
over the JPEG format
a. you can adjust the white balance later
b. it can more accurately describe the colour information in the
image
c. RAW files are generally smaller than JPEG files
d. burnt out highlights can sometimes be recovered
e. RAW files generally use a lossless compression
f. RAW always has the potential to let you create better JPEGs than
the camera

22. QUESTION NINE
If you are taking a picture of a bright snow scene and
you are using one of the auto modes ('P' mode), what
feature of your camera might you use to ensure the
image comes out looking the same as your eye sees it?

23. QUESTION TEN
What is 'second curtain sync'?

24. QUESTION SET THREE
Photography general knowledge.

25. QUESTION ONE
What type of photography commonly makes use of tiltand-shift lenses?

26. QUESTION TWO
What is the name commonly given to a lens with an
ultra-wide angle of view of 180 degrees all around, and
what is characteristic about the pictures produced?

27. QUESTION THREE
Where would you normally see catchlights in a
photograph?

28. QUESTION FOUR
If a 4 megapixel camera can give a 6x4" print at a
certain quality, how many megapixels would be needed
to generate a print twice the size (i.e. 12x8") at the same
quality?
(a) 6MP
(b) 8MP
(c) 10MP
(d) 12MP
(e) 16MP

29. QUESTION FIVE
Which of these (might be more than one) are
advantages of having a large aperture lens?
a.
b.
c.
d.
shallower depth-of-field is possible
allows faster shutter speeds in low light
improved autofocus performance
brighter image in the viewfinder

30. QUESTION SIX
When comparing prime lenses and zoom lenses - which of
the following are true:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
primes are generally higher quality
primes generally have bigger apertures
primes are generally cheaper
primes are always quicker at autofocusing
primes are generally small in size

31. QUESTION SEVEN
When referring to colour models, what do the following
abbreviations mean? (One point each)
1. RGB
2. CMYK
3. HSB

32. QUESTION EIGHT
Many of Canon's 'L' lenses are white in colour. Although
we all know this is a marketing ploy to make Canon
photographers stand out in a crowd, what is the 'official
line' from Canon?

33. QUESTION NINE
Which of these numbers is the odd one out?
110, 120, 126, 135, 160, 220, 645

34. QUESTION TEN
Where on most cameras would you find a 1/4" screw
socket?

35. QUESTION SET FOUR
Photography abbreviations.

36. ABBREVIATIONS
1.
DSLR
2.
DPI (as in "the image must be 300dpi")
3.
ISO
4.
AEB (a feature on many cameras)
5.
DPOF
6.
GN (used in the description of external flash guns)
7.
Grad ND (a type of filter)
8.
CCD (type of image sensor)
9.
CMOS (another type of image sensor)
10. AWB (a setting on the camera)

37. VIDEO MEMORY QUIZ
Watch it twice and answer 10 questions.

38. MEMORY VIDEO

39. VIDEO MEMORY QUIZ QUESTIONS
1. What brand is the video presented by?
2. What is the name of the Medusa like creature?
3. What is the video a guide to?
4. The high angle =‘d look cute, the low angle =‘d look ________?
5. What can you use to hide your face?
6. What should you hold and what colour was it?
7. What post processing feature did it suggest you apply to Frankenstein?
8. What colour were the aliens shades?
9. How many zombies are there?
10. What is the name of the vampire?

40. IMAGE QUIZ ONE
Name that camera.

41. CAMERAS
1
5
2
4
3
6
10
9
8
7

42. IMAGE QUIZ TWO
Name that symbol.

43. SYMBOLS