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What the f/stop?
How much do you really know about
photography? Test yourself to the max
every issue with our tricky trivia quiz!
(^1)
Nick Knight (above) is a well-
known photographer in which
of these genres?
A Sport
B Wildlife
C Fashion
D Documentary
(^2)
Which of these is not a
type of memory card?
A CFast
B CFexpress
C CompactFlash
D CompactExpress
(^3)
What is the German word
for depth of field?
A Belichtungsreihe
B Spiegelreflex
C Verschlusszeit
D Schärfentiefe
(^4)
Anthony Armstrong-Jones, who
later became Lord Snowdon, was
married to which member of the
British royal family?
A Princess Margaret
B Princess Anne
C Countess of Wessex
D Duchess of York
(^5)
How many stops wider
is f/4 than f/16?
A Four
B Three
C Tw o
D One
(^6)
What is the inverse-square
law used for?
A Lighting
B Exposure
C Depth of field
D Macrophotography
(^7)
Which American invented
the Polaroid instant camera
in the 1940s?
A Edwin Land
B George Eastman
C Frank Instax
D Thomas Edison
(^8)
In landscape photography,
objects that are further away
appear lighter in tone. What is
the name of this optical property?
A Overlapping forms
B Aerial perspective
C Linear perspective
D Linear convergence
(^9)
Which of these brand names
is used on Olympus lenses?
A Zentar
B Zeiss
C Zuiko
D Summicron
(^10)
Which of these chemicals is
commonly used as a fixer in
black-and-white film processing?
A Hydroquinone
B Acetic acid
C Copper sulphate
D Ammonium thiosulfate
How did you do?
10 points You’re a photo mastermind!
8-9 points Fantastic, you’re a brainiac
6-7 points Really good score
4-5 points Respectable, but no cigar
2-3 points We’ll keep your score secret
0-1 points Epic fail
1 C, 2 D, 3 D, 4 A, 5 A, 6 A, 7 A, 8 B , 9 C, 10 D ANSWERS
Trivia quiz
with Chris George
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