Question: What is the reason for the UNO's division into regions?
Answer: statistical convenience

Question: What smaller unit makes up the southern Europe region?
Answer: sub-regions

Question: What does TDM stand for?
Answer: Tourism Decision Metrics

Question: Which group uses TDM as a metric?
Answer: European Travel Commission

Question: What is the acronym for British Broadcasting Corporation?
Answer: BBC

Question: Under what auspices does the BBC exist?
Answer: Royal charter

Question: When did the BBC start creating its own programming?
Answer: 1932

Question: On what date did the BBC being its regular TV broadcasts?
Answer: 2 November 1936

Question: In what country is the BBC headquartered?
Answer: United Kingdom

Question: What percentage of viewership across the UK is constituted by the BBC?
Answer: 30%

Question: As a result of shows that the BBC itself creates, it is one of the biggest what?
Answer: television production companies

Question: On what date was the first TV show seen in the UK?
Answer: 30 September 1929

Question: From where was the first TV show in the UK broadcasted?
Answer: Long Acre, London

Question: How many lines made up the picture on Britain's earliest TV broadcasts?
Answer: 30

Question: When did Baird cease showing its programs on BBC?
Answer: June 1932

Question: When were both audio and video first broadcasted at the same time?
Answer: 30 March 1930

Question: Where was the BBC's first studio located?
Answer: Broadcasting House, London

Question: What was the medium that brought the BBC's signal to the transmitter?
Answer: telephone line

Question: What term characterizes the type of broadcast made by the BBC prior to late 1935?
Answer: electromechanical

Question: Where was the BBC's second studio located?
Answer: 16 Portland Place, London

Question: When did the BBC first change studios?
Answer: February 1934

Question: Where did the BBC continue broadcasting from in October of 1936?
Answer: Alexandra Palace

Question: What frequency band was used by the BBC starting in 1936?
Answer: VHF

Question: How many lines did the Baird transmission contain?
Answer: 240

Question: How many lines did the Marconi-EMI transmission contain?
Answer: 405

Question: On what days did the BBC provide regular broadcasts?
Answer: Monday to Saturday

Question: For how long did the BBC alternate different broadcasting systems?
Answer: six months

Question: What kind of camera was used to broadcast live shows under the Baird system?
Answer: Farnsworth image dissector

Question: When was the Baird system officially abandoned?
Answer: 13 February 1937

Question: How far from its studio could the BBC's broadcast originally reach?
Answer: 40 kilometres

Question: In what year were BBC broadcasts seen in the United States?
Answer: 1938

Question: What company did the U.S. engineers who saw the BBC broadcast work for?
Answer: RCA

Question: What did the RCA employees use in order to receive the BBC signal?
Answer: a British television set

Question: Where was the BBC's transmitter located in 1930?
Answer: Brookmans Park

Question: When did the BBC start broadcasting under the name BBC One?
Answer: 2 August 1932

Question: What was the title of the first show seen on the BBC?
Answer: Opening of the BBC Television Service

Question: Which members of British royalty were seen on the BBC in May of 1937?
Answer: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Question: When did the BBC cease broadcasts due to World War II?
Answer: September 1939

Question: What did the British fear could provide guidance to the German air force?
Answer: VHF transmissions

Question: What part of the military did many people working for the BBC end up serving in?
Answer: the radar programme

Question: What was the final thing shown on the BBC before it was shut down for the war?
Answer: Mickey's Gala Premier

Question: When did most people mistakenly remember the last broadcast as having ended?
Answer: before the end of the cartoon

Question: How many TVs were made between 1936 and the start of the war in 1939?
Answer: 18,999

Question: Who was the first person to speak on BBC when it was turned back on following World War II?
Answer: Jasmine Bligh

Question: On what date did BBC return to the air after World War II?
Answer: 7 June 1946

Question: In the decade following the war, where did a large portion of the BBC move to?
Answer: Lime Grove Studios

Question: What character was featured in the cartoon aired the day BBC broadcasting was restored?
Answer: Mickey Mouse

Question: What city received BBC signals starting in 1949?
Answer: Birmingham

Question: Which facility brought the BBC's transmissions to Birmingham?
Answer: Sutton Coldfield transmitting station

Question: What kind of image was broadcasted by the BBC by the mid-'50s?
Answer: 405-line interlaced image

Question: On what frequency band was the BBC broadcasting in thie 1950s?
Answer: VHF

Question: What was the name of the BBC changed to in 1960?
Answer: BBC tv

Question: What was the BBC's main competitor?
Answer: ITV

Question: What program debuted on November 23, 1963?
Answer: Doctor Who

Question: Where did the BBC broadcast from following World War II?
Answer: Alexandra Palace

Question: What was the first station launched after the original BBC?
Answer: ITV

Question: What was the third network started in the UK?
Answer: BBC2

Question: What prevented BBC2 from broadcasting on its scheduled launch date?
Answer: massive power failure

Question: Where was the cause of the power outage?
Answer: Battersea Power Station

Question: Who served as MC for the first BBC2 broadcast?
Answer: Denis Tuohy

Question: What was the first station to show programs in color?
Answer: BBC Two

Question: When did the other two major British stations start color programming?
Answer: 15 November 1969

Question: What types of programs were not shown on BBC Two?
Answer: soap opera or standard news programming

Question: Who was the first controller of BBC2?
Answer: Sir David Attenborough

Question: What kinds of programs did Attenborough favor?
Answer: documentaries

Question: When was the first broadcast of Tom and Jerry on BBC One?
Answer: 1967

Question: When was the final broadcast of Tom and Jerry?
Answer: 2000

Question: How many episodes of Tom and Jerry were shown in the evenings?
Answer: 2

Question: On what channel was Tom and Jerry sometimes shown in the mornings?
Answer: CBBC

Question: Which group did David Attenborough join while on sabbatical?
Answer: BBC Natural History Unit

Question: When did the BBC Natural History Unit come into existence?
Answer: the 1950s

Question: What are some shows that Attenborough created with the BBC Natural History Unit?
Answer: Life on Earth, The Private Life of Plants, The Blue Planet, The Life of Mammals, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet

Question: How many different areas does BBC One accommodate with customized broadcasting?
Answer: fifteen

Question: Which parts of the UK have more control over their BBC broadcasts?
Answer: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Question: Who hosts shows on BBC broadcasts outside of England?
Answer: local announcers

Question: What kind of coverage might take precedence over standard BBC programming?
Answer: major local events

Question: What is the name of a political show shown on BBC in Northern Ireland?
Answer: Give My Head Peace

Question: What is the name of a Scottish soap opera?
Answer: River City

Question: What language does BBC Scotland provide programming for?
Answer: Gaelic

Question: What is a well-known Gaelic program?
Answer: Eòrpa and Dè a-nis?

Question: What is the name of a show from Northern Ireland broadcast all over the United Kingdom?
Answer: Patrick Kielty Almost Live

Question: How much of its programming must the BBC obtain from other content producers?
Answer: 25%

Question: What is a popular American show that was shown on the BBC?
Answer: The Simpsons