Deck 2: Stage Vs Screen

Question 1

Which type of scriptwriters sells their copyrights?

Answer 1

Screenwriters

Question 2

The typical American spends about how many hours per year watching television?

A) 5,500
B) 400
C) 1,100
D) 1,600
E) 20,600

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Many theatre companies do not have stockholders and pay no dividends or federal taxes. These theatres are known as…

A) Nonspecific theatres
B) Free theatres
C) Profit tomorrow theatres
D) IRS theatres
E) Non-profit theatres

Answer 3

E

Question 4

This is a legal guarantee granted by the government to an author, composer, choreographer, inventor, publisher, and/or corporation to maintain control and profit from a particular creative work.

A) Government arts grant
B) Government arts warranty
C) Author contract
D) Copyright
E) Arts and entertainment pack

Question 5

The word _____ is often used to describe the collaborative nature of theatre-making.

Question 6

Which type of scriptwriters does not sell their copyrights?

Question 7

Most non-profit theatres do not cover their costs from selling tickets. On average what percentage of their costs are coved by selling tickets?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%
E) 99%

Question 8

Besides ticket sales, name three sources of funding for non-profit theatres.

Question 9

If the playwright has been deceased for more than seventy years, the copyright no longer applies. What is this called?

Question 10

The average taxpayer in which of the following countries pays the least of his or her tax dollars to the arts?

A) Finland
B) Sweden
C) Ireland
D) Australia
E) USA

Question 11

Which best describes public domain?

A) Family rated TV
B) When a copyright expires
C) Another way of saying "audience."
D) TV shows about the general public
E) When the general public decides what will and what will not be on TV

Question 12

A playwright's pay is called…

A) A royalty
B) A tax write-off
C) A play fee
D) The author's fee
E) The playwright's take

Question 13

Actors who work primarily on stage are called…

A) Sophisticated actors
B) Legitimate actors
C) Real actors
D) Artiste actors
E) Charismatic actors

Question 14

Which federal agency in the United States disburses tax dollars to the arts?

A) Domestic Policy Council
B) The Treasury
C) National Endowment for the Arts
D) Chief Financial Arts Council
E) The National Arts Council