Recap Quiz: Documentaries and Podcasts

What is a documentary? (choose the best answer)

• An audio file

• A non-fiction text

• Films/videos/programmes that contain factual information on a topic.

• a document

Another word for recorded sound is_______

• shout

• quiet

• audio

• noise

The purpose of documentaries is_______

• To advise

• To inform and entertain

• To argue

Documentaries often include________

• audio only

• videos and pictures

• podcasts

• poetry

Documentaries can have a social/political/environmental point.

• True

• False

A podcast is........

• A film

• A video

• Someone telling a story

• An audio file that includes discussion on a topic that you can download.

Podcasts often contain interviews with guests/experts on a topic

• True

• False

To be called a 'podcast' an audio file must be recorded and shared every week without fail.

• True

• False

Documentaries and podcasts are both examples of _______

• films

• audio files

• content

• television

Which content type is more conversational/informal?

• Podcast

• Documentary