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What Is It? - A Question Bee in Photographs
June 1941 Popular Science
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June 1941 Popular Science
[Table of Contents]
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early
electronics. See articles from
Popular
Science, published 1872-2021. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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Everybody likes a "What Is It?"
type picture quiz - especially if the results are not being graded. These eleven
photos were published in a 1941 issue of Popular Science magazine, along
with suggestions for what they might be. All except two are commonplace items which
should cause no difficulty for most RF Cafe visitors. My experience is that the
kinds of people who read magazines like
Popular Science,
Mechanix Illustrated, and
Popular
Mechanics are both self-educators and "doers" who regularly indulge in science
(astronomy, weather, propulsion), mechanics (cars and trucks, mowers, washing machines,
motors), chemistry (solvents, lubricants, coatings), and all the tools and gadgetry
that go along with them. A couple items here are somewhat antiquated, but anyone
older than about forty to fifty years old have likely seen and/or own them. Bon
chance.
What is It?
A Question Bee in Photographs
Usually we tell you what's what in our pictures; this time you tell us. Try to
identify the objects in the photographs, from the hints given. Turn to page 222
for the answers and see how you fared.
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #2 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-5_small.jpg)
2 - The weather man distinguishes between different
kinds of clouds, such as cumulus, nimbus, and cirrus. Can you tell which of these
kinds is illustrated above?
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #4 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-4_small.jpg)
4 - For boring holes in wood, this tool often
comes in handy. Maybe it's a gimlet bit, - but then again, it might be on expansive
bit, or, perhaps an auger bit.
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #6 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-7_small.jpg)
6 - Who hasn't seen this handsome butterfly,
shown above in reduced size? It's a Tiger Swallowtail - no, it's a Monarch - or
would it be called a Cabbage Butterfly?
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #8 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-11_small.jpg)
8 - Possibly you may imagine that these objects
are drum sanders, or roller bearings, or lathe face plates, or improved hockey pucks.
In one case you'll be right.
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #10 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-10_small.jpg)
10 - Lap joints sometimes are used to fasten
things together. So are mortise and tenon joints, universal joints, and dovetail
joints. Which kind is pictured?
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![Popular Science Mystery Picture #1 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-3_small.jpg)
1 - A queer-looking thing, isn't it? Possibly
it's a radio transmitter, or a cyclotron. But on the other hand, are you sure that
it isn't a seismograph or a dynamometer?
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #3 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-2_small.jpg)
3 - Airplane motors have to be kept from overheating.
Here is a mighty radial engine of 2,000 horsepower. Is it cooled by air? Water?
Gasoline? Chemicals?
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #5 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-6_small.jpg)
5 - Here's a handy man busily at work with his
spokeshave. Wait a minute - perhaps that's wrong and it's really his saw set, or
milling cutter, or miter box.
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #7 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-9_small.jpg)
7 - From this pilot's-eye view, would you conclude
that the U. S. naval vessel in the picture is a mine layer? A cruiser? An aircraft
carrier? Or a river gunboat?
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #9 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-8_small.jpg)
9 - Figure out this picture puzzle, if you can.
Is it a photograph of Mars? The sun? The moon? Or a European battlefield, devastated
by heavy artillery fire?
![Popular Science Mystery Picture #11 - RF Cafe](images/picture-quiz-popular-science-june-1941-12_small.jpg)
11 - If you peer into a microscope and see things
like this, are you looking at snowflakes? Diatoms? Bacteria? Algae? Or a sample
of dust collected from city air?
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See answers below
Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines such as Popular
Electronics, Electronics-World, QST,
Radio-Electronics, and Radio News
were published over the years - some really simple and others not so simple. Robert P. Balin
created most of the quizzes for Popular Electronics. This is a listing
of all I have posted thus far.
- RF Cafe Quiz #71:
Tech Headlines for Week of 3/13/2023
- RF Cafe Quiz #70:
Analog &
RF Filter Basics
- RF Cafe Quiz #69:
RF
Electronics Basics
- RF Cafe Quiz #68:
RF & Analog Company Mergers & Acquisitions in 2017
- RF Cafe Quiz #67:
RF & Microwave Company Name Change History
- RF Cafe Quiz #66:
Spectrum and Network Measurements
- RF Cafe Quiz #65:
Troubleshooting & Repairing Commercial Electrical Equipment
- RF Cafe Quiz #64:
Space-Time Adaptive Processing for Radar
- RF Cafe Quiz #63:
Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers
- RF Cafe Quiz #62:
Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar
- RF Cafe Quiz #61:
Practical Microwave Circuits
- RF Cafe Quiz #60:
Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers
- RF Cafe Quiz #59:
Microwave Circulator Design
- RF Cafe Quiz #58:
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Electronic Packaging
- RF Cafe Quiz #57:
Frequency-Agile Antennas for Wireless Communications
- RF Cafe Quiz #56:
Tube Testers
and Electron Tube Equipment
- RF Cafe Quiz #55:
Conquer
Radio Frequency
- RF Cafe Quiz #54:
Microwave Mixer Technology and Applications
- RF Cafe Quiz #53:
Chipless RFID Reader Architecture
- RF Cafe Quiz #52:
RF and Microwave Power Amplifiers
- RF Cafe Quiz #51:
Antennas and Site Engineering for Mobile Radio Networks
- RF Cafe Quiz #50:
Microstrip Lines and Slotlines
- RF Cafe Quiz #49:
High-Frequency Integrated Circuits
- RF Cafe Quiz #48:
Introduction to Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems
- RF Cafe Quiz #47:
LCP for Microwave Packages and Modules
- RF Cafe Quiz #46:
RF, Microwave, and Millimeter-Wave Components
- RF Cafe Quiz #45:
Dielectric and Thermal Properties of Materials at Microwave Frequencies
- RF Cafe Quiz #44:
Monopulse Principles and Techniques
- RF Cafe Quiz #43:
Plasma Antennas
- RF Cafe Quiz #42: The Micro-Doppler
Effect in Radar
- RF Cafe Quiz #41: Introduction
to RF Design Using EM Simulators
- RF Cafe Quiz #40: Introduction
to Antenna Analysis Using EM Simulation
- RF Cafe Quiz #39: Emerging
Wireless Technologies and the Future Mobile Internet
- RF Cafe Quiz #38: Klystrons,
Traveling Wave Tubes, Magnetrons, Crossed-Field Amplifiers, and Gyrotrons
- RF Cafe Quiz #37: Component
Reliability for Electronic Systems
- RF Cafe Quiz #36: Advanced
RF MEMS
- RF Cafe Quiz #35: Frequency
Synthesizers: Concept to Product
- RF Cafe Quiz #34: Multi-Gigabit
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications
- RF Cafe Quiz #33: Battlespace
Technologies: Network-Enabled Information Dominance
- RF Cafe Quiz #32: Modern Communications
Receiver Design and Technology
- RF Cafe Quiz #31: Quantum
Mechanics of Nanostructures
- RF Cafe Quiz #30: OFDMA System
Analysis and Design
- RF Cafe Quiz #29: Cognitive
Radar
- RF Cafe Quiz #28: Human-Centered
Information Fusion
- RF Cafe Quiz #27: Remarkable
Engineers
- RF Cafe Quiz #26: Substrate
Noise Coupling in Analog/RF Circuits
- RF Cafe Quiz #25: Component
Reliability for Electronic Systems
- RF Cafe Quiz #24: Ultra Low
Power Bioelectronics
- RF Cafe Quiz #23: Digital
Communications Basics
- RF Cafe Quiz #22: Remember
the Basics?
- RF Cafe Quiz #21: Wireless
Standards Knowledge
- RF Cafe Quiz #20: Famous First
Names
- RF Cafe Quiz #19: Basic Circuit
Theory
- RF Cafe Quiz #18: Archaic
Scientific Words & Definitions
- RF Cafe Quiz #17: Inventors &
Their Inventions
- RF Cafe Quiz #16: Antennas
- RF Cafe Quiz #15: Numerical
Constants
- RF Cafe Quiz #14: Oscillators
- RF Cafe Quiz #13: General
Knowledge
- RF Cafe Quiz #12: Electronics
Corporations Headquarters
- RF Cafe Quiz #11: Famous Inventors &
Scientists
- RF Cafe Quiz #10: A Sampling
of RF & Wireless Topics
- RF Cafe Quiz #9: A Smorgasbord
of RF Topics
- RF Cafe Quiz #8: Hallmark Decades
in Electronics
- RF Cafe Quiz #7: Radar Fundamentals
- RF Cafe Quiz #6: Wireless Communications
Fundamentals
- RF Cafe Quiz #5: Company Logo
Recognition
- RF Cafe Quiz #4: General RF
Topics
- RF Cafe Quiz #3: General RF/Microwave
Topics
- RF Cafe Quiz #2: General RF
Topics
- RF Cafe Quiz #1: General RF
Knowledge
- Vacuum Tube Quiz,
February 1961 Popular Electronics
- Kool-Keeping Kwiz, June
1970 Popular Electronics
- Find the Brightest
Bulb Quiz, April 1960 Popular Electronics
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Where Do the Scientists Belong? - Feb 19, 1949 Saturday Evening Post
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- What's
Your EQ? - September 1962 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - October 1961 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - November 1961 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - March 1964 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - April 1962 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - May 1962 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - June 1962 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - April 1967 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - March 1967 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - December 1964 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - January 1967 Radio-Electronics
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Wanted: 50,000 Engineers - January 1953 Popular Mechanics
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What's Your EQ? - August 1964 Radio-Electronics
- Voltage Quiz
- December 1961 Popular Electronics
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What is It? - June 1941 Popular Science
- What Do You Know
About Resistors? - April 1974 Popular Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - September 1963 Radio-Electronics
- Potentiometer Quiz - September
1962 Popular Electronics
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Mathematical Bafflers - March 1965 Mechanix Illustrated
- Op Amp Quiz -
October 1968 Popular Electronics
- Electronic "A"
Quiz - April 1968 Popular Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - May 1961 Radio-Electronics
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Popular Science Question Bee - February 1939 Popular Science
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What is It? - A Question Bee in Photographs - June 1941 Popular Science
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What's Your EQ? - June 1961 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - June 1964 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - May 1964 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - August 1963 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - May 1963 Radio-Electronics
- Bridge
Function Quiz - September 1969 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - March 1963 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - February 1967 Radio-Electronics
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Circuit Quiz - June 1966 Radio-Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - June 1966 Radio-Electronics
- Electronics
Mathematics Quiz - June 1969 Popular Electronics
- Brightest
Light Quiz - April 1964 Popular Electronics
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What's Your EQ? - April 1963 Radio-Electronics
- Electronics "B" Quiz
- July 1969 Popular Electronics
- Ohm's Law Quiz
- March 1969 Popular Electronics
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Antenna Quiz - November 1962 Electronics World
- Color Code Quiz
- November 1967 Popular Electronics
- CapaciQuiz
- August 1961 Popular Electronics
- Transformer
Winding Quiz - December 1964 Popular Electronics
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Audiophile Quiz - November 1957 Radio-electronics
- Capacitor
Function Quiz - March 1962 Popular Electronics
- Greek Alphabet
Quiz - December 1963 Popular Electronics
- Circuit
Designer's Name Quiz - July 19680 Popular Electronics
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Sawtooth Sticklers Quiz - November 1960 Radio-Electronics
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Elementary
Radio Quiz - December 1947 Radio-Craft
- Hi-Fi
Quiz - October 1955 Radio & Television News
- Electronics Physics
Quiz - March 1974 Popular Electronics
- A Baffling Quiz
- January 1968 Popular Electronics
- Electronics IQ
Quiz - May 1967 Popular Electronics
- Plug and Jack
Quiz - December 1967 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Switching Quiz - October 1967 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Angle Quiz - September 1967 Popular Electronics
- International
Electronics Quiz - July 1967 Popular Electronics
- FM Radio
Quiz - April 1950 Radio & Television News
- Bridge Circuit
Quiz -December 1966 Popular Electronics
- Diode Function
Quiz - August 1965 Popular Electronics
- Diagram Quiz,
August 1966 Popular Electronics
- Quist Quiz - November
1953 QST
- TV Trouble Quiz,
July 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronics History Quiz,
December 1965 Popular Electronics
- Scope-Trace Quiz,
March 1965 Popular Electronics
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Electronic
Circuit Analogy Quiz, April 1973
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Test Your Knowledge of Semiconductors, August 1972 Popular Electronics
- Ganged Switching
Quiz, April 1972 Popular Electronics
- Lamp Brightness
Quiz, January 1969 Popular Electronics
- Lissajous
Pattern Quiz, September 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Quizoo, October 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Photo Album Quiz, March 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Alphabet Quiz, May 1963 Popular Electronics
- Quiz: Resistive?
Inductive? or Capacitive?, October 1960 Popular Electronics
- Vector-Circuit
Matching Quiz, June 1970 Popular Electronics
- Inductance
Quiz, September 1961 Popular Electronics
- RC Circuit Quiz,
June 1963 Popular Electronics
- Diode Quiz, July
1961 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Curves Quiz, February 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Numbers Quiz, December 1962 Popular Electronics
- Energy Conversion
Quiz, April 1963 Popular Electronics
- Coil Function
Quiz, June 1962 Popular Electronics
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Co-Inventors Quiz - January 1965 Electronics World
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"-Tron" Teasers Quiz - October 1963 Electronics World
- Polarity Quiz
- March 1968 Popular Electronics
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Television
I.Q. Quiz - October 1948 Radio & Television News
- Amplifier Quiz
Part I - February 1964 Popular Electronics
- Semiconductor
Quiz - February 1967 Popular Electronics
- Unknown
Frequency Quiz - September 1965 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Metals Quiz - October 1964 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Measurement Quiz - August 1967 Popular Electronics
- Meter-Reading
Quiz, June 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Geometry Quiz, January 1965 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Factor Quiz, November 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Math Quiz, November 1965 Popular Electronics
- Series Circuit
Quiz, May 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electrochemistry
Quiz, March 1966 Popular Electronics
- Biz
Quiz: Test Your Sales Ability - April 1947 Radio News
- Electronic
Analogy Quiz, November 1961 Popular Electronics
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Question Bee Answers
Here are the correct answers to the "What Is It?" quiz appearing on pages 120
and 121.
1. Cyclotron
2. Cirrus
3. Air
4. Expansive bit
5. Miter box
6. Monarch
7 Aircraft carrier
8. Lathe face plates
9. The moon
10 Dovetail joints
11. Diatoms
Posted October 17, 2023
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