Radio WittiQuiz
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Mixing a little fun with learning has always been a good motivation for students. I have written in the past about a particular electronic circuits professor I had that liked to play practical jokes during lessons and exams. Including gag options on a multiple choice test is a great way to inject a bit of tension-easing levity while at the same time eliminating one or more opportunities to guess at a wrong answer (although no relief for the truly clueless). I sometimes do that on the RF Cafe Quizzes that I generate. Radio-Craft printed a large bunch of such quiz questions under the title "Radio WittiQuiz," where the questions and answers were provided by readers. Here is one from November 1937. Other Radio WittiQuizzes: November 1937 | December 1937 | October 1938 Radio WittiQuiz
(19) A transformer is- (a) An apparatus for converting telegraph into wireless. (b) An ex- cross-country runner. (c) A device for coupling electrical circuits. (d) A device for altering the form of electrical energy between circuits. (e) A toupée or wig. - W. Ward
(20) Any person who is "up" in his radio knows that Radio-Craft is- (a) Any sailing vessel which is especially equipped so that it can be con- trolled by radio. (b) Newly developed acoustic paper used for cones in the better loudspeakers. (c) A police cruiser having both radio transmitting and receiving facilities. (d) Radio's livest magazine. (e) The radio servicing profession. - E. J. Sampson
(21) A mixer tube is usually one in which - (a) Alternating current is changed to pulsating current. (b) Concrete for building purposes is produced. (c) The desired beat frequency is obtained by combining the carrier signal frequency with the locally -generated frequency. (d) One in which the bass and treble notes are harmoniously mixed in order to produce a hi- fidelity tonal output. - L. A. Webster
(22) A Wheatstone bridge is- (a) A traffic bridge designed by Mr. Wheatstone. (b) A device used to measure resistance. (c) A stone used to grind wheat. - Victor Richard
(23) A photoelectric cell is- (a) One of those new-fangled, escape-proof contraptions in Alcatraz prison. (b) A device for rushing photos back and forth in busy newspaper offices. (c) A vacuum tube in which electron emission is produced by the illumination of an electrode. - Carl Graham
(24) It is generally known that an indoor antenna is a type of antenna - (a) Built in a door. (b) Used to decrease the sensitivity and to increase the effects of static. (c) One that needs no insulation. (d) Strung up in a room or attic. - Lyle C. Ragan
(25) All good amateurs know that an ohm is- (a) A domesticated animal of South America. (b) Equal to 40 W. (c) A unit of electrical resistance. (d) A new type of fixed condenser. - Clarence E. Maw
(26) A grid cap is used - (a) To keep the grid warm. (b) As a shield. (c) To prevent removal of the grid. (d) To provide electrical connection to the grid. - George Gellaty
(27) Those of us who dabbled in radio prior to the World War would refer to a loose coupler, meaning - (a) A defective connection between earth and ground. (b) An amateur who would not stay on his assigned frequency. (c) A Justice of the Peace who performed marriage ceremonies. (d) An R.F. receiving transformer. - P. A. Flanagan
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Answers (19) (e) (20) (d) (21) (c) (22) (b) (23) (e) (24) (d) (25) (e) (26) (d) (27) (d)
Contest Rules (this, of course, does not hold anymore since Radio-Craft is out of publication) (1) An award of a 1-year subscription to Radio-Craft will be given, each month, to each person who submits one or more Wiitiquizzes that the Editors consider suitable for publication in Radio-Craft. (2) Wiitiquizzes should preferably be typed; use only one side of paper. (3) Submit as many Wiitiquizzes as you care to - the more you submit the more chance you have of winning - but each should be good. (4) Each Wiitiquizz must incorporate humorous elements, and must be based on some term used in radio, public address or electronics. Each Wiitiquizz may have 4 "answers," only one of which of course will be correct; and, only 1 of which is non-radio. (5) All answers must be grouped, by question number and correct-answer letter, on a separate sheet of paper. (6) All contributions become the property of Radio-Craft. No contributions can be returned. (7) This contest is not open to Radio-Craft employees or their relatives.
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