July 1967 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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Test your knowledge of the
country of origin of the inventors responsible for these ten inventions. In some
cases the inventor was born in another country but then emigrated to the U.S. or
another country before his/her invention or discovery. This is a pretty tough quiz
even for someone who has done a lot of reading on the history of technology. Guessing
the country of origin for the inventor of the voltaic pile might be easier if you
recall the guy's name (hint: his name is in the caption), and for the TV antenna take
note of the configuration of the elements (hint: there was nobody named Log
Periodic). I'm too embarrassed to divulge my score, but if you do better 50% or
better, you've beaten me.
International Electronics Quiz
By Robert P. Balin

Recent technological advances in the field of electronics tend to overshadow contributions
by earlier scientists from many parts of the world. For example, few students remember
that the first known magnetic device - the compass - is a contribution from China, or
that the theoretical groundwork in the field of atomic physics which eventually led to
the splitting of the atom by the United States, was actually laid by Albert Einstein,
the German-born physicist, while doing research work in Switzerland. To test your biographical
knowledge of some earlier scientists and their inventions, see how many of the common
electrical devices (A-J) illustrated below you can associate with the country of origin
(1-10) of their inventors.
1 Belgium ___
2 Denmark ___
3 England ___
4 France ___
5 Germany ___
6 Holland ___
7 Italy ___
8 Japan ___
9 Russia ___
10 U.S.A. ___
See answers below.
Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines such as Popular
Electronics, Electronics-World, QST, 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.
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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
-
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
- Electronic
Coupling Quiz, August 1973 Popular Electronics
- Electronics Analogy Quiz, August 1960 Popular Electronics
- Audio Quiz, April
1955 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Unit
Quiz, May 1962 Popular Electronics
- Capacitor
Circuit Quiz, June 1968 Popular Electronics
- Quiz on AC Circuit Theory, December 1970 Popular Electronics
- Magnetic Phenomena Quiz, February 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronics Geography Quiz, April 1970 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Menu Quiz, August 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Noise Quiz, August 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Current Quiz, October 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Inventors Quiz, November 1963 Popular Electronics
- Resistor Function
Quiz, January 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Measurement Quiz, January 1963 Popular Electronics
- 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
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Quiz Answers
1 - F The first practical industrial dynamo was built
by Zenobe Theophile Gramme of Belgium in 1876.
2 - J The wire recorder was invented by Valdemar
Poulsen of Denmark in 1898.
3 - B The principle of the transformer was discovered
by Michael Faraday of England in 1831.
4 - I The piezoelectric effect in crystals was
discovered by Pierre and Jacques Curie of France in 1880.
5 - D The X-ray tube was invented by Wilhelm Conrad
Roentgen of Germany in 1895.
6 - G The Leyden jar, forerunner of the modern capacitor,
was discovered by Pieter Van Musschenbroek of Holland in 1746.
7 - A The so-called voltaic pile, the earliest battery
known, was invented by Count Allesandro Volta of Italy in 1800.
8 - H The "Yagi" antenna was invented by Hidetsu Yagi
of Japan in the early 1900's.
9 - C The first electronic television device was actually
developed by Boris Lvovitch of Russia in 1907.
10 - E The radio telescope was invented by Karl Janski of the
United States in 1933.
Posted July 27, 2018
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