Wednesday History Trivia Quiz
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 67
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Questions and Answers
- 1.In what year was the symposium held outside the mainland U.S. for the only time? Where?
- A.
Toronto, Ontario in 1990.
- B.
Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1993
- 2.At which Symposium did the FBI arrest a spy?
- A.
1977, Boston
- B.
1978, San Francisco
- C.
1983, Boston
- 3.Which symposium had the largest total attendance?
- A.
1993, in Orlando
- B.
1997, in San Jose
- C.
2001, in San Francisco
- 4.When did the AVS Web address become www.avs.org?
- A.
1995
- B.
1998
- C.
2001
- 5.Which President was under suspicion for carrying explosives on a flight?
- A.
John Vossen, 1980 President
- B.
Paul Holloway, 1987 President
- C.
Fred Dylla, 1993 President
- 6.Who invented the screen-grid tetrode vacuum tube and when?
- A.
Nikola Tesla, 1888.
- B.
Lee De Forest, 1906
- C.
Irving Langmuir, 1912
- D.
Walter Schottky, 1915
- 7.Who coined the word “barometer?”
- A.
Evangelista Torricelli
- B.
Robert Boyle
- C.
Blaise Pascal
- D.
Gasparo Bert
- 8.What key plasma technology was applied for on March 27, 1969?
- A.
“Plasma Vapor Etching”
- B.
“Ion Beam Etching”
- C.
“Radio-Frequency Plasma Etching”
- D.
“Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition”
- 9.In what year did Torricelli first describe his barometer?
- A.
1640
- B.
1642
- C.
1644
- D.
1646
- 10.Who introduced the term “isotope?”
- A.
Joseph J. Thomson
- B.
Theodore W. Richards
- C.
Margaret Dodd
- D.
Frederick Soddy
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