{"id":819,"date":"2014-08-20T16:13:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T21:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/?p=819"},"modified":"2024-03-29T17:19:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:19:23","slug":"electricity-trivia-quiz-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/electricity-trivia-quiz-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The Electricity Trivia Quiz – What Do You Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Electricity Trivia Quiz – What Do You Know?<\/h3>\n
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The electricity trivia quiz – What do you know?<\/p><\/div>\n

The Electricity Trivia Quiz – How Many Can You Answer?<\/h2>\n

Are you ready for our Electricity Trivia Quiz? \u00a0The history of electrical power goes further back than most of us realize.\u00a0 The world has always been full of scientists wanting to know how to do something.\u00a0 Long before Benjamin Franklin invented the lightening rod, people were experimenting to improve life as they knew it.\u00a0 Even the cavemen were elated to control fire and roast a mammoth for dinner.\u00a0 Here at Electricity Express<\/strong><\/span>, we can only imagine that celebration party\u2026<\/p>\n

Things have changed a lot since those days.\u00a0 How much electrical history do you know?\u00a0 Put on your thinking cap, find a pencil and some scratch paper, and sit down to take our Electricity Trivia Quiz.\u00a0 We\u2019re about to go back several thousand years and trace the history of electricity.\u00a0 The questions come first, and the answers are at the end.\u00a0 Good luck, and no cheating! The electricity trivia quiz – What do you know?<\/p>\n

Trivia questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Thales of Miletus discovered static electricity in what year?
    \nA. 600 B.C.\u00a0\u00a0 B. 500 A.D.\u00a0\u00a0 C. 1000 A.D.<\/li>\n
  2. Electricity is from the _______ word for amber.
    \nA. Latin\u00a0\u00a0 B. German\u00a0\u00a0 C. Greek<\/li>\n
  3. In 1745, a Dutch physicist used the ________ Jar to store static electricity.
    \nA. Leyden\u00a0\u00a0 B. George Bush\u00a0\u00a0 C. Lincoln<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (Now seriously, if you can\u2019t get that one right, that\u2019s really sad\u2026)<\/p>\n

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    1. In 1786, physician Luigi Galvani made _______ jerk by jolting them with an electrical spark.
      \nA. Rats\u00a0\u00a0 B. Frogs\u00a0\u00a0 C. Mice<\/li>\n
    2. When was the first American utility company founded?
      \nA. 1800\u00a0\u00a0 B. 1850\u00a0\u00a0 C. 1816<\/li>\n
    3. In 1892, Thomas-Houston and Edison General Electric merged to create what utility company?
      \nA. Electricity Express<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 B. General Electric Company\u00a0\u00a0 C. Edison Company<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      How did you do?<\/h3>\n

      See below for the answers, all of which are from http:\/\/inventors.about.com\/od\/timelines\/a\/electricity_timeline.htm<\/a>.\u00a0 If you got all six correct, you are definitely ready to have your own utility company. \u00a0Electricity Express<\/strong><\/span> congratulates you!\u00a0 If you want to brag about how well you did, feel free to call us at 855 781 6970<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/p>\n

      Answers:<\/p>\n

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      1. A. 600 B.C. \u2013 Although Thales didn\u2019t know the term \u201cstatic electricity\u201d, he observed its properties when he rubbed a piece of amber.\u00a0 Amber is actually fossilized tree resin.<\/li>\n
      2. C. Greek \u2013 The word was invented in 1600 by William Gilbert.\u00a0 The English scientist is also credited with creating the terms \u201celectric force\u201d, \u201cmagnetic pole\u201d and \u201celectric attraction.\u201d<\/li>\n
      3. A. Leyden \u2013 The Leyden Jar was the first electrical capacitor.<\/li>\n
      4. B. Frogs \u2013 Galvani, an Italian, used an electrostatic machine to experiment on these amphibians.<\/li>\n
      5. C. 1816<\/li>\n
      6. B. General Electric Company<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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