September 28, 2006 - Group of... Trivia

September 28, 2006 - Group Of... Trivia

Trivia Question –

Everyone gets their own question tonight. Everybody knows a group of bees is called a swarm and a group of dogs is called a pack. But what do you call a group of...

Trivia Answer -

See below for everyone’s answer and the (correct answer).

. . . . . . . . . . NET CHECK IN's . . . . . . . . . .

Here's the list of folks that checked in to tonight's net along with their answers to the trivia question.

The format is... Callsign, Name, What do you call a group of..., Their Answer in Quotation Marks, Real Answer in parenthesis.

Congratulations to Leon, KG6KTC, who got the answer correct.

* WB6A - Pat – Emus – “Bunch or Pack” (Mob)

* AC6AJ - Lee - No Check In

* WB6ATV - Ron – Penguins – “Pride” – (Colony)

* KE6CZH - Robert – Turtle - “Boxes” – (Bale)

* KG6DBL* - Bill – Caterpiller – “Swarm” – (Army)

* W6DTS - Ted – Crow – “Flock” – (Murder)

* K6FCC - Khalil – Rattlesnake – “Collection” – (Rhumba)

* KF6GKR - Terry - No Check In

* N6HY - Ernie – Monkey – “No Answer” – (Troup)

* KB6IS - Madeline – Cats – “Pack” – (Clowder or Cluster)

* KE6IYC - Brian - No Check In

* KD6JEV - John - No Check In

* N6KAS - Andy – No Check In

* KG6KTC - Leon - Fly – “Swarm” – (Swarm)

* NY6L - Jay – Hog – “Swine” – (Drift or Parcel)

* K6LMN - Roger – Cobra – “Nest” – (Quiver)

* KE6MSS - Thomas – Jellyfish – “Lawyers” – (Smack)

* K6MSU - Ron - No Check In

* KG6MZU - Walt - No Check In

* KD6NIW - Oliver – Squirrel – “Daniel Boone’s Hat” – (Dray)

* W6NVY - Gary – Ferrets – “Net Control” – (Business or Fesnyng)

* KG6NWJ - Barry – Toads – “No Answer” – (Knot)

* KD6OBM - Jason – Bacteria “Dangerous!” – (Culture)

* N6OEC - Phil – Turkey – “Cops” – (Rafter)

* KF6PIH - Scott – Elk – “Herd” – (Gang)

* K6QVZ - Joe – Baboons – “No Answer” – (Troup)

* KG6RDA - Sidney - y

* AD6UP* - Louie – Owls – “Study” – (Parliament)

* WA6USL* - Murray - No Check In

* KG6WXY - Ralph - No Check In

* KF6YBM - Henry – Bear – “Pack” – (Sloth or sleuth)

* KF6ZQM - Harry – Crocodile – “Crok-a-deals” – (Float)

* N6ZZK - Theo – Ducks – “Donald’s Nephews” – (Brace)

* K6LUI – David – Cows – “Herd” – (Kine)

* WW6Y – Art – Leopard – “No Answer” – (Leap)

September 21, 2006 - Football Trivia

Are you a football fan? If so, maybe you can answer tonight’s trivia question...

Trivia Question -

On this day in history - September 21, 1970, the New York Jets played the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland Ohio. What made this game different from any football game ever played before?

Trivia Answer -

It was the first broadcast of Monday Night Football on ABC. The play-by-play featured announcers Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith and attracted 33 percent of the viewing audience.

Monday Night Football was the second longest running prime time show on American broadcast television (after CBS's 60 Minutes) and one of the highest rated. ABC aired a total of 555 Monday night games.

On April 18, 2005, the NFL announced that Monday Night Football would be televised on ESPN in 2006, ending a 36-year run on ABC. ABC and ESPN are both owned by the Walt Disney Company.

For more information on Monday Night Football check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Night_Football.

. . . . . . . . . . NET CHECK IN’s . . . . . . . . . .

Here’s the list of folks that checked in to tonight’s net along with their answers to the trivia question. Congratulations to all the folks who got the answer correct, which are shown with a * after their call. Special recognition goes to Madeline, KB6IS, for the most original answer! Honorable mention to Barry, KG6NWJ...

· WB6A – Pat – Played in pouring rain

· AC6AJ – Lee – Big Snow Storm!

· WB6ATV – Ron – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· KE6CZH – Robert – Snow Blizzard

· KG6DBL* – Bill – Start of Monday Night Football

· W6DTS – Ted – No clue

· K6FCC – Khalil (Early Check-in via phone and email messages)

· KF6GKR – Terry – NO CHECK IN

· N6HY – Ernie – 1^st Nighttime Lighted Game

· KB6IS – Madeline – Both teams got 13 home runs!

· KE6IYC – Brian – NO CHECK IN

· KD6JEV – John – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· N6KAS – Andy – No answer.

· KG6KTC – Leon – 1^st time used ex-athlete as color commentator

· NY6L – Jay – Broadcast over satellite

· K6LMN – Roger – Heavy rain

· KE6MSS – Thomas – NO CHECK IN

· K6MSU – Ron – NO CHECK IN

· KG6MZU – Walt – NO CHECK IN

· KD6NIW – Oliver – Neither team scored

· W6NVY – Gary – Called due to snow

· KG6NWJ – Barry – 1^st time Joe Naimeth admitted to wearing panty hose

· KD6OBM – Jason – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· N6OEC – Phil – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· KF6PIH – Scott – cheerleaders (? very noisy check in – sorry!)

· K6QVZ – Joe – 1^st Covered Stadium Game

· KG6RDA – Sidney – (Checked in by Harry KF6ZQM)

· AD6UP* – Louie – 1^st Monday Night Game

· WA6USL* – Murray – 1^st Monday Night Game

· KG6WXY – Ralph – NO CHECK IN

· KF6YBM – Henry – No answer

· KF6ZQM – Harry – Blizzard shut down game

· N6ZZK – Theo – NO CHECK IN

· KG6TRR* – Bob – 1^st Monday Night Game

· WB6ATN – John – No Answer

September 14, 2006 - Spacecraft Trivia

Most of you had the same answer to our Trivia Question, but it was - technically, at least - incomplete. Do YOU know the answer before seeing it here?

TRIVIA QUESTION:

On this day in history... September 14, 1959... The Russian spacecraft Luna 2 did something no other spacecraft had done before. What did Luna 2 do that put it in the history books?

TRIVIA ANSWER:

Became the first manmade object to reach the moon.

Most of you answered that it landed or crashed into the moon. But the BIG thing was the fact that it was the FIRST manmade object to do that.

Luna 2 was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna program spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. The first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon, it impacted the lunar surface east of Mare Serenitatis near the Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus craters.

Luna 2 was similar in design to Luna 1, a spherical spacecraft with protruding antennae and instrument parts. The instrumentation was also similar, including scintillation counters, geiger counters, a magnetometer, Cherenkov detectors, and micrometeorite detectors. There were no propulsion systems on Luna 2 itself.

Scientifically, Luna 2 is most famous for making the discovery of the solar wind, via its hemispherical ion traps designed by Konstantin Gringauz. Luna 1 had provided the first evidence of this phenomenon; and on Luna 2, Gringauz changed the four sensors to a tetrahedral arrangement, instead of planar, to get better measurements of the plasma flux.

After launch and attainment of escape velocity on September 13, 1959, Luna 2 separated from its third stage, which traveled along with it towards the Moon. On September 13 the spacecraft released a bright orange cloud of sodium gas which aided in spacecraft tracking and acted as an experiment on the behavior of gas in space.

On September 14, after 33.5 hours of flight, radio signals from Luna 2 abruptly ceased, indicating it had impacted on the Moon. The impact point, in the Palus Putredinis region, is roughly estimated to have occurred at 0 degrees longitude, 29.1 degrees N latitude. Some 30 minutes after Luna 2, the third stage of its rocket also impacted the Moon. The mission confirmed that the Moon had no appreciable magnetic field, and found no evidence of the Moon having radiation belts.

For more information, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_2

- - - - - - - - - - CHECK-IN's to the NET - - - - - - - - - -

• WB6A - Pat
• WB6ATV - Ron
• KE6CZH - Robert
• KG6DBL - Bill
• W6DTS - Ted *
• K6FCC - Khalil
• KB6IS - Madeline
• N6KAS - Andy
• KG6KTC - Leon
• NY6L - Jay
• K6LMN - Roger
• KD6NIW - Oliver
• W6NVY - Gary
• KG6NWJ - Barry
• KD6OBM - Jason
• N6OEC - Phil
• K6QVZ - Joe
• KG6RDA - Sidney
• AD6UP - Louie
• KF6YBM - Henry
• KF6ZQM - Harry
• N6ZZK - Theo
• W6KC - Jim

And the winner is... Ted, W6DTS, who was the only one to say that Luna 2 was the FIRST manmade object to reach the moon. Congratulations, Ted, and thanks to everybody for checking in tonight.

73.

September 7, 2006 - Car Race Trivia

Heh heh heh... Well, so many of you got the Trivia Question correct last month I decided not to give you guys multiple choices to choose from. That always leads to lots of variation and only one winner. Maybe next week I'll come up with a question that has NO correct answer. That will trip you all up!

TRIVIA QUESTION:

In 1911 Ray Harroun became the winner of the first Indianapolis 500 car race. How long did it take Harroun to race the 500 miles?

TRIVIA ANSWER:

6 hours, 42 minutes, 8 seconds.

Ray Harroun was born on January 12, 1879 in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania. He got his elementary education there, but could not concentrate on classroom work. He built his first car in 1905, and would race anyone who would challenge him.

In 1910, Harroun accepted an offer from Howard C. Marmon to design and build a racing car to be driven by him in the first big event at the new speedway at Indianapolis - the first Indianapolis 500.

Conventional cars at the time were constructed with two bucket-type seats. Harroun's car had a streamlined body, with only one seat for the driver. Since he would not have a riding mechanic to watch for overtaking vehicles, Harroun constructed a bracket to support a rear view mirror - perhaps, the first. Consequently, the automobile industry started equipping their cars with rear view mirrors.

The starting positions were determined by the order of entry. Ray Harroun was on the outside of row seven in the 28th starting position.

At 10 am, Tuesday May 30, 1911, the Stoddard-Dayton pace car pulled off onto the pit apron, Fred Wagner the official starter waved the green flag, the starting bomb detonated, and the race was on. John Aitken reached the southwest turn first, followed by Ralph DePalma. By the fourth lap Spencer Wishart nosed into the lead. By the eighth lap the leaders held their position, but Ray Harroun moved his yellow Marmon Wasp up to seventh. He did so not by a reckless charge, but by knowing his car so well, he could push it to the ragged edge and still be able to conserve his tires, engine and fuel.

As the race progressed, the lead changed several times, as the leaders see-sawed back and forth. Harroun knew how fast he could go, how fast he had to drive to win, and he kept that pace. There were many drivers that would charge past Harroun, especially Ralph Mulford who was driving a more powerful Lozier. While Mulford would retake the lead by charging past Harroun, he lost time by frequent tire changes.

After 6 hours, 42 minutes, 8 seconds and averaging 74.59 miles per hour; Harroun took America's most historic checkered flag. He finished about 5/8 mile ahead of Mulford.

The 1911 Indianapolis "500" purse amounted to $27,550, of which Harroun earned $14,000. The Marmon Company let Harroun keep it all, plus a bonus. On the day the award was given, Ray Harroun announced his retirement from driving but not from the automobile business. Harroun was retained as a consulting engineer, for several years. He designed and developed the Harroun carburetor for the 1913 Marmon "48".

Harroun designed and built three Maxwell racing cars for the 1914 and 1915 seasons. The success of the Harroun-Maxwell cars was self-evident by the number of prominent races won by drivers Willie Carlson, Teddy Tetzlaff and Hall of Famer Eddie Rickenbacker.

During 1916, Harroun rented an office and drafting room space, and proceeded to design an inexpensive, but reliable roadster. In early 1917 Harroun leased a small plant in Wayne, Michigan, formerly used by a buggy and carriage manufacturer. Approximately 500 roadsters were built in this plant during 1917.

At the onset of World War I, Harroun entered into a contract with the United States Government for the production of military equipment and munitions.

Ray Harroun stayed active the remainder of his life in the production and sales of after-market accessories. Harroun died on January 19, 1968 at Anderson, Indiana. He left a void in the industry that perhaps will never be filled.

. . . . . . . . . . NET CHECK-IN's . . . . . . . . . .

Here are stations that checked in to tonight's net along with their answers to the Trivia Question.

• WB6A - Pat - 2 hours
• WB6ATV - Ron - 36 hours
• KE6CZH - Robert - 15 hours
• W6DTS - Ted - 20 hours
• K6FCC - Khalil - 48 hours
• KF6GKR - Terry - No Answer
• N6HY - Ernie - 7-1/2 hours
• KB6IS - Madeline - 31 hours
• KD6JEV - John - 6 hours 42 minutes - WINNER!
  
• N6KAS - Andy - 9.13 hours
• KG6KTC - Leon - 48 hours
• NY6L - Jay - 10 hours
• K6LMN - Roger - 5 hours 15 minutes
  
• KE6MSS - Thomas - 8 hours 22 minutes
• KD6NIW - Oliver - 7-1/2 hours
• W6NVY - Gary - 18 hours
• KG6NWJ - Barry - 13 hours
• KD6OBM - Jason - 9 hours
• N6OEC - Phil - 19 hours 11 minutes
• KF6PIH - Scott - 6-1/2 hours - WINNER!
• K6QVZ - Joe - 6 hours
  
• KG6RDA - Sidney - 10 hours 54 minutes
• AD6UP - Louie - 6 hours
• KF6YBM - Henry - No Answer
• KF6ZQM - Harry - No Answer (via KG6RDA)
  
• N6ZZK - Theo - No Answer (via KD6RDA)
  
• WA6JWF - Joey - 15 hours
• N6NGU - Lee - 10 hours
  

Congratulations to John, KD6JEV and Scott, KF6PIH, for being tonight's Big Winners. Thanks to everyone for checking in.

73.