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EARS Quiz Night

EARS Quiz Night. September 2018 By John Musselman N6EP. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018. Welcome to EARS Quiz Night 2018! A mix of ham radio questions to test your knowledge: history, theory, operating, geography… Some multiple choice, some you have to know Some easy, some tricky, some to trick you

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EARS Quiz Night

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  1. EARS Quiz Night September 2018 By John Musselman N6EP

  2. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Welcome to EARS Quiz Night 2018! A mix of ham radio questions to test your knowledge: history, theory, operating, geography… Some multiple choice, some you have to know Some easy, some tricky, some to trick you But all in fun...

  3. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 First steps: Form teams of 3 or 4 persons Choose a captain Choose a team name

  4. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Before we begin, a few rules: Do not shout out the answer! Do not ask questions. Answer the question as written. No cell phones, no browsing for the answer! Extra credit for extra information. Feel free to expound! No points deducted for wrong answers.

  5. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Scoring: Points are shown for each question Some questions have extra credit as shown Any answer may be appealed and full or partial points awarded. Decision of the moderator is final! Be prolific! If you can add something interesting, you can earn impromptu bonus points at the discretion of the moderator. It pays to be a know-it-all!

  6. EARS Quiz Night ARE YOU READY??

  7. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 1 (5 points) What is a Grand Minimum? A. The negative inflection point of a differential equation B. A long period of no or minimal sunspots C. At least $1,000 D. An oxymoron

  8. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 2 (1 point each correct answer) Name the school whose ham radio club’s call sign is: A. W8UM B. K0KU C. K5LSU D. W1AF E. W6YRA F. W6RFU

  9. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 3 (5 points) Write an anagram of “HERE COME DOTS”

  10. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 4 (1 point each correct answer) Name the DXCC entity for each of these recent DXpeditions: A. XU7AEX B. OX/W0GPR C. V26NF D. CT9/OH2LZC E. A35JLL EXTRA CREDIT: 5 points per station worked by a team member

  11. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 5 (5 points) What number is the coming solar cycle?

  12. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 6 (5 points) How many Maidenhead grid squares are there?

  13. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 7 (1 point each) Identify each of the following as a ham radio activity or not: Extra credit (1 point each): What is it? Skywarn Hamsphere Homebrewing ARISS Freebanding Fox Hunting

  14. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 8 (5 points) What is a radian? Extra credit (5 points): What is the symbol for radians?

  15. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 9 (5 points) What is this shape called? A. Parabola B. Trapezoid C. Catenary D. Ellipse -- courtesy Robert P. Balin, January 1965 Popular Electronics

  16. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 10 (5 points) What does QRV mean?

  17. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 11 (5 points) On a center-fed 1/2-wave dipole, where is the voltage potential the highest? A. In the center B. At the tips C. Equal everywhere D. Nowhere - dipoles operate on current -- courtesy RF Cafe

  18. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 12 (5 points) Whose book was adapted to the screen for the movie “So Goes My Love” starring Myrna Loy and Don Ameche?

  19. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 13 (5 points) What radio station, of interest to hams, was proposed to be cut in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget request? WWV WWVH WWVB All of the above

  20. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 14 (5 points) Express -6 as a signed 8-bit binary number 10000110 11111001 11000000 11111010

  21. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 15 (5 points) Tokuzo Inoue, JA3FA, is the founder of which ham radio manufacturer? Kenwood Icom Yaesu Drake

  22. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 16 (5 points) Name this radio:

  23. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 17 (5 points) Which of the following is NOT a valid amateur radio call sign? W100AW Z60A N6A TF/VE2DX

  24. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 18 (5 points) In what year was ham radio first sent into space? 1959 1961 1969 1971

  25. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 19 (5 points) What is an octonian? A ham who has been on eight DXpeditions A member of the W8 Society An eight-dimensional complex number An atom with eight valence electrons

  26. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 20 (5 points) What company’s logo is this? Hallicrafters Heathkit Hammarlund Hammond

  27. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 21 (5 points) Before the FCC, what government agency regulated Amateur Radio?

  28. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 22 (5 points) What is the equivalent resistance of this circuit?

  29. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 23 (1 point each correct answer) Name the Canadian sections

  30. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 24 (5 points) 1W = ____ dbm

  31. EARS QUIZ NIGHT 2018 Question 25 (5 points) What does this map represent?

  32. EARS Quiz Night TIME’S UP - PENCILS DOWN!

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