Questions of the week of April 1

**Welcome to another round of Questions of The Week !
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Questions of the week:

Introduction and requirements:

A member of the Award Committee will post a question, at a random day/time.

A competing member may make one post per question thread to answer the question and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the question answered completely in that one post. Editing your one answer post allowed will result in disqualification.

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Any disregard to the above and divulging the correct answers will forfeit the weekly winnings.

So please refrain from participating if you have already won in the maximum for the Year.

First correct answer (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Question) wins.

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**THANKS for being here and good luck! ** :smile:

1) Of the $20 billion annually spent for termite control AND repairs in the United States, 
what percentage is from subterranean termites?
a) 70%
b) 75%
c) 80%
d) 85%
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2) Describe fire extinguisher MAIN types:
a) foam
b) powder
c) CO2
d) water
e) wet chemical

1) a-b-d
2) a-c
3) b-d-e
4) all of above
5) dont tase me bro
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3) A light dimmer or fan speed control is a practical application of: _______   _______
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4) Static electricity is alternating current or direct current?
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extra credit[FONT=Verdana][size=2][FONT=Comic Sans MS] for an Inspectorsaurus T-Shirt

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C. 80%
4. All of the above
Voltage Controller
Direct Current
The Sharks

80
4
Rheostat
Direct current

80%
4
Voltage regulator
Direct current
Sharks

  1. C
  2. 4
  3. Variable resistor
  4. Neither
  5. I already have the shirt - thanks Marc!

80
All
Control circuits
Direct current
Sharks (donate my shirt to Chuck E.)

C
4
Electronic regulator
Neither
Sharks

Congratulations Tim Williams for winning this weeks QOTW.
Tim strikes again! :slight_smile: Good job!
Follow the directions to obtain your books.

  1. 80%
    EENY-212/IN369: Native Subterranean Termites: Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), Reticulitermes virginicus (Banks), Reticulitermes hageni Banks (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

  2. all of above
    Types of Fire Extinguishers - Colours, Signage & Fire Classes

  3. Variable resistance
    Top 50 Electrical Engineering Questions & Answers Instrumentation Tools

  4. NEITHER!
    Basics of Static Electricity by Ron Kurtus - Physics Lessons: School for Champions

extra credit
Two rival gangs - _______ and Jets
Sharks West Side Story

Congrats Tim! Great questions Marc! Thanks for your time!

Congratulations, Tim!

Thanks for the challenging questions Marc. I honestly wasn’t too sure if I got them all right or not. It’s always good learning.

Tim

Great to learn. Thanks for the questions.

Congratulations Tim. Well done. :slight_smile:

So much info, my brain hurts! Congrats!