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Kirt Blattenberger,
BSEE - KB3UON
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formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit
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Electronic Menu Quiz August 1963 Popular Electronics
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August 1963 Popular Electronics
Table
of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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This Electronic Menu Quiz
appeared in the August 1963 edition of Popular Electronics magazine. Robert
Balin created many such quizzes for Popular Electronics over the years (see list
below). It challenges you to match the common food-related term for a device with
its picture. If you've been around electronics labs and/or read electronics hobbyist
magazines for a while, chances are you have run across most of the terms. I
suggest you click on the image to get a full-size view of the drawings to be
able to see all the detail. A couple
of the names I have to admit not being familiar, so they seem rather 'corny'...
get it?
Electronic Menu Quiz
By Robert P. Balin
Many of the nicknames most technicians use for electronic parts, effects, or
methods, are also names of common foodstuffs, such as those on the electronic menu
below. Of course, any resemblance is purely a visual one! Nevertheless, see if you
can match the electronic dishes (1-10) with the corresponding sketches (A-L).
1 Spaghetti __
2 Ham __
3 Link __
4 Acorn __
5 Prune __
6 Banana __
7 Honey__
8 Pie __
9 Cone__
10 Salt __
Answers below.
Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines such as Popular
Electronics, Electronics-World, QST, and Radio News were published
over the years - some really simple and others not so simple. Robert P. Balin
created most of the quizzes for Popular Electronics. This is a listing
of all I have posted thus far.
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Elementary
Radio Quiz - December 1947 Radio-Craft
- Hi-Fi
Quiz - October 1955 Radio & Television News
- Electronics Physics
Quiz - March 1974 Popular Electronics
- A Baffling Quiz
- January 1968 Popular Electronics
- Electronics IQ
Quiz - May 1967 Popular Electronics
- Plug and Jack
Quiz - December 1967 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Switching Quiz - October 1967 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Angle Quiz - September 1967 Popular Electronics
- International
Electronics Quiz - July 1967 Popular Electronics
- FM Radio
Quiz - April 1950 Radio & Television News
- Bridge Circuit
Quiz -December 1966 Popular Electronics
- Diode Function
Quiz - August 1965 Popular Electronics
- Diagram Quiz,
August 1966 Popular Electronics
- Quist Quiz - November
1953 QST
- TV Trouble Quiz,
July 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronics History Quiz,
December 1965 Popular Electronics
- Scope-Trace Quiz,
March 1965 Popular Electronics
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Electronic
Circuit Analogy Quiz, April 1973
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Test Your Knowledge of Semiconductors, August 1972 Popular Electronics
- Ganged Switching
Quiz, April 1972 Popular Electronics
- Lamp Brightness
Quiz, January 1969 Popular Electronics
- Lissajous Pattern Quiz, September 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Quizoo, October 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Photo Album Quiz, March 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Alphabet Quiz, May 1963 Popular Electronics
- Quiz: Resistive?
Inductive? or Capacitive?, October 1960 Popular Electronics
- Vector-Circuit Matching Quiz, June 1970 Popular Electronics
- Inductance
Quiz, September 1961 Popular Electronics
- RC Circuit Quiz,
June 1963 Popular Electronics
- Diode Quiz, July
1961 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Curves Quiz, February 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Numbers Quiz, December 1962 Popular Electronics
- Energy Conversion Quiz, April 1963 Popular Electronics
- Coil Function
Quiz, June 1962 Popular Electronics
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Co-Inventors Quiz - January 1965 Electronics World
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"-Tron" Teasers Quiz - October 1963 Electronics World
- Polarity Quiz
- March 1968 Popular Electronics
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Television
I.Q. Quiz - October 1948 Radio & Television News
- Amplifier Quiz
Part I - February 1964 Popular Electronics
- Semiconductor
Quiz - February 1967 Popular Electronics
- Unknown
Frequency Quiz - September 1965 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Metals Quiz - October 1964 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Measurement Quiz - August 1967 Popular Electronics
- Meter-Reading
Quiz, June 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Geometry Quiz, January 1965 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Factor Quiz, November 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electronics
Math Quiz, November 1965 Popular Electronics
- Series Circuit
Quiz, May 1966 Popular Electronics
- Electrochemistry
Quiz, March 1966 Popular Electronics
- Biz
Quiz: Test Your Sales Ability - April 1947 Radio News
- Electronic
Analogy Quiz, November 1961 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Coupling Quiz, August 1973 Popular Electronics
- Electronics Analogy Quiz, August 1960 Popular Electronics
- Audio Quiz, April
1955 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Unit
Quiz, May 1962 Popular Electronics
- Capacitor
Circuit Quiz, June 1968 Popular Electronics
- Quiz on AC Circuit Theory, December 1970 Popular Electronics
- Magnetic Phenomena Quiz, February 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronics Geography Quiz, April 1970 Popular Electronics
- Electronic
Menu Quiz, August 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Noise Quiz, August 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Current Quiz, October 1963 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Inventors Quiz, November 1963 Popular Electronics
- Resistor Function
Quiz, January 1962 Popular Electronics
- Electronic Measurement Quiz, January 1963 Popular Electronics
- Vacuum Tube Quiz,
February 1961 Popular Electronics
- Kool-Keeping Kwiz, June
1970 Popular Electronics
- Find the Brightest
Bulb Quiz, April 1960 Popular Electronics
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Where Do the Scientists Belong? - Feb 19, 1949 Saturday Evening
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Menu Quiz Answers
1 - J SPAGHETTI is the slip-on
sleeving used to insulate bare wiring.
2 - C A HAM is a radio operator
who has been granted an FCC amateur radio license and call letters.
3 -
G The part of a fuse that melts when the rated current is exceeded is the
LINK.
4 - A The ACORN is a type of vacuum tube for UHF applications,
which has no base, and has its pins
brought out through the sides of the glass envelope.
5 - H To PRUNE
a coil means to adjust the spacing between turns or to remove turns to alter its
inductance. 6 - F A BANANA plug has a segmented springy metal
prong that maintains a low-resistance contact in the
mating socket.
7 - I A HONEYcomb coil has a pattern in which the position
of adjacent turns is continuously shifted to
minimize distributed capacitance.
8 - D The PIEcrust effect is a kind
of TV picture distortion due to a hunting action in the horizontal
automatic frequency control circuit.
9 - B A CONE is the conical paper
diaphragm in a loudspeaker.
10 - E Rochelle SALT crystals having the
chemical name sodium potassium tartrate are used in
phonograph cartridges.
Posted October 20, 2020(original 3/12/2013)
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