{"id":9454,"date":"2012-01-07T21:32:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T03:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=9454"},"modified":"2012-01-07T21:32:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T03:32:37","slug":"another-arrl-quiz-by-n0ax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/07\/another-arrl-quiz-by-n0ax\/","title":{"rendered":"Another ARRL quiz by N0AX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really like his quizzes.&nbsp; I am not real good at most of them either.&nbsp; I was not brilliant on this <strong>one<\/strong> either.&nbsp; Many guesses\u2026 I knew maybe 5 and guessed 2 more but flat out missed 3 (I had no clue&nbsp; on).&nbsp; I guess I <strong>need<\/strong> to watch some of Last Man Standing.&nbsp; I just don\u2019t watch much <strong>TV<\/strong> so forget real easy about that.&nbsp; I would rather be playing in the shack with something\u2026 Wow, there is another <strong>project<\/strong> I <strong>need<\/strong> to put on my list.&nbsp; I have a <strong>TV<\/strong> tuner card in my shop computer and used to watch a little while out there and when the tower came down and all that problem, I did not put the <strong>TV<\/strong> antenna back up\u2026 I actually <strong>need<\/strong> a better <strong>one<\/strong> than what I had as it only picked up a few channels (of the new digital ones)\u2026 will put that on my list for this winter or spring\u2026 \u2013WD0AJG<\/p>\n<h4>Amateur Radio Quiz: As Seen on TV!<\/h4>\n<p><strong>TAGS:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:Barry%20Goldwater\">Barry Goldwater<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:bonus%20question\">bonus question<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:ham%20radio\">ham radio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:ham%20radio%20license\">ham radio license<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:Joe%20Walsh\">Joe Walsh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:ronald%20reagan\">ronald reagan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:ward%20silver\">ward silver<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>01\/07\/2012 <\/p>\n<p>By H. 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Lily<br \/>b. Herman<br \/>c. Grandpa<br \/>d. Eddie <\/p>\n<p>2) In the movie <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0186151\/\">Frequency<\/a><\/i><\/strong>, which manufacturer\u2019s <strong>radio<\/strong> was used?<br \/>a. Hallicrafters<br \/>b. EF Johnson<br \/>c. Heathkit<br \/>d. Collins <\/p>\n<p>3) In the movie <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0116629\/\">Independence Day<\/a><\/i><\/strong>, military officers used which mode of ham <strong>radio<\/strong>?<br \/>a. SSB<br \/>b. AM<br \/>c. CW<br \/>d. RTTY <\/p>\n<p>4) What <strong>call<\/strong> <strong>sign<\/strong> does Ellie Arroway use in <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118884\/\">Contact<\/a><\/i><\/strong>?<br \/>a. W9GFO<br \/>b. W9WNV<br \/>c. W9GFZ<br \/>d. W9AW <\/p>\n<p>5) Who played the ham in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0052520\/\"><strong><em>Twilight Zone<\/em><\/strong><\/a> episode <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0734664\/\">The Monsters are Due on Maple Street<\/a><\/i><\/strong>?<br \/>a. Leslie Nielsen<br \/>b. Claude Akins<br \/>c. Ronald Reagan<br \/>d. Hedy Lamar <\/p>\n<p>6) Doris Day used ham <strong>radio<\/strong> to contact \u201cPop,\u201d played by what real-life ham in the movie <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060463\/\">The Glass Bottom Boat<\/a><\/i><\/strong>?<br \/>a. Andy Devine, WB6RER<br \/>b. Joe Walsh, WB6ACU<br \/>c. Barry Goldwater, K7UGA<br \/>d. Arthur Godfrey, K4LIB <\/p>\n<p>7) Which late-night <strong>TV<\/strong> <strong>show<\/strong> host sponsored a contest between two hams (K7JA and K6CTW) using Morse <strong>code<\/strong> and two <strong>text<\/strong>-messaging champs?<br \/>a. David Letterman<br \/>b. Johnny Carson<br \/>c. Jay Leno<br \/>d. Craig Ferguson <\/p>\n<p>8) Which comic strip character\u2019s girlfriend thought a ham <strong>radio<\/strong> license would increase his sex appeal?<br \/>a. Garfield\u2019s owner, John<br \/>b. Dilbert<br \/>c. Mark Trail<br \/>d. BD of <i>Doonesbury<\/i> <\/p>\n<p>9) In <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0096697\/\">The Simpsons<\/a><\/i>, which of the following characters does <i>not<\/i> have a ham <strong>radio<\/strong> license?<br \/>a. Principal Skinner<br \/>b. Homer<br \/>c. Selma<br \/>d. Moe <\/p>\n<p>10) Which <strong>show<\/strong> featured a ham <strong>radio<\/strong> phone patch between a soldier and his girlfriend back <strong>home<\/strong>?<br \/>a. <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0068098\/\">M*A*S*H<\/a><\/i><\/strong><i><br \/><\/i>b. <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055689\/\">McHale\u2019s Navy<\/a><\/i><\/strong><i><br \/><\/i>c. <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055666\/\">Combat!<\/a><\/i><\/strong><i><br \/><\/i>d. <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057752\/\">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.<\/a><\/i><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><b><i>Bonus Question<\/i><\/b>: Who were the Tennessee Valley Indians? <\/p>\n<p><b>Answers<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>1) b &#8212; Herman used the <strong>call<\/strong> <strong>sign<\/strong> W2XRL4<br \/>2) c<br \/>3) c<br \/>4) a<br \/>5) b<br \/>6) d<br \/>7) c &#8212; The episode that aired on May 13, 2005.<br \/>8) b<br \/>9) d<br \/>10) a &#8212; Klinger is married to his sweetheart back home by Father Mulcahy via ham radio during the third season <\/p>\n<p><b><i>Bonus Answer<\/i><\/b> &#8212; Hams used this phrase to refer to TVI phonetically as a <strong>sort<\/strong> of <strong>code<\/strong> when using AM, because the person whose <strong>TV<\/strong> receiver was receiving the interference could understand the detected audio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really like his quizzes.&nbsp; I am not real good at most of them either.&nbsp; I was not brilliant on this one either.&nbsp; Many guesses\u2026 I knew maybe 5 and guessed 2 more but flat out missed 3 (I had no clue&nbsp; on).&nbsp; I guess I need to watch some of Last Man Standing.&nbsp; I just don\u2019t watch much TV so forget real easy about that.&nbsp; I would rather be playing in the shack with something\u2026 Wow, there is another project I need to put on my list.&nbsp; I have a TV tuner card in my shop computer and used to watch a little while out there and when the tower came down and all that problem, I did not put the TV antenna back <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/07\/another-arrl-quiz-by-n0ax\/\">&#8220;And Now the Rest of the Story &#8211; &#8220;Another ARRL quiz by N0AX<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-9454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pages","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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