robotics trivia
 

:confused: Robotics Trivia :confused:

Rules:
I will ask a question.
Someone else has to respond with the answer.
You may not reply to a question made by someone from your own team.
Questions must be related to your team history.
Once I reply saying that an answer was correct, the person who guessed the correct answer can ask another question.
The game keeps going forever...this is my theory

Lets begin!

Question #1:
What does SPAM stand for? (Remember, no one from team 180 may answer this question.)

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Jon from SPAM, team 180

S=South Fork HS
P=Pratt & Whitney
A=I believe means "and"
M=Martin County HS

Proving that I have no life.

Good Job!

SPAM means
South Fork High School, Pratt & Whitney and Martin County High School

Now you ask a question and when someone guesses the correct answer, tell them.

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Jon from SPAM, team 180

OK, then I will put out another question.

Question:
What is the name of the red piece on the front of Fluffy, SPAM's robot from last year?

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Jon from SPAM, team 180

You're going to have to streamline this whole process if you want it to work. People generally don't come back to threads unless something new has happened. One possible suggestion: have the person who answered the question ask a new one without waiting to find out if it is right or wrong. This would make it so if one person leaves the game can still go on. Just my 2c.

I just wanted to try making a thread. I didn't care if it worked. Go ahead and post questions. Whether this game continues, I don't care.

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Jon from SPAM, team 180

What does R.A.G.E. team 173's acronym/name stand for?

Really
Awesome and
Godly
Entity

;)

- Katie

I thought it was my turn to ask a question.

Let's see then, since Eddie's teamless, I'll have to ask something about FIRST in general. Ooh! I got one: What year did FIRST make tipping other machines over illegal?

1998,
after Rhodewarrior had some fun in 97 breaking TJ^2 over and over again. (or so the story goes)


What FIRST team (from NH) has been in FIRST since 1992, but remains unrecognized as a "12 year team" due to a sponsor change?

What was dean's first invention?

Hmm... wild guess on this one. I'm going to say 16, Baxter Bomb Squad. Again, wild guess.

I believe it was the automated syringe.

I have no question. I just have to say it is great to see a member of FIRST also showing he is a proud WWE fan. Too bad it is the Hurricane.

Oh well, no one is perfect.

The team was from New Hampshire....BBS is from Arkansas...


My guess is 811

My question:

What device on the Kokomo High School robot of 1992 was banned from future FIRST competitions to this day?

Throwing projectiles (corn from the playing field)?

Ahh.. classic FIRST bots...

Ew, I missed the NH reference in the Q. Lets see here: Chaos(131) is recognized, so I gotta go with 501. I'll also throw out 40 and 238 just because, well, I can.

Doh! How could I forget about 131....Thats your answer

The only recognized Original teams: 19, 45, 126, 190, 191, 250


Projectiles is correct, but it was tennis ballss (i think thats what I was told. Ill double check today) Anyway Katie is DQ'd....I told her that before ;)

LOL>------you have that power?


How many teams are from MI?

There are 84 teams from MI. Which state(s) has/have more?

I believe New York has more (most of them came in the 2001 season).

Really? I thought 131 was recognized.

CA with 92 teams.

what are the only two rookie teams to win the national championship?

Cory

and I say again. No 131 is not recognized

Im not sure of the other one but since 1992 was the rookie season of FIRST, 126 is one of them.

Wow!...

...I didn't think that anyone would really post anything. This thread is now two pages long. I feel very special...so...anyways, enjoy asking questions.

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Jon from SPAM, team 180

DJ, you are right with your list of recognized teams.
131 is not the team I was looking for. Although, you got 2 of the digits right ;)

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure if 131 is 12-year or not.

what is our team logo (1072)
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and how does it relate to our team?

Then lets try my original guess before I changed it to 131.

811?

reply to "Aonic"
 

Does it mean that you won 3rd place in a competition since the third thing is higher than the rest?

Nope,
haha, you picked the correct 2 digits... but they were in the right spots with your '131' guess...

Re: reply to "Aonic"
 

1072 is a rookie team...

I think it's an obfuscated "hrt."

Well then it's gotta be 151.

It is a pair of eyes with an eyebrow like thing on the right side....
How it is releated to your team? That I have no idea...

Cory

Who were the Technokats alliance partners in Cleveland?

The logo says hrt,which stands for Harker Robotics Team.

Correct!
151, then only known as the Nashua High School team was one of the original participants. However they changed sponsors in 93 or 94 (I think) and are now no longer recognized.

What are the only 4 teams remaining from the 1992 season? Who won the Nationals that year? Who won the 1999 and 2001 UTC regionals?

Anyone else notice that the questions aren't being answered? I'd answer but I'm new and don't know anything.

i know that Gael Force won the 1999 and 2001 UTC regionals and that Gael Foce is also one of the teams remaining from 1992:cool:

techno kats were in it the first year i think.
i used to know the other ones but i cant rember.

we are originally team 10 (BAXCAT), but we lost sponsorship one year and changed our name (and number). The sponsor came back after that one year.

We've still never missed a year.

Actually, in 2001, FIRST handed out these limited edition pins to members of the 10 year teams, and my pin has teams 19, 45, 126, 190, 191 and 250 on it. Those 6 are the originals. 45, 126, 190 and 191 are classified in the team program as rookie season of 1992

Alright, let's break out another question:

Who were the teams that scored the highest score in the nation in 2001, and what was that score? It happened at MMR, and I know there was a higher one at IRI, but we'll disregard that :p

I'll toss in that Beatty team... I think 111 might've been part of it too.

Score: wasn't it, like 810, or something like that? (as you can tell, this is all off the top of my head)

Jeez talk about bloating ;)

71, 269, 234, 111 and 112

with a score of 716

Ehh, the two answers combined are close, DJ has the teams right, with the score being 710 :p

Katie, great guess.... but RAGE actually stands for Robotics And Gadget Engineering

Ok, my turn. What does my team, Team 237's acronymn T.R.I.B.E. stand for.

And a bonus... finish the missing lyrics
"Hey! Do you like Pants???
Down with pants......."

wait...lets go back to this NH thing....

are we sure 238 wasn't one of the first FIRST teams...remember, the numbers back then changed every year....

and i know our sponsor has changed like every single year....

plus the first FIRST competition was at our high school....

I figured. 716 was the nationals score in the national finals event i believe

List of Teams from 1992:

Team City, State
Advanced Animations & Rochester High School Rochester, VT
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. & Dieruff High School Allentown, PA
Alcoa & Plum High School Pittsburgh, PA
AT&T & Piscataway High School Piscataway, NJ
Baxter Healthcare Corporation & Whitney Young High School Chicago, IL
Boeing Corporation & Lindbergh High School Renton, WA
Bose Corporation & Framingham High School Framingham, MA
Case Western Reserve University & West Geauga High School Chesterland, OH
Delco Electronics Corporation & Kokomo High School Kokomo, IN
E-Systems, Inc. & Dallas Christian School Mesquite, TX
Ferrofluidics & Nashua High School Nashua, NH
GE Elfun Society & Hartford Public High School Hartford, CT
Harvard University & Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School Cambridge, MA
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center & Fox Lane High School Bedford, NY
IMED Corporation & University City High School San Diego, CA
Manchester Kiwanis & Manchester West High School Manchester, NH
Markem Corporation & Keene High School Keene, NH
Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Boston Latin High School Boston, MA
Motorola, Inc. & Wheeling High School Wheeling, IL
New England Telephone Company & Don Bosco Technical High School Boston, MA
New Hampshire Technical College/General Electric Aircraft Engines & Manchester Central High School Manchester, NH
NYPRO, Inc. & Clinton High School Clinton, MA
Raytheon Corporation & Memorial High School Manchester, NH
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & Shenendehowa High School Clifton Park, NY
SMC Pneumatics, Inc. & Ipswich High School Ipswich, MA
University of New Hampshire & Winnacunnet Regional High School Hampton, NH
Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Doherty High School Worcester, MA
Xerox Corporation & Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School Rochester, NY

looks like the only team that stayed the same was Clinton/Nypro...team 69....

i think that was 710 too, beatty scored that several times with several different partners, they had a great bot that year and we were lucky to be paired with them at nats(this was when i was on 365 not 862)

Taking
Robotics
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Where were the VERY FIRST nationals held?

I don't think thatis right... FIRST started on the East Coast, and there were not that many teams the first year were there? In addition to that, I am almost 100% sure that 100 was the first West Coast team to join FIRST, and that was in 1995.

Cory

W00t!! Give that guy a prize folks!!! lol
Actually, It has had two different meanings over the year cause of a shirt misprint (hmm...)
In 2001 the shirts said that the B stood for Bolder!! eh.. minor technicality!

Ok I got a question, What team number are "The Clockstoppers"?? I seriously don't know this one but want to so I can negotiate my way to getting a shirt from them!
The Clock on 237 wants a Clockstoppers shirt darn it!

Over clocked is 234

WOOT!! i get a prize!!


bad

Here's a question:
What does S.C.R.E.A.M. stand for? (Team 1037)

Stoney Creek Robotics ....and thats all i know..


BAd

Yay! :D *Searches for the E A and M...*

Name 3 items/materials that were included in the original 1992 Kit of Parts....

(I've only got a picture to go by so i wont be 100% sure on all answers)

ok...

seat motors

milwaukee drill batteries

and the old school power connectors!


What was the weight limit in the early years of first?

Bad

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100 lbs?

what is the core component to team 639's secret drive train this year? :) look around CD forums, you'll find it.

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radioactive mice

what is the highest number assigned to a team this year?

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what is the age of this thread, and when did it die, for 100 points! :P

Cory

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22.4 lbs I think.. Or something close to that.:)

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...Engineering And Mechanics

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What does H.O.M.E.R stand for?