3 Questions!!! (1/15/04)

[Andy Grady]

Hi all, here are todays 3 questions...

1. What was the rookie year of Baxter Bomb Squad?

2. In Maize Craze, what was the game object that your robot had to pick up?

3. The FIRST competition was based on a competition held at what highly recognized engineering school?


To all who are getting disgruntled at the fact that my questions are mainly 98 and before, remember, even if you are a rookie, most of the answers are on this board somewhere....ive said most of them myself! So if you do a little research, you should be able to get them right.

Good Luck


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[Dave Flowerday]

1. 1996?

2. Tennis balls

3. MIT's 6.270 class.

[Raul]

Wow, Dave beat me to it today. I agree with him:

1: 1996 - that was a banner year of rookies. In fact, Beatty was #1 seed at Nationals that year as a rookie. The rookies from 1996 were dominant the next year.

2: Tennis balls - we still have that robot somewhere at Motorola

3: MIT

[Andy Grady]

Originally Posted by Raul

1: 1996 - that was a banner year of rookies. In fact, Beatty was #1 seed at Nationals that year as a rookie. The rookies from 1996 were dominant the next year.

The 1996 rookie class was definately one of the strongest in the history of FIRST, quite possibly the strongest one ever...if you dont count 1992.

Bonus question for 1 point...How did Baxter Bomb Squad score big balls in the goal in 1996. Be specific.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

The 1996 rookie class was definately one of the strongest in the history of FIRST, quite possibly the strongest one ever...if you dont count 1992.

Bonus question for 1 point...How did Baxter Bomb Squad score big balls in the goal in 1996. Be specific.

I saw video of this a long time ago. I think they forced the 24" ball through the wooden(?) posts on the side of the goal, but I may be picturing someone else.

- Karthik

[Bill Beatty]

They punched the ball through the side by holding it on the front, six inches above the carpet with a suction cup. The big ball was larger than 24", it was either 30" or 36"' The pnematics were terrible back then, so they had the ram mounted on a four bar and raised it mechsanically.

BTW. Tigerbolt could pick up the small eight inch balls and the large ball with the same mechanism. Amazing.

Mr. Bill

[Lil' Lavery]

1.no clue
2.tennis balls
3.MIT

[Andy Grady]

Todays answers...

1. Baxter Bomb Squad debuted in 1996

2. Tennis balls were the object to pick up in Maize Craze

3. MIT had an engineering course in which FIRST was based on.

The bonus will go to both Karthik and Mr. Beatty with the answer of driving (and i do mean DRIVING) the ball through the side of the goal with a suction cup and a running start!

[Karthik]

1. 1996. My own follow up trivia question; What year did the Bomb Squad not participate?

2. Tennis balls.

3. M.I.T., I think Woodie Flowers used to teach a course directly related to the competition.

/edit: took out a typo

[lilszek24]

1. 1996

2. Tennis Balls

3. MIT

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by Karthik

1. 1996. My own follow up trivia question; What year did the Bomb Squad not participate?

2. Tennis balls.

3. M.I.T., I think Woodie Flowers used to teach a course directly related to the competition.

/edit: took out a typo

1. 1996
2. Tennis balls
3. MIT

And Karthik's question: 2001.

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

Hi all, here are todays 3 questions...

1. What was the rookie year of Baxter Bomb Squad?

2. In Maize Craze, what was the game object that your robot had to pick up?

3. The FIRST competition was based on a competition held at what highly recognized engineering school?

1) 1996

2) Tennis Balls

3) Mass. Institute of Technology (MIT)

[Joe Ross]

You're making it too easy Andy

1) 1996

2) Tennis Balls

3) MIT

[Andy Grady]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

You're making it too easy Andy

lol...well lets put it this way. We still have about 5 and a half weeks left of 3 Questions, that is about 25 days, 3 questions each, in all 75 more questions I have to come up with! Fortunately, being a long time strategy team member for Gael Force, I have an amazing attention to detail (with the exception of Beatty's 1998 robot, which why I can't remember it, still has me scratching my head). Be expecting more difficult and robot specific questions in the comming days!

[Mike Soukup]

I'll join with everyone else and say:
1. 1996
2. didn't know before reading responses
3. MIT