Super Quiz: Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

November 30, 2015 at 2:15 a.m.

Super Quiz: Nikola Tesla

  1. Nikola Tesla is best known for his design of what system of electrical supply?

  2. In the "War of Currents," Tesla's opponent was ----------.

  3. Tesla received a U.S. patent for what type of motor?

  4. Tesla's motor and transformer were licensed by this famous entrepreneur and engineer.

  5. Monuments to Tesla can be seen in both the Canadian and American cities of this name.

  6. SI base units: If N=Newton and H=Henry, what does T represent?

  7. What was the proper name of his unfinished "Tesla Tower" on Long Island, N.Y.?

  8. By what name is the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 40th Street in Manhattan known?

  9. Tesla: "In the 21st century, the -------- will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization."

ANSWERS:

  1. Alternating current (AC)

  2. Thomas Edison

  3. Induction motor

  4. George Westinghouse

  5. Niagara Falls

  6. T=Tesla

  7. Wardenclyffe Tower

  8. Nikola Tesla Corner

  9. Robot

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