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This investor and inventor supported Tesla's AC generator
Who is George Westinghouse?
100
This person invented the AC induction motor
Who is Nikola Tesla?
100
This object glows when an electrical current is run through it
What is a light bulb?
100
Our smart devices today are powered by this form of electricity. (When off a charger)
What is Direct Current?
100
This Australian rock group got its name from these types of current electricity
What is AC/DC?
100
During the 1880s the public was shown to fear this type of electricity?
What is Alternating Current
200
This electrical current can travel far, due to its ability to reverse directions
What is AC (Alternating Current)
200
Edison and his company helped finance this device to increase the fear of AC electricity.
What is the electric chair?
200
This device invented by Thomas Edison has a rotating cylinder that when scratched plays music or sounds
What is a phonograph?
200
Thomas Edison "offered" Nikola Tesla 50 thousand dollars to improve his __________
What is DC Generators?
200
This is the common way we see DC electricity stored today
What is a battery?
200
Nikola Tesla invented this two-way wireless communication device that used radio waves to send their signal.
What is Wireless Telegraphy?
300
This electrical current flows in one direction, and its voltage cannot covert higher or lower
What is DC (Direct Current)
300
Tesla created and demonstrated an early version of this wireless communication.
What is the Remote Control?
300
This device possesses the same principles as today's modern wireless chargers.
What is a Tesla coil?
300
Nikola Tesla was born in the territory of this modern country
What is Croatia?
300
This person created the first readily available consumer light bulb and was also a proponent of DC electricity
Who is Thomas Edison
300
This financer helped fund Nikola Tesla's AC research after George Westinghouse no longer was funding him. (Hint it's the name of a bank today)
Who is J.P Morgan
400
This house/complex became one of the first buildings powered by electricity
What is Thomas Edison's Lab in Menlo Park?
400
This process generates electricity using flowing water to drive a turbine or generator
What is hydroelectricity?
400
This event celebrated the 400th anniversary of the "discovery" of America. Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse bid to power the lighting for this celebration
What is the 1893 Chicago World Fair?
400
Also called the death sentence Thomas Edison was against this form of punishment, but later changed his opinion
What is Capital Punishment
400
The 1880s battle for consumer supremacy of AC or DC electricity
What is the Current Wars?
500
Thomas Edison and his company would electrocute stray animals and even a horse with AC electricity, often in front of reporters. This was known as ________
What is Edison's Campaign of Propaganda/Misinformation?
500
This piece of technology located on a Tesla vehicle is the reason the car company is called what it is
What is an AC Induction Motor?
500
In 1896 Nikola Tesla and Westinghouse created the first hydro-electric power plant by installing AC generators at this Water Fall
What is Niagara Falls?
500
Some argue a continuation of the current wars while others say it was a one-off event. This animal was electrocuted to death after it killed multiple people.
Who was Topsy the Elephant?
500
This place became the first commercial power center?
What is Pearl Street Station in New York?