FIRST History
Who is the founder of FIRST?
Dean (Segway) Kamen
Choose someone from your team to answer this question. They have to turn around and close their eyes!
Question: What's our team number?
Answer: 3792
What is the highest honor a team can receive at competition?
The Impact Award
When is reveal day?
Saturday, January 9th, 2027
Name two subgroups.
travel, branding, social media, outreach, awards, or treasury.
When was FIRST founded?
1989
What year was the team founded?
2011
What is gracious professionalism?
learning and competing like crazy, but treating one another with respect and kindness in the process
How long is build season?
Six weeks
Who are the leads & vice leads of CAD, Programming, Fabrication?
Kiran, Evan, Allison, Joel, Yousuf, Gavin, Emma
Where were the championships held before Houston?
St. Louis
Name the four awards we won last year
Impact Award, Engineering Inspiration, Woodie Flowers Award (Shoutout Dr C.), Leadership (Formerly Segway Dean's Award)
Which two cities did we compete at last year?
Huntsville, AL and St. Louis, MO
Name one supplier/brand that fab members (and other FRC teams) source parts from.
Answers will vary: AndyMark, 3M, igus, Rev Robotics, Rockwell Automation, DigiKey, WCP, Automation Direct, NI, etc.
What's the FIRST Logo (in order)?
Triangle Circle Square
What's the last regional we won AND during what year?
The Rocket City Regional in 2018
Name every role on the drive team.
Driver, operator, coach, human player, technician, (safety captain).
Historically, which day marked the end of the of the traditional six week build season?
Bag Day
CAD uses the software SOLIDWORKS to design the robot. Which country is SOLIDWORKS based in? (They also make private jets and military aircraft!)
France
Where are the FIRST Headquarters located?
Manchester, NH
Where does our name come from?
The Big Bang Theory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYeZyqVFPg)
Name three division names at the world championships. Bonus if you can answer which division won the world championships.
Archimedes, Curie, Daly, Galileo, Hopper, Johnson, Milstein, Newton, Einstein
Winner: Daly
What is the website name of the "FRC Reddit" where teams go to post questions, designs, or comments about everything FRC.
Chief Delphi
(or if you're Joel, Chef Deli)
What university provides the library used by programming? (Former team captain Caroline attends it!)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (just "WPI" is not accepted)