Game Shows
This phrase is traditionally shouted after an answer is given on Family Feud.
What is “Survey says!”?
These three kinds of airborne contaminants are named in CCR Title 8, Section 5144.
What are aerosols, vapors, and gases?
Before a respirator is used, this clearance is required for employees who must wear one.
What is a medical evaluation/medical clearance?
In administration, this is the mysterious digital location where a document goes when everyone swears they saved it “somewhere.”
What is the shared drive?
This animal can sleep while standing up, proving it has mastered workplace naps at an advanced level.
What is a horse?
This Dutch-origin format premiered in the United States on NBC in 2005 with Howie Mandel as host.
What is Deal or No Deal?
The numbers 95, 99, and 100 on particulate filters identify this.
What is the filter efficiency percentage?
This must happen before use when a respirator has worn, deteriorated, or damaged parts.
What is the damaged parts must be replaced?
In a furniture factory, this is the difference between a chair that supports a person and a chair that becomes a surprise floor-level experience.
What is proper assembly and quality control?
This astronomical object is so dense that a teaspoon of its material would weigh an enormous amount, and it forms after certain massive stars collapse
What is a neutron star?
In 1941, this Ralph Edwards show became the first game show aired on commercially licensed television.
What is Truth or Consequences?
These devices remove specific dangerous gases or vapors, but their protection ends when their absorbing capacity is depleted.
What are organic vapor cartridges or canisters?
An employee who detects gas or vapor, leakage, or increased breathing resistance must do this.
What is leave the respirator-use area?
In warehousing, this method rotates stock so the oldest inventory is used or shipped first, preventing boxes from becoming historical artifacts
What is FIFO—first in, first out?
This condition causes a person to experience a strong urge to eat nonfood items such as dirt, ice, or paper.
What is pica?
This game show format became especially popular in the 1950s because it combined competition, prizes, and this kind of challenge.
What is quiz or trivia questions?
The RPPA works with this unit to conduct hazard assessments and help identify tasks requiring respiratory protection.
What is the Health and Safety Unit (HSU)?
A respirator must be inspected for defects and damage before every use and during this process.
What is cleaning?
In textiles, this cutting method uses a prepared layout to ensure parts are cut consistently, rather than relying on the traditional “that looks close enough” approach.
What is pattern cutting or marker-based cutting?
This word describes a catchy song that repeats in your mind long after the music has stopped.
What is an earworm?
This 1938 program is identified by game-show histories as the first television game show.
What is Spelling Bee?
The evaluation documentation for potential respiratory hazards must be retained for this period beyond an employee’s termination.
What is 30 years?
The respirator change-out schedule begins at this point—not when the employee first wears the respirator.
What is when the cartridge is unsealed?
In M&R, this investigation starts after the third repair of the same machine—when “it just hates Mondays” is no longer considered a technical diagnosis.
What is the root-cause analysis?
This is the name for the tiny plastic tip on the end of a shoelace that keeps it from unraveling.
What is an aglet?