Famous Dates in History
Optics
Popular Sports by Country
General Who-Knows-What?
GWKW2
100

December 7, 1941

When did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

100

Added to a glasses prescription, this refractive component is used to help realign the eyes in order to combat double vision.

What is prism?

OR

What is optical prism?

100

The most popular sport in the United States

What is Football?

100

A diagnosis that means the vision is so good that there is no need for an optical correction at all.

What is emmetropia?

100

Examples are: telephone switch operator, milkman, and motion picture projectionist.

What are jobs that barely / don't exist anymore?

200

August 3, 1492

When did Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain?

200

What is seg(ment) height?

200

The most popular sport in Finland

What is Hockey?

200

What is lazy eye?

OR

What is strabismus?

200


Who is Farrah Fawcett ?

300

New York Stock Market crashes to an all time low (referred to as "Black Tuesday"), signaling the start of the Great Depression.

What is October 29, 1929

OR 

What is 1929? 

300

What is anti-reflective coating?

300

The most popular sport in the United Arab Emirates

What is soccer?

300

Oh my gosh! Don't puff that patient! The doc will have to do it in the room. 

What are gas permeable contact lenses?

300


What is the theme from Dukes of Hazzard?

400

The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes killing all on board.

What is January 28, 1986?

OR

What is the year 1986?

400

New glasses alter the incoming light’s path through the eye, fine-tuning the focus onto the retina demanding the brain to reconcile the newly enhanced visual clarity.

What is adaptation?

400

The most popular sport in Cuba

What is baseball?

400

This happens when the optical center of a lens is not aligned with the visual axis of the eye due to unintentional improper fitting.

What is induced prism?

400

Who is the Xiidra guy?

OR

What is inflammation?

500

January 1, 1863

When did Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery?

500

What is total internal reflection?

500

The most popular sport in New Zealand

What is Rugby?

500

What is heterochromia?

500

RX: OD -1.00  RX: OS +1.00    

What is induced based down prism in each eye?