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Tesla's Childhood
Tesla meets Edison
The Battle of the Currents/Inventions
Colorado, more plans and inventions
Tesla's Strange Habits
100
What country is Tesla from?
He was from Croatia.
100
What did Tesla study in school?
He studied electrical engineering.
100
What electricity did Tesla promote AC or DC?
He promoted AC.
100
Fill in the blank: He accidentally created a giant display of artifical lightning, and once knocked out the ______ system for Colorado Springs.
power.
100
Tesla was certainly a genuis, but he was an _________ genius.
eccentric
200
Fill in the blank: He was born, appropriately, during an __________ storm.
electrical.
200
How much money did he have when he arrived in the United States?
He had four cents.
200
Who promoted the use of DC energy?
Thomas Edison did.
200
Which two planets did Tesla think he heard radio messages from?
Venus and Mars.
200
What was he afraid of?
He was afraid of women's pearl jewelry.
300
What did Tesla's father do?
He was a church offical and mathematician.
300
Who gave Tesla his first job in the United States?
Thomas Edison.
300
Who won the battle of the currents
Tesla won the battle of the currents.
300
Fill in the blank: The inventor had made an important discovery. The radio signals that he had detected were created by distant _____.
stars.
300
He refused to stay in a hotel room with a number that was _________ by the number three.
divisible.
400
True or False: Tesla's mom wrote poetry.
False She learned books of poetry by heart
400
Fill in the blank: My Dear Edison: I know two great men and you are one of them. The other is this young _____.
man
400
Fill in the blank: Most people believe Marconi invented _____, but it was Tesla who developed the basic equipment needed for ______ broadcasting.
radio.
400
During World War 1 he created a type of ______ to hunt German submarines.
radar
400
He only ate food that was cooked a certain way. How was it cooked?
It had to be boiled.
500
What was Nicola's first invention?
An engine powered by 12 beetles.
500
Why did Tesla and Edison become rivals?
Tesla thought Edison cheated him
500
What are three other inventions Tesla came up with?
Neon light Remote control car and boat x-ray machine
500
He also invented a death ray that he thought could destroy airplanes from hundreds of miles away. Today this is called a ________ ____ weapon.
particle beam