LITERATURE
What does the name Fantoccini Mean?
"shadow Puppets" or "Dream People"
Medial lemniscus comes from what Greek word?
Ribbon
What can be said regarding the invention of photography?
There was no singular instance of it's invention.
What was one of the first highly influential personal computers?
The Altair 8800.
When did Wendy Carlos come to prominence?
When she won 3 Grammys for switched-on Bach.
How often does the electrical Grandmother need to be wound up?
Everyday
The atons of those third and final neurons then travel the relatively shorter distance to what part of the brain?
The Primary Somatosensory Cortex.
How can the period of the age of phonography be described?
Multiple "photographies" created simultaneously across the globe.
Who released the Altair 8800?
An unknown startup, MITS from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Who did Wendy Carlos collaborate within creating switch-on-Bach?
Robert Moog
Tom tells grandmother that her eyes are the color of his "favorite aggies" what is an aggie?
A type of Marble
Pain and temperature information travels from the tissues of the body up to the brain via what system?
The anterolateral Spinothalamic system.
Who developed a technique for printing that successfully utilized light-sensitive materials to copy written documents?
Antoin Hercules Romuald Florence.
When and where was the Altair 8800 announced?
In the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics.
Who received the position of music and design supervisor for TRON?
Michael Fremer
In "I sing the Body Electric!" who arrives in a canary-colored limousines?
Aunt Clara
The primary somatosensory cortex or S1 is located at the very front of the parietal lobe and is next-door neighbors with what?
The Primary motor cortex or M1.
When and where did French artist and cartographer Florence develop his technique of copying written documents?
In the 1830's, Brazil.
What famous billionaire is pictured as a young student at the Lakeside School in 1970?
Bill Gates
By the time TRON was finished how was acoustic and electronic music used in the film?
Both are heard throughout the film, regardless of whether the action occurs within the cyberspace environment.
When the family is in the shop buying the Electric Grandmother, a small machine is used to measure something about them, what does it measure?
Their Voices.
This map or representation of the human body is also referred to as...?
The Sensory Homunculus.
What solution did Florence use to darken his light-sensitive paper?
Silver Chloride.
Why was the Altair 8800 so low in cost ($400)?
It's use of off-the-shelf parts.
How does the soundtrack for TRON differ significantly from the soundtrack for Blade Runner?
TRON intermixes the electric and the acoustic, while Blade Runner relies almost exclusively on synthesized music.