All Things Blue
Acronyms
Semiconductors
Intel History
Arizona Facts
100

This famous broadcaster narrated BBC's "The Blue Planet" as it explored a comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans.

Who is Sir David Attenborough?
100
This acronym describes the optimal procedure to complete a task.

What is BKM (Best Known Method)?

100

The distance between the valence band of the electrons and the conduction band.

What is the Electron Band Gap?

100

This Intel Founder made the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles about every two years.

Who is Gordon Moore (Moore's Law)?

100

This national park is the 11th largest by total acreage in the United States; it attracts worldwide tourists as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

What is Grand Canyon National Park?

200

This band released the song "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" in October 1998; it went on to chart as a #1 song around most of Europe but Rolling Stones ranked it as the #14 'Most Annoying' song in their 2011 summer publication.

Who is Eiffel 65?

200

Production uses WSPW to track pace against output demands of the factory and individual segments.

What is Wafer Starts Per Week?

200

Intel mass produced this style of transistor in 2011; it utilizes the source and drain as fins of the gate to control the channel from three sides instead of one side.

What is 3D Transistors (Tri-Gate FinFET:  Ivy Bridge)?

200

Intel's first CEO who was nicknamed "Mayor of Silicon Valley".

Who is Robert N. Noyce?

200

Arizona achieved statehood on this nationally recognized holiday in 1912.

What is Valentine's Day?

300

Kate Middleton was given a blue sapphire engagement ring in 2010 by Prince William that was famously worn by this women.

Who is Diana Princess of Wales?

300

A Safety & Quality acronym used to describe a dangerous state of mind that may result in human error.

What is CRuD (Complacency, Rushing and Distractions)?

300

The process of adding controlled impurities to a semiconductor; changing the semiconductor from an intrinsic semiconductor to an extrinsic semiconductor.

What is doping?

300

Intel was founded this year on July 18th in Mountain View, California.

When is 1968?

300

This city was the location of the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral"; the fight included Wyatt Earp, his brothers and close friend "Doc" Holliday against a group of outlaws known as the "Cochise County Cowboys".

Where is Tombstone?

400

On the pH scale this range is identified with the colour Blue.

What is a pH of 8-11 (weak alkali)?

400

It is utilized to describe the time material has been held at a specific processing step.

What is HAO (Hours at Operation)?
400

The crystalline structure of Silicon; known for a coordination number of 12 with a unit cell that consists of a net total of four atoms.

What is FCC (Face-Centered Diamond-Cubic)?
400

The company name "Intel" was formed by combining these two words.

What are Integrated and Electronics?

400

On October 10th, 1971 this city hosted a "rededication" of the London Bridge that once spanned the River Thames in London, England.

Where is Lake Havasu City?

500

This species of bird lays a vibrant blue egg; in Native American mythology it is known for fanning the dying flames of a campfire to save a man or small boy from the cold.

What is the American Robin?

500

In training PAS is used to measure progress.

What is Performance Against Schedule?

500

On December 23rd, 1947 the first transistor was successfully demonstrated at this facility in Murray Hill, New Jersey.

Where is Bell Laboratories?

500

A tune characterized by:  Db - Db - Gb - Db - Ab

What is the "Intel Bong" (Intel Spiral)?

500

These five "Cs" all served an important role in the economy of Arizona since its statehood.

What are Copper, Cattle, Cotton, Citrus and Climate?