Trivia 8/14
DID YOU KNOW ...
Football helmets were not a mandatory piece of equipment in college gridiron
until 1939 and were not made mandatory in the National Football League until
1943 As a side note, "the last NFL player to play in a game without a helmet
was Dick Plasman an end for the Chicago Bears in 1940."
1. Give me the month and year that saw Elvis Presley's passing...
2. Brain Teaser; Find the hidden American state in this sentence.
Since our mirror cracked, we miss our image being reflected back.
3. God blessed Hannah with a son. What did she name him?
a. - Solomon
b. - Samson
c. - Saul
d. - Samuel
4. Name That Tune ;
"I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say,"
5. How did the MLB team the Minnesota Twins get their name?
6. What is the brightness scale of stars called?
7. What's the correct spelling for the Capital of Florida ?
8. What word means a cup, typically holy, that is considered sacred or
special in some way?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The first patent for a bar code type product (US Patent #2,612,994) was
issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on October 7, 1952.
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1. August, 1977
2. Missouri
3. - d
4. 'On Broadway'
5. Twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
6. Magnitude
7. Tallahassee
8. Grail
TRUTH !!
The Woodland and Silver bar code can be described as a "bull's eye" symbol,
made up of a series of concentric circles.
Bar code was first used commercially in 1966, however, it was soon realized
that there would have to be some sort of industry standard set. By 1970, the
Universal Grocery Products Identification Code or UGPIC was written by a
company called Logicon Inc. The first company to produce bar code equipment
for retail trade use (using UGPIC) was the American company Monarch Marking
in 1970, and for industrial use, the British company Plessey
Telecommunications was also first in 1970. UGPIC evolved into the U.P.C.
symbol set or Universal Product Code, which is still used in the United
States. George J. Laurer is considered the inventor of U.P.C. or Uniform
Product Code, which was invented in 1973.
In June of 1974, the first U.P.C. scanner was installed at a Marsh's
supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The first product to have a bar code included was
a packet of Wrigley's Gum.
DID YOU KNOW ...
Football helmets were not a mandatory piece of equipment in college gridiron
until 1939 and were not made mandatory in the National Football League until
1943 As a side note, "the last NFL player to play in a game without a helmet
was Dick Plasman an end for the Chicago Bears in 1940."
1. Give me the month and year that saw Elvis Presley's passing...
2. Brain Teaser; Find the hidden American state in this sentence.
Since our mirror cracked, we miss our image being reflected back.
3. God blessed Hannah with a son. What did she name him?
a. - Solomon
b. - Samson
c. - Saul
d. - Samuel
4. Name That Tune ;
"I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say,"
5. How did the MLB team the Minnesota Twins get their name?
6. What is the brightness scale of stars called?
7. What's the correct spelling for the Capital of Florida ?
8. What word means a cup, typically holy, that is considered sacred or
special in some way?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The first patent for a bar code type product (US Patent #2,612,994) was
issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on October 7, 1952.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. August, 1977
2. Missouri
3. - d
4. 'On Broadway'
5. Twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
6. Magnitude
7. Tallahassee
8. Grail
TRUTH !!
The Woodland and Silver bar code can be described as a "bull's eye" symbol,
made up of a series of concentric circles.
Bar code was first used commercially in 1966, however, it was soon realized
that there would have to be some sort of industry standard set. By 1970, the
Universal Grocery Products Identification Code or UGPIC was written by a
company called Logicon Inc. The first company to produce bar code equipment
for retail trade use (using UGPIC) was the American company Monarch Marking
in 1970, and for industrial use, the British company Plessey
Telecommunications was also first in 1970. UGPIC evolved into the U.P.C.
symbol set or Universal Product Code, which is still used in the United
States. George J. Laurer is considered the inventor of U.P.C. or Uniform
Product Code, which was invented in 1973.
In June of 1974, the first U.P.C. scanner was installed at a Marsh's
supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The first product to have a bar code included was
a packet of Wrigley's Gum.
