At our Coventry event on Saturday 19th March 2024, we held a prize draw for people who completed a quiz created by our competition promoter Derrick Willer on the day.
Took part in our competition and want to know how you did? Or just curious? We have the answers to our quiz below!
To find out who this year's winner is, please see this post.
The correct answers to the questions are highlighted in red.
Robots:
Question | Answer 1 | Answer 2 | Answer 3 | Answer 4 |
When was the first patent issued for a robot? | 1948 to William Grey Walter | In 1938 to Willard V. Pollard | 1939 to Konrad Zuse | 1928 to Captain William Richards |
How long does it take for a signal from Voyager 1 take to get to Earth? | 2.2 days | 22 Minutes | 22 Hours | 2.2 hours |
Where was the first time robots were written about? | Lucian of Samosata’s Luchiana book | Alan Turing in his thesis | Olimpia singing puppet in The Sandman by Hoffman | Steam Man of the Prairies by Edward S. Ellis |
How far away are the Mars Rovers when closest to Earth? | 205 million Km | 15 million Km | 150 million Km | 56 million Km |
What was the first robot to use early artificial intelligence? | Shakey the Robot | Eric, a human-shaped automaton | Boilerplate robot | Unimate |
When was the first robot designed? | 1959 at MIT university | 1938 by William Pollard | 1948 by William Walter | 1954 by George Devol |
When was the first robot used in industry? | 1954 by George Devol | 1961 by General Motors | 1959 at MIT university | 1938 by William Pollard |
Computers:
Question | Answer 1 | Answer 2 | Answer 3 | Answer 4 |
Which was the first computer? | IBM 101 | Babbage Computer | Antikythera Mechanism | Bletchley Park Collussus |
What is Scratch | A version of the computer programming language C | A high level block based computer programming language | An enhanced version of the Cobol programming language | An enhanced version of the Fortran programming language |
Why do we send Earth Time to satellites such as GPS about twice a day? | Because time runs slower near massive objects such as earth and the satellite are a long way from earth’s surface so they run faster | Because all clocks have errors which cause them to run faster or slower | Because your car’s clock is connected through the internet to International Time and has a negligible error | Because the GPS clocks can run faster or slower than other clocks |
When was the first working Babbage computer constructed? | 1991 at Science Museum London | 1939 by Konrad Zeus | 1842 by Charles Babbage | 2011 at National Computer Museum, Bletchley Park |
When was the first computer designed? | 1950 by ENIAC | 1939 by Alan Turing | 1939 by Conrad Zeus | First century AD |
Who is credited with being the first computer programmer? | Alan Turing | Konrad Zeus | Ada King, Countess of Lovelace | Kay McNulty and others programming ENIAC |
How does the Global Positioning System (GPS) system work in a car? | Using the car’s computer to work out where you are | By triangulation with at least 4 satellites using time differences | By dead reckoning from home using speed and direction | By triangulation with a satellite |
How many did you already know? Comment below!
We hope all who attended Robot Day Coventry 2024 you enjoyed taking part in this competition.