Question
Answer the following about inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, for 10 points each.
[10m] Sinclair’s company mass-produced a low-cost one of these devices called the ZX Spectrum. Other examples of these devices from the 1980s include Commodore’s Amiga.
ANSWER: personal computer [or microcomputer; accept PC; prompt on gaming console by asking “what other type of device was it?”]
[10e] The earlier Sinclair Executive was a pioneering “pocket” example of these devices. “Scientific” examples of these devices largely supplanted the slide rule.
ANSWER: electronic calculator [accept pocket calculator or scientific calculator]
[10h] Sinclair’s X-1 was a failed attempt to make an electric one of these devices. During the first craze for these devices, reckless “scorchers” commonly used ones mass-produced by the Pope Manufacturing Company.
ANSWER: bicycles [or bikes; or safety bicycles; accept electric bike or e-bike; prompt on vehicle or electric vehicle or EV; reject “motorcycle”]
<Michael Bentley, Other - Other Academic and General Knowledge> ~22191~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | Maggie Walker A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Canyon Crest | Thomas Jefferson D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hunter A | Hoover A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Innovation Academy A | Canyon Crest | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Johns Creek A | Barrington | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Johns Creek A | Barrington | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Creek A | Barrington | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Johns Creek A | Barrington | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Johns Creek A | Thomas Jefferson A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johns Creek A | Thomas Jefferson A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Johns Creek A | Thomas Jefferson A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Johns Creek A | Thomas Jefferson A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 83% | 83% | 17% |