40 Two Truths and a Lie for Work: 40 Trivia Questions
Workplace inventions and office history. This Two Truths and a Lie pack uses two truths and one lie per card. Choose the false statement and compare guesses with friends.
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1. Which statement is the lie about repositionable adhesive discovered in a laboratory?
medium- Silver developed a weak adhesive in 1968.
- The adhesive could stick lightly to surfaces.
- The adhesive discovered by Spencer Silver in 1968 was permanent cement.
2. Which statement is the lie about Henry Ford's factory workweek in 1926?
medium- Ford adopted a five-day factory workweek in 1926.
- Ford's 1926 schedule required seven ten-hour working days.
- The new factory schedule totaled forty hours a week.
3. Which statement is the lie about Larry Tesler and text-editing commands?
medium- Cut and paste are text-editing operations.
- Larry Tesler is chiefly associated with inventing the steam engine.
- Tesler worked on computer user interfaces.
4. Which statement is the lie about the Penny Black postage stamp?
easy- The Penny Black appeared in 1840.
- The Penny Black was first issued in 1940.
- The Penny Black was issued in Britain.
5. Which statement is the lie about Gary Starkweather's laser-printing development?
hard- His approach adapted photocopier technology.
- Starkweather developed laser printing by adapting a steam locomotive.
- Starkweather worked on laser printing.
6. Which statement is the lie about Emma Nutt's telephone-operator career?
medium- Emma Nutt began telephone-operator work in 1978.
- Nutt became a telephone operator in 1878.
- Nutt worked in Boston.
7. Which statement is the lie about Carrier's 1902 printing-plant air conditioning?
hard- Carrier's 1902 system was designed only to freeze ice cream.
- Humidity affected the printing process.
- The system served a printing business.
8. Which statement is the lie about a public video-telephone demonstration in 1964?
hard- The 1964 demonstration took place at the Paris World's Fair.
- Video telephony combines sound and moving images.
- Visitors tried video telephony at New York's 1964 World's Fair.
9. Which statement is the lie about masking tape and two-tone car painting?
medium- Car painters needed clean boundaries between colors.
- Masking tape can cover areas during painting.
- Masking tape was created to make paint spread beneath every edge.
10. Which statement is the lie about Ideal X and container shipping in 1956?
hard- Ideal X carried its famous container load in 1856.
- Ideal X sailed from Port Newark in 1956.
- Its cargo included truck-sized containers.
11. Which statement is the lie about North American railway time standardization?
medium- Railroads adopted standard time zones in North America in 1783.
- Railroads adopted standardized zones in November 1883.
- Standard time helped coordinate railway schedules.
12. Which statement is the lie about the wooden prototype computer mouse?
medium- An early computer mouse had a wooden shell.
- Douglas Engelbart's team developed the early mouse.
- The early mouse prototype used a marble shell.
13. Which statement is the lie about xerography's Greek-derived name?
hard- Xerography literally means wet painting.
- Xerography uses electrostatic charges.
- Xerography's name includes a Greek root for dry.
14. Which statement is the lie about Alex Osborn popularizing brainstorming?
medium- Alex Osborn popularized brainstorming as a deep-sea fishing method.
- Brainstorming aims to generate ideas.
- Osborn worked in advertising.
15. Which statement is the lie about Pascal's calculating machine and tax accounts?
medium- Pascal built his calculator to help his father compose symphonies.
- Pascal developed a mechanical calculating machine.
- Pascal's father worked on tax accounts.
16. Which statement is the lie about the first commercial hard-disk drive?
hard- The drive used fifty large disks.
- The first commercial hard drive was introduced in 1956.
- The first commercial hard-disk drive stored data on one paper disk.
17. Which statement is the lie about Elisha Otis demonstrating an elevator brake?
medium- Otis demonstrated an elevator safety device.
- Otis's 1854 demonstration proved a cut cable must cause a fatal fall.
- The demonstration involved cutting a supporting rope.
18. Which statement is the lie about Edison proposing a telephone greeting?
medium- Early telephones transmitted speech electrically.
- Edison advocated goodbye as the standard opening telephone greeting.
- Edison favored hello as a telephone greeting.
19. Which statement is the lie about rubber's English name and pencil marks?
medium- Rubber can remove pencil marks.
- Rubber got its English name from polishing diamonds.
- Rubber's English name reflects rubbing out marks.
20. Which statement is the lie about Hymen Lipman's 1858 pencil patent?
easy- Lipman patented a pencil-and-eraser combination.
- Lipman's 1858 patent attached a paintbrush to a pencil.
- The patent was granted in 1858.
21. Which statement is the lie about Woodland's barcode inspiration in beach sand?
medium- Morse code helped inspire Woodland's idea.
- Woodland drew lines in beach sand.
- Woodland's barcode idea came from extending musical notes into stripes.
22. Which statement is the lie about a museum's 1999 Japanese emoji set?
hard- Shigetaka Kurita designed a 1999 emoji set.
- The museum's 1999 emoji set contains exactly seventeen symbols.
- The set contains 176 symbols.
23. Which statement is the lie about A4 paper folded into A5 proportions?
medium- A-series paper sizes preserve the same aspect ratio.
- Halving A4 across its length produces A5.
- Halving an A4 sheet across its length produces A3 paper.
24. Which statement is the lie about human computers before electronic machines?
easy- Computer has never been a job title for a person.
- Human computers performed mathematical calculations.
- People once worked as human computers.
25. Which statement is the lie about commuter and reduced-fare railway tickets?
hard- Commutation tickets offered reduced fares for repeated travel.
- Commuter is linked to commutation tickets.
- Commuter originally meant a passenger paying a penalty fare.
26. Which statement is the lie about Melitta Bentz's paper coffee filter?
medium- Bentz experimented with blotting paper.
- Bentz made her early paper filter from a sheet of glass.
- Her design separated coffee grounds from brewed coffee.
27. Which statement is the lie about Linnaeus organizing botanical information?
hard- Carl Linnaeus was a twentieth-century airline pilot.
- Linnaeus used small slips or cards to organize information.
- Linnaeus was a Swedish naturalist.
28. Which statement is the lie about the first US Labor Day parade?
medium- The first US Labor Day parade took place in Seattle in 1882.
- The first US Labor Day parade was in New York City.
- The parade took place in September 1882.
29. Which statement is the lie about two-dimensional codes tracking factory parts?
medium- The 1994 code was developed in Japan.
- The code introduced in 1994 to track car parts stores only sound.
- The code was designed for tracking vehicle parts.
30. Which statement is the lie about PTFE discovered during refrigerant research?
hard- PTFE was discovered in 1938.
- PTFE was first discovered in 1838.
- Roy Plunkett was researching refrigerant gases.
31. Which statement is the lie about the Peter Principle's promotion claim?
medium- It describes promotion toward a level of incompetence.
- The Peter Principle says every promotion guarantees greater competence.
- The principle concerns hierarchical organizations.
32. Which statement is the lie about Parkinson's law and available work time?
easy- Parkinson's law appeared in a 1955 essay.
- Parkinson's law says work always shrinks when more time is allowed.
- The law concerns work and available time.
33. Which statement is the lie about slide rules before pocket calculators?
easy- A traditional slide rule requires a charged battery.
- Slide rules can help multiply numbers.
- Slide rules use sliding scales.
34. Which statement is the lie about a modern standard ream of paper?
easy- A standard modern ream contains 500 sheets.
- A standard modern ream contains fifty sheets.
- Paper can be sold in reams.
35. Which statement is the lie about Henry Gantt and project bar charts?
hard- Gantt was a mechanical engineer.
- Gantt worked on management methods.
- Henry Gantt was a medieval manuscript illustrator.
36. Which statement is the lie about a London cash-machine installation in 1967?
easy- A cash machine opened in Enfield in 1967.
- Enfield is part of London.
- The famous 1967 cash-machine opening took place in Sydney.
37. Which statement is the lie about Soennecken's office hole-punch patent?
medium- Friedrich Soennecken worked in Germany.
- His office hole-punch patent dates to 1886.
- Soennecken patented his office hole punch in Brazil in 1886.
38. Which statement is the lie about tycoon entering English from Japanese?
easy- The source word taikun means great lord.
- Tycoon entered English from a Portuguese word for a small boat.
- Tycoon was borrowed from Japanese.
39. Which statement is the lie about Benjamin Franklin and bifocal lenses?
easy- Bifocal lenses provide two focal powers.
- Bifocals have only one focal power throughout both lenses.
- Franklin is credited with developing bifocal spectacles.
40. Which statement is the lie about secretary and its Latin ancestry?
easy- Secretaries can handle correspondence.
- Secretary traces to a Latin word related to secrets.
- Secretary's Latin ancestry refers to a public shout.
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