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Day Show Quiz Shaun Clarke – February 2017

NAWCC San Jacinto Chapter 139

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One Day Show Quiz Clocks

1) Prior to 1875, the town of Thomaston, Connecticut (named in honor of Seth Thomas) was known as?

a) Reynolds Bridge

b) Litchfield

c) Plymouth Hollow

d) Waterbury


2) Prior to 1904, the Sessions Clock Co was known as?

a) E.N. Welch Co

b) New England Clock Co

c) Waterbury Clock Co

d) E Ingraham Clock Co


3) Which clock company went into receivership was sold and moved to Russia in 1929?

a) New Haven Clock Co

b) Chelsea Clock Co

c) Howard Miller Clock Co

d) Ansonia Clock Co


4) How does one slow down the time on a swinger clock?

a) Raise the weighted ball at the bottom of the case

b) Round off the support jewel pins

c) Lower the weighted ball at the bottom of the case

d) Throw it against a wall


5) A perpetual calendar is a mechanism that:

a) Automatically adjusts the time for each month

b) Automatically adjusts the short months and leap year

c) Automatically Indicates holidays and leap year

d) Automatically adjusts for time zones

One Day Show Quiz Watches

6) How many jewelled watches did the Elgin Watch Company manufacture between 1864-1968?

a) 15,000,000

b) 35,000,000

c) 55,000,000

d) 75,000,000

One Day Show Quiz Technical

7) How much mainspring barrel space should a spring take up for maximum winding or number of turns?

a) 95%

b) 68%

c) 55%

d) 33%


8) What is not a clock or watch escapement?

a) Ferris wheel escapement

b) Graham escapement

c) Brocot escapement

d) Pin wheel escapement


9) How is a clock put into beat?

a) Shake it after being wound

b) Put heavier pendulum on it and start it swinging

c) Shim one side or the other until the tic and toc sounds are equal. Then bend the crutch toward the shim

d) Listen for the longest pause in the tic-toc sound and rotate the movement in the case toward the side having the longest pause


10)A verge escapement is a form of a:

a) Deadbeat escapement

b) Detached escapement

c) Detent escapement

d) Recoil escapement


11) When temperature increases, the elasticity of a steel spring:

a) Remains constant

b) Increases

c) Decreases

d) Begins to rust


12) What is a ‘dunk and swish’?

a) Method used when having a donut and coffee

b) A method for cleaning a clock movement

c) Used for cleaning a baby during a diaper change

d) All the above

One Day Show Quiz Chapter 139

13) When was Chapter 139 established?

a) 1835

b) 1979

c) 1986

d) 1991


14) What was the title of the book written by Ben Fulbright in 2016?

a) “Tips and Tricks for Restoring Old Clocks (and a bit more)”

b) “A Brief History of Time”

c) “Musings from Texas: Best Practices for Clock Restoration”

d) “Clock Repair: Stop me if you’ve aleady heard this”


15) What is Chapter 139’s newsletter named?

a) Houstonian

b) San Jacinto Star

c) Monument

d) Crescent


16) In what year did Chapter 139 earn a first place in craft competition at the NAWCC National?

a) 2000

b) 2005

c) 2010

d) 2012


17) What are the dates for the 2017 Texas All Chapters Regional?

a) June 28-July 1, 2017

b) July 28-30, 2017

c) August 18-20, 2017

d) August 24-26, 2017


18)Which class was not offered by Chapter 139 in 2016?

a) Basic Pocket Watch Servicing

b) Introduction to Woodworks Movement Workshop

c) Chapter Reverse Glass Painting Class

d) Skeleton Clock Class


19) How many tables did we sell at the 2016 Regional?

a) 111

b) 151

c) 171

d) 201


20)How many registered members does Chapter 139 have?

a) 84

b) 99

c) 120

d) 150

One Day Show Quiz Thanks

Our thanks to the following contributors;

• Marcus Bush

• Ben Fulbright

• Darrah Artzner

• Dr. Geoff Parker

One Day Show Quiz Answers

1) Prior to 1875, the town of Thomaston, Connecticut (named in honor of Seth Thomas) was known as?

c) Plymouth Hollow (Source: Marcus Bush)

2) Prior to 1904, the Sessions Clock Co was known as?

a) E.N. Welch Co (Source: Marcus Bush)

3) Which clock company went into receivership was sold and moved to Russia in 1929?

d) Ansonia Clock Co (Source: Marcus Bush)

4) How does one slow down the time on a swinger clock?

a) Raise the weighted ball at the bottom of the case (Source: Darrah

Artzner)


5) A perpetual calendar is a mechanism that:

b) Automatically adjusts the short months and leap year (Source: Darrah

Artzner)

6) How many jewelled watches did the Elgin Watch Company manufacture between 1864-1968?

c) 55,000,000 (Source: Complete Price Guide to Watches, 2012 pg. 178)

7) How much mainspring barrel space should a spring take up for maximum winding or number of turns?

d) 33% (Source: W.J. Gazeley 1953)

8) What is not a clock or watch escapement?

a) Ferris wheel escapement (Source: Darrah Artzner)


9) How is a clock put into beat?

c) Shim one side or the other until the tic and toc sounds are equal. Then bend the crutch toward the shim (Source: Darrah Artzner)

10) A verge escapement is a form of a:

d) Recoil escapement (Source: Darrah Artzner)

11) When temperature increases, the elasticity of a steel spring:

b) Increases (Source: Darrah Artzner)

12) What is a ‘dunk and swish’?

d) All the above (Source: Darrah Artzner – coffee/donut aficionado, clock restorer and

grandfather)


13) When was Chapter 139 established?

c) 1986 (Source: Ben Fulbright, Founding Member)

14) What was the title of the book written by Ben Fulbright in 2016?

a) “Tips and Tricks for Restoring Old Clocks (and a bit more)” (Source: Ben Fulbright, Author)

15) What is Chapter 139’s newsletter named?

b) San Jacinto Star (Source: Patricia Holloway, Editor)

16) In what year did Chapter 139 earn a first place in craft competition at the NAWCC National?

c) 2010 (Source: NAWCC Website, National Craft Competition - L.F. & W.W. Carter round drop wall

calendar. The restoration team for this project was Mike Stich, Darrah Artzner, Martha Smallwood and Ralph Pokluda)


17) What are the dates for the 2017 Texas All Chapters Regional?

d) August 24-26, 2017 (Source: NAWCC Website, Upcoming Events)

18) Which class was not offered by Chapter 139 in 2016?

c) Chapter Reverse Glass Painting Class (Source: Chapter 139 Website; last held 2012)

19) How many tables did we sell at the 2016 Regional?

c) 171 (Source: Dr. Geoff Parker, Treasurer)

20) How many registered members does Chapter 139 have?

d) 150 (Source: Dr. Geoff Parker, Treasurer)

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