July 10, 2026
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla's birthday: brilliant inventors, electricity, and the scientists who shaped modern life.
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Calarogu Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme
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is Nicola Tesla's birthday. Brilliant inventors electricity and the scientists
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who shaped modern life. Question one, in honor of Nicola Tesla.
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What SI derived unit? Measures magnetic flux density the strength
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of a magnetic field, and is commonly used to specify
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fields in MRI scanners and particle accelerators. Question two. At
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the eighteen ninety three World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, which
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electrical power system illuminated the fairgrounds, helping to settle the
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war of the currents between Edison's DC and Westinghouse Tesla's approach.
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Question three, which largely self taught English scientists discovered electromagnetic
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induction in eighteen thirty one, laid the foundations of electric
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motors and transformers, and lends his name to the SI
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unit of capacitance. Question four, whose eighteen sixties equations unified
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electricity and magnetism and revealed that light is an electromagnetic wave,
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providing the theoretical groundwork for radio and much of modern physics.
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Question five, in eighteen ninety eight at Madison Square Garden,
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what device did Nikola Tesla publicly demonstrate steered by invisible
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radio signals that he called a tele automaton, and that
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foreshadowed wireless control and robotics. We'll be right back with
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these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one, what
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SI unit named for Niklotesla measures magnetic flux density? Answer
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the Tesla t D, adopted by the International System in
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nineteen sixty one. Tesla equals one weber per square meter.
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Naming the unit recognizes Tesla's pioneering work in electromagnetism and
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high field devices. Question two which system lit the eighteen
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ninety three Chicago World's Fare AC or DC? Answer? Alternating
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current AC. Westinghouse used Tesla's polyphase AC system to power
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the Fare, showcasing AC's efficiency for long distance transmission. The
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success paved the way for projects like the Niagara Falls
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Hydroelectric Plant. Question three. Who discovered electromagnetic induction and lends
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his name to the Farrad Answer? Michael Faraday. Faraday showed
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that a changing magnetic field can induce an electric current
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underpinning generators and transformers. The Farad honors his profound impact
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on electrical science. Question four, who unified electricity and magnetism
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with equations in the eighteen sixties. Answer James Clerk Maxwell.
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Maxwell's equations predict a electromagnetic waves traveling at the speed
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of light. Later experiments by Hertz confirmed them, leading to
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technologies from radio to Wi Fi. Question five. What radio
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controlled invention did Tesla demo in eighteen ninety eight? Answer
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a radio controlled boat teleautomaton. Tesla patented a method for
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remotely controlling vehicles by radio that year and amazed crowds
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by maneuvering a model boat without wires. The concept anticipated
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modern remote control and robotics. That concludes today's five daily
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Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted
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with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.
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