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HomeLocal NewsNorthern Wasco County PUD Launches 2025 Scholarship Program for Local Students

Northern Wasco County PUD Launches 2025 Scholarship Program for Local Students

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Who has been called the father of electricity?

Michael Faraday has been called the father of electricity.  As noted by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), “Michael Faraday is considered the father of electricity.” He was a self-taught British scientist who made foundational discoveries in electromagnetism

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Which famous retailer started out as a mail-order watch business?

Sears (officially Sears, Roebuck and Co.) started as a mail-order watch business. In 1886, railroad station agent Richard W. Sears began selling unclaimed gold watches to fellow agents in Minnesota. He soon quit his job, founded the R.W. Sears Watch Company, and hired watchmaker Alvah C. Roebuck before expanding into a general catalog empire.

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Dr. Frankenstein was the name of the scientist who created the monster. What was his first name?

In Mary Shelley's 1818 book Frankenstein, his name is Victor Frankenstein. He is actually a university student rather than an official doctor.

The 1960s garage rock hit "Wild Thing" (famously recorded by The Troggs in 1966) gave Charlie Sheen's character, Ricky Vaughn, his iconic nickname, "Wild Thing," in the 1989 comedy Major League

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What '60s hit gave Charlie Sheen's Major League character his nickname?

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What device controlled the air/fuel mixture in automobile engines before the advent of Fuel Injection

The device that controlled the air-fuel mixture in automobile engines before the widespread adoption of fuel injection was the carburetor.

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