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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – Whistling on Stage

I hope that everyone had a lovely holiday thus far.  It was totally relaxing for myself!  As for presents… Let’s just say I was a good boy this year!  More about the presents later and on to this weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia.  I am going Old School here and have a great question about theatre [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – DMX Address Count

As I missed last weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia due to just plan forgetting about it, I thought I would come back with an easy question this week.  Well, rather then it being a trivia question, it is more like a quest.  A quest to find the answer.
We all know that moving lights and multi-parted devices [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – Lamp Life

Welcome to another Tuesday Twitter Trivia Question.  This week I am back on lamps.  Their is a lot of buzz in the industry right now about energy efficiency with LEDs.  Ad to that the economical situation that the United States is in, everyone is looking ways to save money. Purchasing almost any type of LED [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – Twist-Lock Winner

Yesterdays Tuesday Twitter Trivia question was any easy one yes?  Well, before I announce a winner, lets learn a little more about the connector.
I received a bunch of direct messages stating that the image from yesterdays Tuesday Twitter Trivia was the NEMA L6-15 connector.  Yes, that is correct. The L6-15 connector is a 15A, 250V [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – Twist-Lock

Last week, I missed getting the Tuesday Twitter Trivia out.  It was a busy week with LDI and then Thanksgiving!  But no fear, the TTT has returned! This is an easy one this week.

Please provide the name and NEMA code for the connector pictured to the left.

If you have the answer you know what to [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – LDI Special

This weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia Question is all about the LDI Show.  I want to step back for a moment and look at where the industry has come from and all the great things that LDI has done for us, the lighting industry. If you have been attending LDI for a while, you know that [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – Texas Winner

We just heard back from our winner of this weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia about Which Texas rep introduced the bill about requiring Lighting Designers to be licensed.
This weeks winner is Nik Robalino.  Nik was the first in with the correct answer, Texas Rep, Wayne Smith from District 128 or Harris County that introduced Texas House [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – Deep In The Heart of Texas

This weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia has a theme due to the great prize this week.  For a couple of years, I worked on Load-ins for a couple of tour and was required to wear a hard hat. A good friend from Texas gave me the best present back then, a Cowboy Hardhat. Since I do [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – Badger Alum Winner

This weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia was a rather cryptic one. We left it a little cryptic for a reason though, we didn’t want to make it TO easy.  But we did leave some keywords in the question to help figure it out.  Let’s take a look:
This Badger Alum went on to become one of the [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – Badger Alum

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia Winner – The HPL Lamp

This weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia question was about the HPL lamp.  You know that lamp that goes into the Source Four and can use a couple of different wattage versions of the HPL Lamp.  At first reading the question, it may seem easy enough right?  Well, there was a slight curve ball in the question. [...]

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Tuesday Twitter Trivia – The HPL

Last weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia question seemed like an easy one, and to some, it was.  This week, we are asking another lamp question.  It has to do with one of the most popular entertainment lamps out there.  With over 2 million Source Fours out there, the HPL lamp gets used quite a bit. Other [...]

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