1. EMC History Sidney Bell, Area Ag Mechanics Teacher
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Sidney Bell,
Area Ag Mechanics Teacher
Georgia Agricultural Education

2. When Did That Happen?
Who Done It?
Where Did You Say?
You Don’t Say!
For Real? 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

3. When Did That Happen? – 10 Points
QUESTION:
The first “Area” EMC CDE was in this year and featured a team format.
ANSWER:
1966

4. When Did That Happen? – 20 Points
QUESTION:
The first statewide EMC CDE was held in March of this year.
ANSWER:
1968

5. When Did That Happen? – 30 Points
QUESTION:
It was a hot summer in this year when President Franklin D. Roosevelt received his first electric bill while staying at his cottage in Georgia. The rate was 18 cents/kilowatt-hour, four times the rate for electricity at his home in New York. This prompted his study of public utility charges for electricity into farm homes.
ANSWER:
1924

6. When Did That Happen? – 40 Points
QUESTION:
The executive order which created the REA was signed in this year.
ANSWER:
1935

7. When Did That Happen? – 50 Points
QUESTION:
The first central station electric system was built in lower Manhattan in this year.
ANSWER:
1882

8. This president signed the executive order which created the REA.
Who Done It? – 10 Points
QUESTION:
This president signed the executive order which created the REA.
ANSWER:
Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. Who Done It? – 20 Points
QUESTION:
The first central electric station was built in lower Manhattan by this famous person. Hey, someone replace that light-bulb!
ANSWER:
Thomas A. Edison

10. Who Done It? – 30 Points The plans for an electrical wiring
QUESTION:
The plans for an electrical wiring
Career Development Event were developed by this EMC employee.
ANSWER:
Skip Yow

11. Who Done It? – 40 Points
QUESTION:
With an infusion of $513 million, this group came to the aid of Georgia Power to help shoulder the burden of building new power generating units to meet the increasing demand for electricity.
ANSWER:
Georgia’s EMC’s

12. Who Done It?– 50 Points
QUESTION:
This Heard County FFA member was the winner of the first statewide EMC/FFA CDE.
ANSWER:
Larry Stallings

13. Where Did You Say? – 10 Points
QUESTION:
The EMC/FFA
Career Development Event
began at this EMC.
ANSWER:
Carroll EMC

14. Where Did You Say? – 20 Points
QUESTION:
This EMC office was the location of the first statewide EMC/FFA Career Development Event
ANSWER:
Flint EMC

15. Where Did You Say? – 30 Points
QUESTION:
President Franklin D. Roosevelts cottage was located in this Georgia town.
ANSWER:
Warm Springs

16. Where Did You Say? – 40 Points
QUESTION:
A committee formed by the National Electric Light Association created and financed a rural electrification experiment with 20 farms near this town.
ANSWER:
Red Wing, Minnesota

17. Where Did You Say? – 50 Points
QUESTION:
Georgia EMC’s investment in the construction of this nuclear power generating facility had grown to $2.9 billion by 1987, helping Georgia Power to realize lower interest cost in building the power plant.
ANSWER:
Plant Vogtle

18. The acronym REA stands for ……….
You Don’t Say! – 10 Points
QUESTION:
The acronym REA stands for ……….
ANSWER:
Rural Electrification Association

19. You Don’t Say! – 20 Points
QUESTION:
RUS, previously known as REA, is a federal agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RUS stands for ………
ANSWER:
Rural Utilities Service

20. You Don’t Say! – 30 Points
QUESTION:
This Rural Electrification Act, signed into law in 1936, made the REA the chief lending agency for 10 years, and targeted non-profit organizations resulting in the birth of these.
ANSWER:
Customer-owned electric co-op’s

21. You Don’t Say! – 40 Points
QUESTION:
Following the passage of the Rural Electrification Act, the number of farms connected to electrical service increased by this amount.
ANSWER:
175%

22. You Don’t Say! – 50 Points
QUESTION:
Distribution lines built by Georgia’s EMC’s reach into ____________% of Georgia’s land area.
ANSWER: 73

23. For Real? – 10 Points
QUESTION:
In 1935 _____ out of ______ families across the United States did without electricity!
ANSWER:
9 out of 10

24. For Real? – 20 Points
QUESTION:
A ___________ is an enterprise that is jointly owned and equally controlled by those who use its services.
ANSWER:
cooperative

25. There are _________ electric membership cooperatives in Georgia.
For Real? – 30 Points
QUESTION:
There are _________ electric membership cooperatives in Georgia.
ANSWER: 42

26. For Real? – 40 Points
QUESTION:
Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives serve ___________ residents and more that ____________ commercial and industrial customers.
ANSWER:
4.5 million residents, 75,000 commercial and industrial customers

27. For Real? – 50 Points
QUESTION:
Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives operate the largest distribution network in the state with more than ____________ miles of electric power lines!
ANSWER:
181,000 miles