Transportation / Communications

Across

4 The person to answer the first telephone call was Reverend Father Hippolyte Leduc, an _______ missionary. ANSWER: Oblate

6 As one of his experiments leading up to building an airplane, Edmontonian Reg Hunt successfully launched this device from a ramp. ANSWER: glider

8 No part of the Nodwell 110 was ever _______. ANSWER: patented

10 By the 1970s, Nodwell 110s were exported to Russia, South America, Iran and China from their manufacturing plant in which city? ANSWER: Calgary

11 This general-purpose programming language, developed by Calgarian James Gosling, is one of the most prominent developments in terms of communication and the World Wide Web. ANSWER: Java

12 How many months did it take Gosling's researchers to create a single operating environment that could be used by any device, no matter which platform it used? ANSWER: eighteen

13 Edmonton's first two telephones were made out of this material. ANSWER: mahogany

14 The Nodwell 110 was invented by this man _____ in 1957. ANSWER: Bruce

15 Reg Hunt's inspiration for his airplane's propellers came from this device (2 words). ANSWER: ceiling fan

16 This was the original name for Gosling's and Sun's programming language. ANSWER: Oak

17 The Nodwell 110 has been featured on this (2 words). ANSWER: postage stamp

18 This was the secret code name for Gosling's research group, which was recruited by Sun Microsystems in California (2 words). ANSWER: Green Team

19 The first phone call was made between Edmonton and this community (2 words). ANSWER: St. Albert

20 The Canadian insurance company the ________ is giving a promotional boost to Edmonton's driver testing service. ANSWER: Co-Operators

21 Edmonton's driver testing service assesses the condition of about ____ percent of its clients in the office, without needing to go out on the road. ANSWER: fifty

Down

1 This is a feature of the Alberta landscape-it's deep, squishy and hard to travel through. ANSWER: muskeg

2 Peter Jacobs got the idea for his invention from this ___. ANSWER: toy

3 This 1958 Edmonton invention by Peter Jacobs was originally a training device for helicopter pilots, and later became a midway ride. ANSWER: Jaycopter

5 In recognition for his achievement, the inventor of the Nodwell 110 received this honour (3 words). ANSWER: Order of Canada

7 In the 1950s, this company decided to hire an inventor to construct a tracked vehicle that could travel through difficult terrain (2 words). ANSWER: Imperial Oil

9 This Edmonton-based service tests people's driving abilities to determine if they are medically unfit to drive (2 words). ANSWER: DriveABLE Assessment

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