Sidney Bell, Area Ag Mechanics Teacher
Georgia Agricultural Education
For Real?When Did That Happen?
Who Done It?
Where Did You Say?
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QUESTION:
The first “Area” EMC CDE was in this year and featured a
team format.
ANSWER:
•1966
QUESTION:
The first statewide EMC CDE was held in March of this year.
ANSWER:
•1968
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
QUESTION:
The executive order which created the REA was signed in
this year.
ANSWER:
•1935
QUESTION:
The first central station electric system was built in lower Manhattan in this year.
ANSWER:
•1882
QUESTION:
This president signed the executive order which created
the REA.
ANSWER:
•Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
QUESTION:
The plans for an electrical wiring Career Development Event were developed by this EMC employee.
ANSWER:
•Skip Yow
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
QUESTION:
This Heard County FFA member was the winner of the first statewide EMC/FFA CDE.
ANSWER:
•Larry Stallings
QUESTION:
The EMC/FFA Career Development Event
began at this EMC.
ANSWER:
•Carroll EMC
QUESTION:
This EMC office was the location of the first statewide EMC/FFA Career Development
Event
ANSWER:
•Flint EMC
QUESTION:
President Franklin D. Roosevelts cottage was
located in this Georgia town.
ANSWER:
•Warm Springs
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
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
QUESTION:
The acronym REA stands for ……….
ANSWER:
•Rural Electrification Association
QUESTION:
RUS, previously known as REA, is a federal agency in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. RUS stands for ………
ANSWER:
•Rural Utilities Service
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
QUESTION:
Following the passage of the Rural Electrification Act, the number of farms
connected to electrical service increased by this amount.
ANSWER:
•175%
QUESTION:
Distribution lines built by Georgia’s EMC’s reach into
____________% of Georgia’s land area.
ANSWER:•73
QUESTION:
In 1935 _____ out of ______ families across the United
States did without electricity!
ANSWER:
•9 out of 10
QUESTION:
A ___________ is an enterprise that is jointly owned and equally
controlled by those who use its services.
ANSWER:
•cooperative
QUESTION:
There are _________ electric membership cooperatives in
Georgia.
ANSWER:
•42
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
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