{"id":4655,"date":"2016-08-05T06:03:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T13:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=4655"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:51:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:51:08","slug":"autocad-trivia-quiz-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/autocad-trivia-quiz-round-3\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoCAD Trivia Quiz \u2014 Round 3: Autodesk Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAD is serious business. So is trivia. But put them together and, through some strange metaphysical alchemy, it ends up as pure fun. In this, Round 3 of the AutoCAD trivia quiz, we also share a few choice\u00a0trivialities about Autodesk. Get your nerd on.<\/p>\n

As always: If you\u2019re holding onto some arcane AutoCAD factoids, please send them along via a\u00a0Comment or an email<\/a>. We\u2019d be happy to give you credit if we use them.<\/p>\n

AutoCAD trivia quiz Questions<\/h2>\n
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  1. Which magazine described Autodesk’s 1985 initial public offering (IPO) as a \u201chigh-flyer that may not fly.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Which magazine named Autodesk the \u201cNumber One Hot Growth Company in America\u201d in 1986? And again in 1987?<\/li>\n
  3. Who lived downstairs from Autodesk CFO Al Green, in Sausalito, at the time of\u00a0the Autodesk IPO?<\/li>\n
  4. Which \u201ccelebrity guest\u201d joined the party to celebrate Autodesk’s first million-dollar year?<\/li>\n
  5. Where, and when, was the first AutoCAD Expo held?<\/li>\n
  6. Why did Autodesk change the AutoCAD naming convention from decimal point \u201cversions\u201d to whole number \u201creleases\u201d … initially\u00a0jumping\u00a0from Version 2.6 to Release 9?<\/li>\n
  7. What AutoCAD-supported device worked by generating sparks?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    But it’s OK if you don’t.<\/p><\/div>\n

    AutoCAD trivia quiz\u00a0Answers<\/h2>\n
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    1. Business Week<\/li>\n
    2. Business Week<\/li>\n
    3. Hunter S. Thompson<\/li>\n
    4. Hunter S. Thompson<\/li>\n
    5. Chicago, 1986<\/li>\n
    6. Two reasons: Autodesk felt the upcoming release (after Version 2.6) was a major update. And everybody expected the first, fully 3D release would be called AutoCAD 3.0. Therefore: Calling\u00a0it AutoCAD Version 2.7 might\u00a0suggest the release\u00a0was only a minor update (bad), and, because\u00a0the product wasn’t fully\u00a03D,\u00a0rounding\u00a0up to AutoCAD Version 3.0 might disappoint folks (also bad). So, we imagine, someone said: \u201cI know! Let\u2019s say the decimal point ‘versions’ were actually stealth ‘releases’! Version 2.1 was really<\/em> Release 3! We just didn\u2019t tell anybody. Until now. So\u2014stay with me\u2014we\u2019re not launching\u00a0Version 2.7. It\u2019s actually Release 9! See? No? Too bad. We’re doing it.\u201d<\/li>\n
    7. The SAC Grafbar digitizer. The pen’s tip contained a small spark gap that triggered a spark\u00a0several times a second. The digitizer calculated the pen\u2019s position by\u00a0measuring how long the spark sound took to arrive at two microphones. The sparks created ozone, contributing to the electric feeling generated by\u00a0pioneering the desktop CAD industry. Apparently, the digitizer\u00a0was also handy for annoying (verb) annoying (adjective) cats.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I just checked: There\u2019s one on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      AutoCAD Trivia Quiz: The Adventure Continues ….<\/h2>\n

      You really like this stuff?\u00a0Hunh.<\/p>\n