Microwaves Trivia
From Percy Spencer's melted chocolate to the high-stakes danger of a fork, see if you have the wattage to master the magnetron.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Items made of which material are notorious for creating sparks and electrical "arcing" when placed inside a running microwave?
Metal
While working with an active radar magnetron, what type of confectionary did Percy Spencer find had melted in his pocket?
A chocolate bar
In which 1984 horror-comedy does Billy’s mother famously defeat a scaly, malevolent creature by turning on the microwave?
Gremlins
What electronic vacuum tube located inside a microwave oven generates the electromagnetic waves responsible for heating your food?
Magnetron
Unlike X-rays or gamma rays, microwaves are classified as what type of radiation because they lack the energy to remove electrons from atoms?
Non-ionizing