Steadicam - Trivia Competition!!!

[Charles King]

Okay guys. It's trivia time.

Rules:

1. This competition is only geared towards HBS members. So, professional operators are not eligible to join. Sorry guys.

2. All questions must be correct in order for you to win the Grand prize. If no one gets all of the questions correct,  then I will go to the one that has the most correct answers. There are no second or third place winners.

3. If there are more than one participant with all of the same correct answers than I will narrow it down to one by introducing one 'sudden death' question which will determine the winner.

4. Don't put any clues here. Otherwise I will anull the competition.

This competition is in effect as of today; March 18, 2006 and will end April 18, 2006 at midnight CET

The Grand prize winner will recieve:

A\ Homebuilt - stabilizing a dream
B\ Homebuilt Stabilizers- modification tips
C\ Things to know before building a full rig
D\ My most recent upcoming book (no title yet)
E\ Cody's advance sled, arm and vest plans

That's right, you get the whole HBS library in one big bulk.

Read the questions carefully and then send in your answers to this c.king@telia.com . Write 'steadicam trivia competition' in the subject box of your e-amil before sending it. This way I'll know. DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS HERE, PLEASE!!!!

Below are 11 questions:

1.  a. Name one steadicam operator that worked as an operator on 'The heist, Nightmare on Elm Street 5 and Frieght night II.  ANS: Liz Ziegler

     b. What was the year?  ANS:1989

2. a. Who two people developed the skyman? ANS: Garrett brown and Jerry Holway

     b. The second individual who helped developed the skycam aslo invented two other devices.
          One was the Antler. What is the other device called? ANS: The Bubble Tamer ( This is the one he did by himself)

3.  a. What is Fore & Aft ? ANS: The backward and forward movement of any steadicam components on a sled that can be adjusted in that manner.     

     b. Name 3 areas on any high profile sled where these ajustments can be made?  ANS: camera stage, battery and monitor mount

4. What is static balance? ANS: The balance of the sled so that it remains perfectly vertical and levelled without tipping over

5. What was the name of the first commercial model of the steadicam system? ANS: CP-35

6. Which year did Garrett Brown sell his invention? ANS: The Brown Stabilizer was sold in 1976

7. Steadicam have a couple of handheld models. Name them. ANS: Steadicam DV, JR lite, JR Merlin

8. How long does the post of the steadicam mini extends? ANS: It can't

9. What object was used in the making the erractic movement in the movie "Evil Dead"? ANS: A camera mounted on a plank

10. How many batteries can the glidecam gold sled carry? ANS: There are two versions and two setups. So it could carry 3 or 4 batteries counting the monitor battery

11. How did one go from high mode to low mode using the model I steadicam?  ANS: You couldn't. The Model II was the reason they made it in the first place.

[Kevin Clark]

Great idea Charles and a very nice reward for taking the time to research the answers for some lucky HBS'er!

I think I know what it "was intended to be" but don't think it was ever actually released under that guise. I'll be interested to know when the results come in. 

Kevin

[Charles King]

Just remember guys. Once you send in your answers that's it. You cannot suddenly change your mind and send in another Just to let you all know. Oh yeah, and no clues what so ever...

Thanks Kev. I think these questions are easy for any steadicam enthusiast.

[michael stevenson]

Charles,

Since you just posted this there are two things that I would like to point out:

Question 1. Item B. Did you mean year or year(s).

Question 2. Item A.  You mean SkyCam not SkyMan right?

Michael

[Charles King]

Charles,

Since you just posted this there are two things that I would like to point out:

Question 1. Item B. Did you mean year or year(s).

Question 2. Item A.  You mean SkyCam not SkyMan right?

Michael

Thanks Michael. I already made the correction to question 2. question 1 is year, not years. Thanks again for pointing it out.

[Charles King]

Michael, my bad. It is skyman not skycam. You made me confused and unsure at the time. Sorry everyone. The origianal word is 'skyman' not 'skycam'. Sorry for the confusion guys. 

Please look over the questions again everyone to make sure you answered everything correctly.

[MikkoWilson]

CK,
This was fun! Thanks

- Mikko ... didn't know them all.

[Alan Dague-Greene]

Will the results be posted soon? I can't take it anymore, it's killing me! I know I missed one question, a dumb mistake, too.

[Charles King]

Working on it. Had some other engagements but will post this week.

[Charles King]

I would like to Congrat Tom Wills for winning the trivia comp. It was between Him and Alan Dague but Aln decided to hand over the win to Tom. I think it was very kind of him to do so and very sportman-like. Thank you Alan and to those that entered. Although it was a few.  Anyway, Congrats Tom

[MikkoWilson]

ANSWERS! We need answers!

Congrats Tom! 

- Mikko

[Charles King]

ANSWERS! We need answers!

Congrats Tom! 

 - Mikko

The answers were posted some days ago along with the questions. Just look at the first post. BTW, I hope you took lots of pics at the Show.

[MikkoWilson]

Yeah, dunce cap for me for not finding the answers!

10/13 not bad (and I was only off by one year on #6)

This was fun CK, good stuff. Can't wait to have a go at another one sometime.

- Mikko ... only missed #1 becuase he did the quiz from memory and didn't use IMDB.

[Charles King]

I'll put some more trivia questions up just for show next time. I'll just have to do more research. Glad you liked it Mikko.

[Tom Wills]

Sweet! I got question 11 wrong, simply because I had no clue and guessed, but all of my other questions were right.

Oh, and Alan, I can't thank you enough. I really want to say that if you ever need a favor, a part machined, a design made up, advice, anything, just ask.