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What type of public elevator in Yalta, Ukraine, transport passengers from a hill above the Black Sea to a tunnel down on the beach?
underground public elevator
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The elevator located at the Casco Viejo station in the Bilbao Metro is also used for what?
city transportation
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How is that set up?
ticket barriers are set up in such a way that passengers can pay to reach the elevator from the entrance in the lower city, or vice versa
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What is another name for a freight elevator?
goods lift
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What type of notice is required to be visible in most freight elevators?
a written notice in the car that the use by passengers is prohibited
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Some freight elevators allow transport of both freight and passengers by using what?
an inconspicuous riser
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How do freight elevators differ from passenger elevators?
Freight elevators are typically larger and capable of carrying heavier loads than a passenger elevator
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What type of elevator is better suited for carrying freight?
electric elevators
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How are stage lifts powered?
by hydraulics
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How many hydraulic elevators are there at Radio City Music Hall?
four
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What is an orchestra lift used for?
to raise an entire orchestra, or an entire cast of performers (including live elephants) up to stage level from below
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What is on the background of the image which can be used as a scale to represent the size of the mechanism?
a barrel
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What type of elevators are generally less costly than full commercial elevators?
residential
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What type of doors do commercial elevators use?
metal sliding
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What safety mechanisms are still required, despite lower design costs?
locks on shaft access doors, fall arrestors, and emergency phones
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What type of elevator has a hinged wooden shaft-access door?
residential
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What types of elevators occassionaly do not use a traditional elevator shaft, machine room or hoistway?
residential
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What benefits does this serve?
allows an elevator to be installed where a traditional elevator may not fit, and simplifies installation
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In what year were Machine-room-less elevators first allowed?
2007
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This decision reflected a revision of what?
the ASME A17.1
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What are small freight elevators used for things such as food, called?
Dumbwaiters
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What rooms are dumbwaiters frequently used in?
They often connect kitchens to rooms on other floors
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What is a safety feature found in passenger elevators they generally do not have?
various ropes for redundancy
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What is the height restriction on dumbwaiters?
they can be up to 1 meter (3 ft.) tall
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What features do they have that mimic passenger elevators?
calling, door control, floor selection
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An inclined plane with a conveyor belt describes what type of elevator?
Material transport elevators
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What do the partians do on the conveyor?
ensure that the material moves forward
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What industries are these types of elevators generally used in?
industrial and agricultural applications
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What are spiral screws used for?
to elevate grain for storage in large vertical silos
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What type of elevators are used for loading loose materials into bulk carriers?
Belt elevators
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The invention of elevators brought with it questions of social etiquette and formalities, generally referred to as what?
social protocols
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The last tsar of Russia, Nicholas ll encountered his first elevator at the Hotel Adloin in what city?
Berlin
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This caused a stir in deciding who should enter first and who should do what?
press the buttons
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Andreas Bernard wrote about the social aspects of the new elevators in what book?
Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator
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Modern elevator position or floor indicaters often use what type of bulbs?
LED
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What type of lanterns are used outside elevators as well as inside most cabs?
direction lanterns
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What do floor indicaters often consist of?
successively illuminated floor indications or LCDs
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What generally indicates the arrival of the elevator at a new floor?
a sound
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What is the main function of direction lanterns?
to help people decide whether or not to get on the elevator
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What might change your mind about whether or not to enter an elevator?
If somebody waiting for the elevator wants to go up, but a car comes first that indicates that it is going down
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What type of etching might you see on a direction indicator?
arrows or shaped like arrows
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Some elevators may use the color convention for only what purpose?
to differentiate between directions
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New technologies aim to provide a better elevator experience to passengers who suffer from what?
claustrophobia, anthropophobia or social anxiety
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What Israeli company uses motion sensors to display information on a screen embedded in the wall of the cabs?
DigiGage
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LiftEye uses virtual window technology for what?
to turn common elevator into panoramic
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How does it produce the panoramic effects?
It creates 3d video panorama using live feed from cameras placed vertically along the facade and synchronizes it with cab movement
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Where is the video projected?
on a wall-sized screens
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In what neighboring countries are passenger elevators required to adhere to Standard A17.1?
most US and Canadian jurisdictions
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What is Standard A17.1?
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
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What is the equivilent to the US Standard A17.1 called in Canada?
CAN/CSA B44 Safety Standard
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What are passenger elevators tested with?
ASME A17.2 Standard
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Whose name is on the permit required for operation of an elevator?
the building owner
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Do all jurisdictions require the permit to be displayed in the elevator?
some jurisdictions require the permit to be displayed in the elevator cab, other jurisdictions allow for the operating permit to be kept on file elsewhere
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Aside from the elevator, where else might a permit be displayed?
the maintenance office
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What type of notice can be displayed in the elevator in lieu of the permit?
a notice is posted in its place informing riders of where the actual permits are kept.
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In 2008, what country had the largest number of elevators?
Spain
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What country had the second most elevators installed?
United States
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How many elevators had China installed since 1949?
610,000
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What country boasts the worlds largest market for elevators?
Italy
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How many elevators are in Brazil?
300,000
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What type of elevators are used in the Taipei 101 office tower?
Double deck elevators
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During what hours is the lower deck turned off?
low-volume hours
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During the low volume hours, what can the upper deck function as?
a single-level elevator stopping at all adjacent floors
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On what floor must restaurant customers clear their reservations?
at the reception counter on the 2nd floor
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What levels make up the "sky lobby"?
36 and 60, upper-deck car
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How fast do the observation deck elevators travel?
1,010 metres per minute (61 km/h) in 16 seconds
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This speed holds what record?
world-record certified speed
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What does cabin pressure control do?
help passengers adapt smoothly to pressure changes
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How fast does the elevator drop down?
600 meters per minute
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At what floor do the doors open on the way down?
52nd
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What is the name of the elevator attraction at the Disney World parks across the world?
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
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What is the main feature of this attraction?
a simulated free-fall achieved through the use of a high-speed elevator system
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Do ride goers stand or sit?
passengers are seated and secured in their seats rather than standing
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What unique feature does this ride provide guests?
downward acceleration greater than that of normal gravity
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What type of motor is used?
high-speed drive motor
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How are passenger cabs separated from the lift?
mechanically
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What type of vehicles are the passenger cabs?
automated guided vehicles or AGVs
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What action do the cabs take before the elevator begins to move?
move into the vertical motion shaft and lock themselves in
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What is special about the doorways of the top floors?
The doorways of the top few "floors" of the attraction are open to the outdoor environment
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What does this allow riders to do at the top?
look out from the top of the structure
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What are the 67th, 69th, and 70th floors of the GE Building at Rockerfeller Center nicknamed?
"Top of the Rock"
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What do these floors serve as?
observation decks
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What type of elevator is featured?
high-speed glass-top
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How long is the short trip?
about 60 seconds
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The special effects include blue light, music playing and what else?
various animations are also displayed on the ceiling
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The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland in California and the one in Paris, France sharewhat attribute?
takes place on an elevator
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What is the name of area that is really an elevator?
The "stretching room"
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What is included in the elevator's design?
The elevator has no ceiling and its shaft is decorated to look like walls of a mansion
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What is the illusion given by these effects?
the illusion of the room stretching
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What planet is Neptune's near-twin?
Uranus
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How much more dense is Neptune compared to Earth?
17 times
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What is Neptune named after?
Roman god of the sea
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What does the astronomical sign of Neptune represent?
god Neptune's trident
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How many Earth years does Neptune orbit the sun?
164.8 years
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How was Neptune found?
mathematical prediction
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Who discovered Neptune?
Alexis Bouvard
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When was Neptune first observed?
23 September 1846
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What is Neptune's largest moon?
Triton
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What flew by Neptune in 1989?
Voyager 2
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Which planet is compositionally similar to Neptune?
Uranus
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