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1970s and early 1980s
When did the Uptown district expand?
Williams Tower
What is the tallest building in Uptown Houston?
23 million
How many square feet of office space did Houston have in Uptown in 2002?
Transco Tower
Until 1999 what was the Williams Tower known as?
biomedical research and aeronautics
Besides oil and gas, what is Houston known for?
Houston Ship Channel
What other industry is a large part of Houston's economy?
global city
What designation does the Globalization and World Cities Study Group give Houston?
market for exports
In what did Houston pass New York City in 2013?
$110.3 billion
How much in dollars did the Houston area export in 2012?
top ranking
How did Kiplinger's Personal Finance Best Cities rate Houston?
2008
When did Houston receive a ranking in the top of Kiplinger's Best cities list?
fourth
Where did Forbes magazine place Houston for technological innovation?
second
Where did Houston place for Fortune 500 companies?
2010
When was Houston ranked the best city for shopping?
National Hockey League
For which sports team category does Houston not have a team ?
1971
Since what year have the Houston Rockets been a Houston team?
1962
When were the Houston Astros formed?
Colt .45s
Until 1965 what were the Houston Astros called?
2005
When were the Houston Astros in the World Series?
14
How many members did the original Houston city council have?
five
How many at-large positions were there originally?
entire city
What areas do at-large council members represent?
2.1 million
What population figure needs to be passed to add at large council members?
two
How many at-large council members were added in the 2011 elections?
40,000
How many students does the University of Houston have?
southeast
Where in Houston is the University of Houston campus located?
Four
How many separate universities does Houston have?
Texas Southern University
What university is located in Houston'd third ward?
largest historically black
What kind of college is Texas Southern University?
Houston Chronicle
What is Houston's major newspaper?
Hearst Corporation
Who owns the Houston Chronicle?
1995
When did Chronicle rival newspaper, the Houston Post, cease operations?
Bill Hobby
Whose family owned the Houston Post?
Houston Press
What is the other newspaper that serves Houston?
hub-and-spoke
What is the type of freeway system that serves Houston?
Interstate 610
What encircles the downtown area of Houston?
8-mile
What is the diameter of the downtown area?
middle loop
What part of the freeway system is Beltway 8?
23 miles
What is the diameter of the center of Beltway 8?
tenth-busiest
How does Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport rank for number of passengers?
182
How many destinations does George Bush Intercontinental Airport serve?
2006
When did the U.S. Department of Transportation name IAH as fastest growing of U.S. airports?
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Where is the Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center located?
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
What is Houston's primary airport?
Cyprus
Where was copper mostly mined at in the Roman era?
сuprum
What term does the name copper originate from?
copper(II) salts
What componds are common in copper?
blue
What is one color common in copper salts?
green verdigris
What is the name of the color pigment on building structures that are made using copper.
9000 BC
When was copper first known to have been used?
Middle East
In what area is the first recorded use of copper?
2800 BC
When was copper thought to have been discovered in China?
iron smelting
Copper smelting resulted in the development of what other metal smelting?
5500 BC
When did Natural bronze start to be used by the general public?
Corinthian bronze
What material were the gates of the Temple of Jerusalem made from?
depletion gilding
How is Corinthian bronze made?
Alexandria
Where do archeologists believe that alchemy was first practiced?
copper
What metal was used to make surgical equipment in ancient India?
Baghdad Battery
What is the name of the battery that was developed using copper in 248 BC?
copper
What metal is used most often in electrical wiring?
Electrical wiring
What is the most important market for copper today?
Roughly half
How much of mined copper is used for cables and electrical wiring?
aluminium
What metal are most overhead electrical wires made out of?
high electrical conductivity
What is one property of copper that makes it so useful in electrical wiring?
biostatic
What word means that bacteria won't grow on a substrate?
Muntz metal
What has pure copper been replaced with in the building of ships?
ships
Because of copper's biostatic properties where is a common use for copper?
netting materials
In the aquaculture industry what is copper alloys commonly used to make?
corrosion-resistant
Name a property that makes copper a good material to use in marine environments?
group 11
What group of the periodic table is copper in?
one s-orbital electron
Name a property that copper, silver and gold have in common.
filled d-electron shell
What makes copper bondings weaker than other metals?
fine-grained polycrystalline form
How is copper normally supplied?
monocrystalline forms
What is a weaker form of copper than fine-grained polycrystalline?
50 parts per million
What is the concentration of copper in the earths crust.
420 tonnes
How large was the biggest find of copper?
1857
What year was the largest find of copper discovered?
4.4×3.2×3.2 cm
How big is the largest copper crystal that has been found?
Michigan, US
Where was the largest mass of copper found?
chalkos
What was copper called in Greece?
Cyprus
In what area was copper first mined?
Aphrodite
What is the Greek goddess that symbolizes copper?
Venus
What is the Roman goddess that symbolizes copper?
lustrous beauty
What property does copper have that links it to Aphrodite and Venus?
organocopper compounds
What are compounds that have a carbon-copper bond called?
copper(I) oxide
What does organocopper compounds reactions toward oxygen form?
Gilman reagent
What is produced when copper compounds are treated with organolithium reagents?
alkyl halides
Coupling products can be made by substituting Gilman reagent with what?
Copper(I) acetylide
Which form of copper is shock sensitive?
Renaissance sculptors
Who used copper to produce art?
daguerreotype
What is the photographic technology that uses copper called?
Statue of Liberty
What famous NY city landmark is made from copper?
Christopher Columbus
What famous explorers ships was one of the first to have it's hulls made of copper?
1830
When did The Norddeutsche Affinerie electroplating plant first begin production?
conductivity
What property of copper increases the efficiency of electrical motors?
43%-46%
What percentage of electrical consumption does motor systems use globally?
69%
What percentage of electrical consumption does motor systems use in industry?
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
What does the acronym NEMA stand for?
efficiency standards
By using copper motor rotor technology it is allowing industry to exceed what standards?
Chromobacterium violaceum
Name a compond that can mobilize sold copper?