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Insomniac-Net Questions -- Friday[02], Jan 09, 2015
Tonight's Topic: "Mixed Bag of 3 Trivia Qs -- #15-01: Starts, Fixes & Stops -- Datsun Cars"
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++ "Mixed Bag of 3 Trivia Qs -- #15-01: Starts, Fixes & Stops -- Datsun Cars" ++

One of the recurring themes that we will visit this year is: "Starts, Fixes & Stops" -- about a specific topic, an event, or several historical events that occurred on a specific day's date.
For tonight's topic, we are asking you 3 TRUE or FALSE questions about Datsun Cars -- which first appeared in the USA on this date -- January 9th -- at the 1958 Los Angeles Car Show.

1958 -- Australia & 1958 Los Angeles Car Show (USA)

Please give us your best answers for each of the following 3 TRUE or FALSE questions, by using the (reuseable) answers of "A"=TRUE or "B"=FALSE.
So, how much do you know about... some of the "Starts, Fixes & Stops" about Datsun Cars?

Question #1: For our START question: In 1914, the DAT-Car ("DAT-GO" in Japanese) was manufactured for driving on Tokyo streets. The name, "DAT" -- from the first initials of the company's three investors -- means (in Japanese) “Lightning fast” -- True or False?
A. True, or
B. False.

1914 -- DAT-Car ("DAT-GO" in Japanese)

Kwaishinsha launches a car built for the streets of Japan and wins the bronze prize at the Taisho Exposition in Tokyo. The DAT-Car (DAT-GO in Japanese) is born. The first initials of the company's three investors form the company name and mean “Lightning fast.” DAT also stands for the company's guiding principles: Durable. Attractive. Trustworthy.
[SOURCE: About Datsun -- see year 1914 on Timeline]

Question #2: For our FIX question: In 1931, based on the DAT-Car, a new lightweight and economical, yet durable, car was locally engineered and mass produced. It was named “DAT-son” or “the son of DAT”. This name was later changed to “Datsun” -- True or False?
A. True, or
B. False.

1931 -- the Datsun

DAT Jidosha Seizo becomes affiliated with the Tobata Foundry Co. Envisioning “mobility for all,” its owner Yoshisuke Aikawa designs a new lightweight and economical, yet durable, car. Locally engineered and mass produced, it's named “DAT-son” or “the son of DAT.” The name is later changed to “Datsun.”
[SOURCE: About Datsun -- see year 1931 on Timeline]

Question #3: For our STOP question: Before relaunching Datsun cars in 2013 for sale in Russia, India and other foreign markets, Nissan had actually stopped using the Datsun brand-name in the 1980s -- True or False?
A. True, or
B. False.

"Datsun" was the name of the Japanese brand that was marketed worldwide from the early years of Nissan throughout the company's rapid growth in the early 1970s and its globalization in the 1980s. Generations of customers coveted the contemporary styling, modern engineering, durability and reliability of Datsun vehicles.
The Datsun brand was phased out from 1981, and after this the Nissan name was used as the company expanded globally. [SOURCE: Datsun Takes Next Step Toward Return of the Brand]

A. True, or
B. False.

++ QUOTES OF THE DAY ++ -- from an early Nissan USA marketing slogan: "Go Datsun and you go American!"
[SOURCE: DatsunHistory.Com]

++ And Did You Know...? (with a Radio Wave to Big Al) ++
Other events that occurred on January 9th (from HistoryOrb.com):

1768 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in London.
1793 - 1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Philadelphia, piloted by Jean Pierre Blanchard
1811 - 1st Women's Golf Tournament held
1857 - 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif
1880 - Jan 5-10 -- The BIG SNOW -- 6' (1.8 metres) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days

1894 - New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
1903 - Baseball's National & American Leagues make peace
1947 - Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the black dahlia, is last seen alive.
1951 - Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
1956 - Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers
1960 - Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins
1968 - Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon
1972 - Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
1972 - Retired passenger liner Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbour
1976 - CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1979 - Bobby Orr's #4 jersey is retired by the Boston Bruins
1982 - 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855
1986 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak must give up its instant camera business.
1998 - Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
2001 - Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for organizing and playing digital music and videos.
2007 - Apple Inc CEO, Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.
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2015[02]Q -- Ins-Net Qs for Jan 09, 2015_"Mixed Bag #15-01: Starts, Fixes & Stops -- Datsun Cars"

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Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com

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