Air Conditioning Trivia

What year was the first air conditioning system build?

• 1939

• 1902

• 1924

• 1953

Who invented the first AC?

• John Gorrie

• Alice Parker

• Henry Galson

• Willis Carrier

The Milam building was the first air conditioned office building., where is it located?

• San Antonio

• New York City

• Albany

• Chicago

What country is the largest consumer of air conditioning?

• United States

• South Korea

• China

• Japan

John Gorrie, a doctor in Florida in the early 1800s, used what suspended from the ceiling to cool his patient rooms?

• Ice

• Cold Water

• Cooling blankets

• Soap Stone

According to GlobalNews.CA, in 2021, what percentage of Canadian households had some kind of air conditioning?

• 32%

• 81%

• 91%

• 64%

According to a senior communications strategist for Florida Power & Light, increasing the thermostat by one-degree could save you how much on your electric bill?

• 1-2%

• 3-5%

• 0-1%

• 7-9%

A popular pre-AC design, this type of house featured two separate cabins connected with a breezeway... one space for cooking/dinning and the other for living, what was this design called?

• Shotgun House

• Dogtrot House

• Coolway House

• Breezethrough House

In what year did inventors H.H. Schultz and J.Q. Sherman began to sell the first window air conditioning units?

• 1932

• 1975

• 1959

• 1962

H.H. Schultz and J.Q. Sherman's window AC units sold for $10k-$50k in 1932, how much would that be in 2023?

• $300K-$750K

• $200K-$500K

• $50K-$250K

• $200K-$1.1M