Question:
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A Prontor-Compur connection (also known as a PC connector, PC terminal, or PC socket) is a standard 3.5 mm (1/8") electrical connector (as defined in ISO 519) used in photography to synchronize the shutter to the flash.

""Prontor"" has its origins in the Italian word "pronto", meaning "ready" (and was a leaf shutter made by ). ""Compur"" is derived from the word "compound" (the """" was a long-lived series of leaf shutters made by ).

The term is derived from brands of widely marketed photographic leaf shutters manufactured from the early 1950s by two distinct, but now defunct German companies. (which made the "Prontor-S" and "Prontor SV" models, amongst others) and (the "Synchro-Compur" model, successor to the "Compound" model).

Both companies' brands, "Prontor" (from 1953) and "Compur" (from 1951), shared a common 1/8"-inch coaxial connector for shutter/flash synchronization. This convergence of design is not as coincidental as it might first appear, owing to the fact that the Zeiss organisation held a significant shareholding in both of these companies prior to the introduction of the shared connector. By the 1950s, Gauthier were manufacturing up to 10,000 "Prontor" shutters daily.

The Gauthier company's essence lives on as , which is a wholly owned subsidiary of . The Deckel company went bankrupt in 1994.
1. What is also known as a protector?
2. What kind of protector?
3. What is the usual size?
4. Is this unusual?
5. Where does the term Prontor come from?
6. What is the connector used for?
7. Of what?
8. What is the word Compur from?
9. What is it the name of?
10. When did Prontor originate?
11. And Compur?
12. Are they totally different from one another?
13. What is alike about them?
14. What did this aid the item in achieving?
15. Who had a major interest in the brand?
16. Who was the manufacturer?
17. Did they make 20,000 a day?
18. How many did they make per day?
19. Is the company still creating these today?

Numbered answers:
1. A Prontor-Compur connection
2. A PC connector
3. 3.5 mm
4. no
5. Italy
6. Synchronization
7. A shutter to the flash in photography
8. The word compound.
9. A series of leaf shutters.
10. 1953
11. 1951
12. No
13. shared a common 1/8"-inch coaxial connector
14. for shutter/flash synchronization.
15. Zeiss organization
16. Gauthier
17. No
18. up to 10,000
19. No

Question:
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I stepped inside my mother's car and dropped my backpack on the floor as my face filled with excitement. Today's the day that we're going to the candy store and picking out a new treat to have after dinner. Some people may like going to the movies, or the game room, or even to parks, but going to the candy store once a week and getting to see all the different colors and taste all the different treats is my favorite activity. As soon as we pull up, she tells me to not run around too much inside, but I'm so excited I barely hear her. She opens the door and we walk inside where the clerk first welcomes us. Since we do this each week, he calls me by my name of Trevor and says that he's come up with a few candies for me to try.

I walk over to the table and see three types of M&M's laid out. He knows I'm not a big fan of peanuts so he left out the peanut kind, instead giving me mint flavored, cookies 'n creme flavored, and white chocolate flavored. They all taste great and the clerk asks which I like the most. It takes me a bit to choose, but I finally choose the Mint as this week's choice. He rings us up at the front desk and says that since we buy from his shop so much, he's going to give us a sale, so we think it'll be a nickel or a dime or even a quarter off. Actually, the clerk ends up cutting it half off! We thanked him and went on our way as I tried not to eat all the way home.
1. what is his favorite activity
2. How does he get there
3. how does he feel about it
4. what is his name
5. what doesn't he like
6. what flavor does he like
7. what flavors did he choose from
8. why do they get a discount
9. how much did they save
10. how did they feel about it
11. where did they go next

Numbered answers:
1. going to the candy store
2. his mom's car
3. excited
4. Trevor
5. peanuts
6. mint
7. mint, cookies and creme and white chocolate
8. they shop there a lot
9. half
10. grateful
11. home

Question:
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The booger on the balloon sailed far and wide. The wind pushed it. The wind pulled it. The booger on the balloon sailed into a house. In the house was a table. On the table was an orange. Next to the orange was some chocolate. Under the table was a crayon. Under the crayon was a seed. The booger on the balloon flew out of the house. Outside, there was snow. A dog went woof. A cat went meow. But the booger on the balloon did not hear them. The booger on the balloon had no ears! The wind blew the booger on the balloon far away, until one day...

...POP!

The booger on the balloon fell on top of an alligator, never to be seen again.
1. What was the weather like?
2. How many animals were there?
3. What sound did the booger make?
4. When was it seen after hitting the alligator?
5. How many objects did it hit?
6. What was on the table?
7. What was under it?
8. What sounds did the dog and cat make?
9. What sound did the alligator make?
10. What caused the balloon to move?
Numbered answers:
1. Outside, there was snow
2. two
3. POP
4. nowhere
5. unknown
6. an orange and some chocolate
7. a crayon and a seed
8. A dog went woof. A cat went meow
9. unknown
10. The wind