cappers, cap this trivia:

[Lukester]

The optical instrument for viewing objects at a distance such as planet Saturn is a TELESCOPE.

The optical instrument for making magnified images of minute objects such as a bacterium by means of a lens is a MICROSCOPE.

The auditory instrument used to detect body sounds such as from the heart or lungs is a STETHOSCOPE.

...it gets harder...

The device for viewing oscillations on a display screen of a cathode-ray tube is an OSCILLOSCOPE.

...and harder...

The device when a wheel mounted in a ring so that its axis is free to turn in any direction, so that when spinning rapidly it keeps its original plane of rotation is a GYROSCOPE.

...and now the hardest question:

What is the name of the optical disambiguation scope for viewing though a wall of a building?

Answer: ?

[mrwho]

a window?

[dave nz]

A sledgehammer

[Yankee23]

A throughwall scope

[helmut]

SUPERMAN

[Grizzly Joe]

Originally Posted by MrWho

a window?

I'ma bettin' that's the right answer although according to this http://www.topix.com/forum/gadgets/T4TB5SP5SPGBQC8BA info, there are actual devices that can "see through walls".

[Chicago RED]

I do not know if builders use one or not, a company did make one for battle situations called the Radar scope. This was all I can find, but I really could of tryed harder.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5032/

[Chicago RED]

They also have Thermal Image Cameras, but that is not a scope.

[Lukester]

Originally Posted by MrWho

a window?

0Yes, we have a winner!

Go to your nearest moderator and collect your prize--a 24k gold pocket watch (est. value $3,200.00).

All the other answers were still ok, but "window" is what the trivia comes with.

Sorry Grizz, Mr. Who was first. If he doesn't collect the watch then it's yours

[Lukester]

Originally Posted by Chicago RED

They also have Thermal Image Cameras, but that is not a scope.

What throws it off is "disambiguation".

I didn't get it at first but it did cross my mind!