Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1091
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1091 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers – sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
Challenge your colleagues – can they answer more than you ?
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A seal which is used between mating surfaces, generally to prevent leakage “in to” or “out of” the parts being joined is called a Casket – True or False
The correct answer is a Gasket
The deepest man made hole in the world is the Lone Star Bertha Rogers No. 1 Well, completed in 1974 as a dry hole in the Anadarko basin in Washita County, Oklahoma USA . The well was drilled as a wildcat to a depth of 9,583 metres (31,441 ft.) – True or False
The correct answer is The Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia. It is 12,261 meters (about 40,226 ft.) deep. The concept began in 1962 and drilling started in 1970 before being finally stopped in 1994. The hole was drilled for scientific research.
What is Gunters Chain…
Nephology is a study of what…
Amplitude can be defined as “The height or depth of a wave from the middle to the crest or trough respectively” - True or False
Centripetal Force describes a bodies ability to float in a liquid, regardless of inherent mass – True or False
Centripetal Force is the force needed to keep an object moving in a circular motion
The splitting of white light waves when they enter and pass through a glass prism is called Dispersion – True or False
In Chemical Engineering - A Solute is defined as the substance that is dissolved in a solution – True or False
A machining process which removes metal using a linear multi point cutting tool with progressively deeper cutting teeth is called what …
In 1934, Percy Shaw of Boothtown, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England - invented what traffic safety device which is still used today...