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The name for Shrapnel was derived from the Greek word for “shatter and spread in many directions” – True or False
Shrapnel was named after British army officer Lieutenant General Henry Shrapnel
The Maginot Line was the secure telephone line used between the French President and the British Prime Minister at the beginning of WWII – True or False
The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications constructed along the French - German border during the 1930’s
Mulberry Harbours were temporary portable harbours developed by the British during World War II - True or False
Gunpowder was invented by the Greeks – True or False
Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese in the 9th century
The WWII Manhattan Project was created to produce …
The Bailey Bridge was designed to transport live shells from a stockpile to an artillery field gun thus eliminating the need for manual handling – True or False
The Bailey Bridge was a prefabricated, portable, temporary truss bridge, designed to be used where a permanent bridge had been destroyed
The Gatling Gun is named after its inventor R.J.Gatling – True or False
In the Roman army a Ballista was a …
The Tank is an armoured fighting vehicle designed for front line combat. Designed and first used in WW1, the name “Tank” was used by the British as a security measure to fool enemy spies – True or False
The word Ballistic is derived from the Greek word for violent explosion – True or False
The word Ballistic pertains to the science of motion – specifically under its own momentum
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1155: Can You Get Better Results 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 !
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In medical terminology - What does DNA stand for...
A Capnometer is an instrument which compares pressures, it is typically a glass U-tube containing mercury, in which pressure is indicated by the difference in levels in the two arms of the tube – True or False
A Capnometer is a device that measures carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in respired gases – A Manometer compares pressures
OEE is a method of measuring and then optimising the efficiency of a Machine or a Manufacturing Plant . OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness – True or False
What year was the Doomsday Clock started…
A Weber bar is a device used for…
T.J.Creamer made Twitter history on Jan 22nd 2010 by sending the first live tweet from…
From The International Space Station
SWG, AWG, W&M and BWG are are all measures of Light Intensity – True or False
They are all measures of Wire Gauge or the diameter of wire
In Civil Engineering, a Culvert is the name given to a drain or channel crossing under a road, pavement, sidewalk or similar – True or False
In a piping system, Stationary Head is the name given to the vertical distance from inlet water elevation to discharge elevation – True or False
it is called Static Head
A Scintillometer measures Atmospheric Turbulence - True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1154 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 !
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What name is given to any flat floating structure, typically used for transport over water…
The formula for the Volume of a cylinder is : Pi multiplied by the radius squared multiplied by the height (of the cylinder) - i.e. pi x r squared x H – True or False
An Anesthetic is the name given to a drug that causes anesthesia or a reversible loss of sensation – True or False
What American automobile company was founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland...
Who was the Greek God of War...
The phase transition of an element or compound from liquid to gas is called...
In Metalworking, a Scriber is used to create an indent for a drill bit, in order to prevent the bit from “wandering” off the mark – True or False
A Scriber is a sharp pointed tool designed to mark lines or similar on metal surfaces
Capacitance is the ratio of the change in an electric charge in a system to the corresponding change in its electric potential – True or False
In Design - it is generally recognized that people do not visually perceive items in isolation, but as part of a larger whole. These principles account for human tendencies towards similarity, proximity, continuity, and closure and this is known as the Gestalt Principles – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1153 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 !
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In Web Design - Determining which of two alternatives is preferred by the target audience is called A/B Testing – True or False
A Barometer is a device used to measure atmospheric pressure in pascals – True or False
Lake Mead - Nevada, Arizona is the largest reservoir in the United States in terms of water capacity- True or False
A network security system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a computer system is called a Flame Barrier – True or False
It is called a Firewall
CV Joints are typically used to allow a drive shaft to transmit power through a variable angle at constant rotational speed - CV stands for Constant Velocity - True or False
A Dilatant material is one in which viscosity increases with the rate of Shear Strain and is an example of a Newtonian fluid – True or False
It is an example of a non-Newtonian fluid
Waste water from sinks, showers, and bathtubs, but not toilets is generally referred to as what colored water…
A Suffix is the name of a word or element which is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning – True or False
A Prefix is the name of a word or element which is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning - Suffixes are a letter or group of letters added to the ending of words to change their meaning or function
Swaging is the mechanical joining process where a metal cylinder is located in holes and each end of the cylinder deformed in order to form a fixed joint – True or False
Riveting joins – Swaging is usually a cold working process typically used to change the shape of a metal
Investment, Die, Sand, Shell, and Spin are all types of what metal forming process...
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1152 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 !
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A Dichroic Filter is a very accurate gas filter used to selectively pass a small range of hydrocarbons -True or False
A Dichroic filter is a very accurate color filter used to selectively pass light of a small range of colors while reflecting other colors
The ability of a body or substance to resume its original shape or size when a distorting force is removed is called...
The strong mineral acid with the molecular formula H2SO4 is Sulphuric Acid – True or False
Octanes are a family of hydrocarbon that are typical components of gasoline - True or False
A Kern is a heated, thermally insulated chamber or oven in which a controlled temperature is produced. Typically it is used for hardening, burning or drying materials – True or False
a Kiln is the correct answer
A Fuse is a sacrificial over current protection device whose essential component is a metal wire or strip that melts when too much current flows and thus interrupts the circuit in which it is connected – True or False
Who was the Greek Goddess of love and beauty…
Fission is…
A turbocharger is a smaller secondary internal combustion engine attached to a larger primary engine which creates an increase in power - True or False
It is a forced induction device used to allow more power to be produced for an engine of a given size
Compressive strength is the opposite of tensile strength – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1151 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 !
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In IT - a general term that covers several disciplines that study the effect of design on the ease of use and level of satisfaction with a product, site or system is called - User Experience – This is generally shortened to UEX – True or False
User Experience is shortened to UX
The Buttress Thread form is often used in vices or artillery. It has two different thread profiles and is designed to handle very high axial thrust in one direction with a square thread form and has a sloping thread form (typically at 45 deg) on the other side – True or False
What is the value of pi to 5 places of decimal….
Although largely superseded - VHS was a consumer level video standard developed by Japanese company JVC and launched in 1976. VHS stands for Video Home System – True or False
JPEG stands for – “Joint Photographic Exponential Graphic” – True or False
JPEG stands for “Joint Photographic Experts Group”
What is an Oubliette …
A component in an internal combustion engine which converts the rotating motion of the camshaft into linear motion of the valves, either directly or indirectly is called a Spline – True or False
The correct answer is a Tappet
PVC is a thermoplastic polymer - PVC stands for PolyVinyl Chlorine – True or False
PVC stands for PolyVinyl Chloride
What is the name of the thick strips of copper or aluminum which conduct electricity within a switchboard, distribution board, substation or other electrical apparatus…
In automobile engineering terminology– a Gudgeon Pin fixes the steering rack and pinion linkage – True or False
A Gudgeon Pin (also called a Wrist pin) connects the piston in an internal combustion engine to the connecting rod and provides a bearing for the connecting rod to pivot upon as the piston moves
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1150 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 !
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In computer terminology - CUSPY stands for Computer Ultimate Standard Program – True or False
CUSPY stands for Commonly Used System Program
In which European country is the Ice Hotel Built each Year…
A Spectrometer is a scientific instrument used measure distance on building and construction sites – True or False
A Spectrometer is used to separate and measure spectral components of a physical phenomenon
A 4 Jaw Chuck would typically be found on what metal working machine…
In Chemical Engineering - Stable atoms have as many electrons as protons in the nucleus. The electrons gather around the nucleus in quantum orbitals following four basic rules called the Aufbau principle – True or False
In Electrical Engineering - What name is given to a passive electronic component that stores energy in the form of an electrostatic field...
What name is given to a device which is typically used to restrict the flow of fluids or filter light…
In mathematics the first 2 numbers in a Fibonacci Sequence are either 2 and 2 or 0 and 2 - True or False
the first 2 numbers in a Fibonacci Sequence are either 1 and 1 or 0 and 1
Steam Engines are External Combustion engines - True or False
Decimal time is not a practical concept and has never been used - True or False
Decimal time was used by the Chinese and the French during the French Revolution
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1149 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 !
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In 1852, Elisha Otis invented the worlds first automatic fire sprinkler system for high rise buildings – True or False
In 1852 Elisha Otis invented the safety elevator, which automatically comes to a halt if the hoisting rope breaks.
A mathematical ratio with origins in ancient Greece, is often used in Design to create a visually appealing layout to the human eye and is called the Diamond Ratio – True or False
It is called the Golden Ratio
HCl is the chemical symbol for which acid…
How many terminals are on a Diode….
A galvanometer is an electro mechanical instrument used for detecting and indicating an electric current – True or False
A tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn objects—usually rotary fasteners, such as nuts and bolts—or keep them from turning is called a Wench – True or False
the correct answer is a Wrench
What is 1/64 of an inch, expressed in SI units…
The apparent deflection of moving objects when they are viewed from a rotating frame of reference is called the Coriolis Effect – True or False
Military dictators of Japan where historically called Shotguns – True or False
They where called Shoguns
What nationality was Ralph Miller, the inventor of the Miller cycle internal combustion engine…
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