Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1017
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1017 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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The International Space Station is the largest man made object in space – True or False
51m wide, 109m long, 20m high
Isotopes are variants of atoms of a particular chemical element, which have differing numbers of neutrons – True or False
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) in northern Chile is…
Chainmail is the name given to a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh – True or False
100 degrees Fahrenheit equals how many degrees Celsius…
The Die Casting process forces molten metal under high pressure into a mould cavity. The majority of Die Casting are non ferrous metals - True or False
Torsional Strength is the opposite of Compressive Strength – True or False
Tensile Strength is the opposite of Compressive Strength
An Arbor is the name given to an axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe - True or False
A PIR sensor measures infrared light radiating from objects in its field of view. PIR stands for Protected Internal Sensor – True or False
PIR stands for Passive Infrared Sensor
Vertigo is the common name for a green pigment formed when copper, brass or bronze is weathered and exposed to air or seawater over a period of time - True or False
Verdigris is the correct name for this condition