Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1033
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1033 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 word "ceramic" comes from the Greek word for "Crystalline" - True or False
Ceramic comes from the Greek for "Pottery"
Electronically commutated motors are also known as...
The number 12 cubed = 1782 – True or False – without a calculator please
The Correct answer = 1728
The combination of two or more parts, to make an artificial entity which is in contrast to a natural entity is called...
A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor capable of generating less fissile material than it consumes - True or False
It is capable of creating more fissile material than it consumes
The Richter Magnitude Scale measures...
A steam turbine generates what type of motion...
The MOSE Project is intended to protect which European city from floods...
In chemistry, vitriol is an archaic name for a sulfate. The name comes from the Latin word "vitriolum" for glassy, as crystals of several metallic sulfates resemble pieces of colored glass – True or False