Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1045
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1045 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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Acoustics is the science of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration , sound , ultrasound and infrasound - True or False
The Charpy Impact Test which is used for testing the strength of materials is an an acronym for Compression Hardness And Rate Pre Yield - True or False
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A "Reticle" is a motorised 2 person boat - True or False
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In Civil Engineering - an "Abyssinian Well" is any device for securing a suspension or cantilever bridge at either end - True or False
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The knot is a unit of speed equal to one kilometre per hour - True or False
It is equal to one nautical mile per hour
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