Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1108
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1108 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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Combustible materials have flash points between 37.8 deg C and 93.3 deg C – True or False
What name is given to a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation…
Monel alloys are nickel based alloys which contain approximately 30% copper – True or False
Density is defined as the mass divided by the volume of an object – True or False
What name is given to the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by heat or pressure without melting it to the point of liquefaction…
A pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only turn or move one way is called a….
In Electrical Engineering, what name is given to a two-terminal electronic component with asymmetric transfer characteristic, with low resistance to current flow in one direction, and high resistance in the other...
What name is given to a soft, white, porous sedimentary rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite...
What word is used to describe a container or similar which is completely sealed, especially against the ingress or egress of a gas...
Typically made out of light, strong cloth such as nylon, what name is given to a device which is used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag…