Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1109
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1109 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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Thermal treatments of metallic alloys can be used to alter the surface chemistry of a material. This is achieved by diffusing Carbon, Nitrogen and other gaseous or solid material in to the surface of the component – True or False
An Arachnid is …
The word arachnid comes from a Greek word meaning spider.
The Centre Of Mass may be defined as - The point on an object through which the forces acting on an object seem to act. - True or False
7/32” (inch) as a fraction = 7.14375mm – True or False (without a calculator please)
7/32” = 5.55625mm
Tesselaar is the name given to the process of tiling when a small regular shape is being repeated over and over again in order to cover an area with no gaps or overlaps – True or False
The correct name is Tessellate
What name is given to the black sticky highly viscous liquid or semi solid which is primarily used in road construction as a binder for the aggregate particles…
Shingle is the name given to a (normally) flat rectangular shaped element, typically made from wood and typically laid in rows as a roof or external wall covering… True or False
What name is given to a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force...
Genealogy is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves - True or False
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history - Geology is the study of solid earth
The word "Permeable" describes a material through which substances, such as liquids or gases, cannot pass - True or False
Permeable allow passage - "Impermeable" prevents passage