Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1111
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1111 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 three terms represented in Newton's second law of motion F = MA - are Force = Moment x Area – True or False
The correct answer is - Force = Mass x Acceleration
In 1789, the first U.S. patent for a steam-powered land vehicle was granted to...
Joseph Bramah invented what, in 1795...
Pascal's law states that "pressure exerted anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid." - True or False
What name is given to a device that regulates the flow of a fluid by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways…
What name is given to a polymer with the property of "elasticity", generally having notably low Young's modulus and high yield strain compared with other materials...
In 1913 Scottish physician Margaret Todd, gave the name “Isotopes” to different types of atoms of the same chemical element, with each having a different number of neutrons – Trrue or False
Sn is the chemical symbol for Silicon – True or False
Si is the chemical symbol for Silicon, Sn is the chemical symbol for Tin
A Tack is the name is given to a fastener often used in upholstery, traditional shoe making and saddle manufacture – True or False
A Megohmmeter (or Megger) is a type of ohmmeter used to measure the electrical resistance of insulators – True or False