Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1134
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1134 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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Pyrolysis is a thermochemical decomposition of organic material at elevated temperatures in the absence of oxygen - True or False
In structural Engineering - a single structural member, usually horizontal, who’s main function is to carry loads perpendicular to its longitudinal axis is called...
The fuel efficiency of a Prime Mover may be specified was a measure of BSFC - BSFC stands for - Brake Specific Fuel Consumption - True or False
Platinum is an alloy of Aluminium and Gold - True or False
Platinum is a pure elemental metal
Ethyl Methyl Ketone ( CH3COC2H5 ) is also known as Oil of Vitriol - True or False
Ethyl Methyl Ketone is also known as MEK
Boiler Draught is the name given to the Pressure Difference between the atmosphere and the pressure inside a boiler – True or False
The Stoichiometric Ratio is the chemically correct air-fuel ratio by volume which will theoretically burn all of the combustible elements in a fuel – True or False
The cubed root of 512 = 8 – True or False – (without a calculator please)
What is a Sythe …
Born in London in 1791, Charles Babbage is generally regarded as the father of what …