Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1142
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1142 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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Seismic waves are the vibrations from earthquakes that travel through the Earth - they are recorded on instruments called Seismographs – True or False
In the early 1930's - German airships known as Zeppelins made regular transatlantic commercial flights. They were designed to be filled with Helium but because of export restrictions by the USA against Nazi Germany – they where actually filled with which gas…
Lake Mead in the USA was created by which man made barrier...
In Process Engineering - SCADA stands for - Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition – True or False
In mathematics the Fibonacci Sequence is named after the town of Fibonacci in Italy - True or False
The Fibonacci Sequence is named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa who was also known as Fibonacci
Steam Engines are classified as External Combustion Engines - True or False
HNO3 is the molecular formula for which acid...
In Electrical Engineering - The symbol for an ohm is the Greek letter – capital Omega – True or False
In Electrical Engineering - A Thermistor is defined as a type of resistor whose electrical resistance varies with changes in temperature. - True or False
Decimal time is not a practical concept and has never been used - True or False
Decimal time was used by the Chinese and the French during the French Revolution