Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1154
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1154 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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What name is given to any flat floating structure, typically used for transport over water…
The formula for the Volume of a cylinder is : Pi multiplied by the radius squared multiplied by the height (of the cylinder) - i.e. pi x r squared x H – True or False
An Anesthetic is the name given to a drug that causes anesthesia or a reversible loss of sensation – True or False
What American automobile company was founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland...
Who was the Greek God of War...
The phase transition of an element or compound from liquid to gas is called...
In Metalworking, a Scriber is used to create an indent for a drill bit, in order to prevent the bit from “wandering” off the mark – True or False
A Scriber is a sharp pointed tool designed to mark lines or similar on metal surfaces
Capacitance is the ratio of the change in an electric charge in a system to the corresponding change in its electric potential – True or False
In Design - it is generally recognized that people do not visually perceive items in isolation, but as part of a larger whole. These principles account for human tendencies towards similarity, proximity, continuity, and closure and this is known as the Gestalt Principles – True or False