The Coffee Break Quiz - A challenging selection of General Engineering 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 !

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1. Rare-earth magnets are the strongest type of permanent magnets made - True or False
2. The term 'refractory metal' is used to describe a group of metal elements that have exceptionally high melting points - True or False
3. V/STOL is a type ofcombat aircraft which can take off and land on very short runways or aircraft carriers - V/STOL stands for Very/Small Track Of Land - True or False
4. Which chemical element has the symbol Au - a) Gold  b) Silver  c) Platinum  d) Aluminium
5. Gottlieb Daimler is credited with designing the first Volkswagen Beetle automobile - True or False
6. The SI derived unit of force is the Joule - True or False
7. Large automated manufacturing sites and warehouses often use AGV’s.  AGV stands for Automatic Guided Vehicle - True or False
8. The "E Type" automobile was manufactured by which company - a) Ferrari  b) Jaguar  c) Lamborghini  d) Mercedes
9. The Suid-Afrikaanse Steenkool en Olie oil and gas producer is more commonly known as SASOL - True or False
10. The Golden Gate Bridge spans the Golden Gate strait, the channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The bridge was first opened in which year - a) 1934  b) 1935 c) 1936  d) 1937

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ANSWERS

1) True  2) True  3) False - V/STOL stands for Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing  4) a) Gold  5) False - Ferdinand Porsche designed the Beetle under instruction from Adolf Hitler  6) False - The derived SI unit of force is the Newton  7) True  8) b) Jaguar  9) True - South African Coal and Oil  10) d) 1937