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 !
Challenge your colleagues - can they answer more than you ?
- Alexandra Graham Bell invented the electric battery in 1800 - True or False
- Which of the 3 phases - solid, liquid or gas - is glass
- Emetophobia or emitophobia is the fear of vomiting - True or False
- Fools Gold is the popular name for Iron Pyrite - True or False
- Inventor Benjamin Franklin often slept in his clothes because he thought that changing them would cause insomnia - True or False
- Scottish inventor James Watt coined the term "Horse Power" - True or False
- Where would you find a Plimsoll line - a) on an aeroplane b) on a horse buggy c) on a ship d) on a hot air balloon
- Clapper, suspension, swing and trestle are types of bridges - True or False
- What is the only metal that's not a solid at room temperature
- Which will yield the most BTUs of energy—a) a gallon of oil, b) a pound of coal c) a gallon of gasoline
Legendary ice hockey player Wayne Gretsky was once asked if there was a secret to his success as a hockey player. He simply said:
``I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where its been.''
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ANSWERS
1) False - Alessandro Volta invented is credited with inventing the modern electric battery 2) Liquid - Glass has no crystalline structure and is effectively a supercooled liquid 3) True 4) True 5) False - Thomas Alva Edison often slept in his clothes 6) True 7) c) on a ship 8) True 9) Mercury 10) a) a gallon of oil
