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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 ?

  1. What name is given to the gear which can engage at a low rotational speed and will automatically spring back out of engagement if an attempt is made to engage at higher speeds - a) Bendix  b) Helical  c) Spur  d) Herringbone
  2. What is an Oenologist - a) A collector of Gemstones  b) A collector of Shells  c) A Winemaker  d) A Musician
  3. Ball Peen,  Sledge, Claw and Jack are all types of what - a) Chisels  b) Grindstones  c) Electric Arc Welders  d) Hammers
  4. Gustav Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower also Engineered the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty - True or False
  5. An Ellipse may be described as - the locus of a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point (the focus) is less than its distance from a fixed straight line (the directrix) and the ratio of these distances is known as the eccentricity and is constant and always less than unity - True or False
  6. Thomas Edison demonstrated his improved version of the electric telegraph (which was capable of transmitting messages over much longer distances than previously). in Philadelphia in 1838 - True or False
  7. James Spengler invented the Vacuum Cleaner - True or False
  8. Which automobile company introduced the Edsel model - a) Ford  b) General Motors  c) Chrysler  d) Studebaker
  9. The Ampere is the SI unit of electrical current - True or False
  10. The European Space Agency comet-chasing probe Rosetta was woken up from hibernation in Jan 2014.  How long had it been asleep for - a) 21 months  b) 31 months  c) 41 months  d) 51 months

 

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.


Isaac Newton

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ANSWERS

1) a) Bendix  2) c) A Winemaker  3) d) Hammers  4) True  5) True  6) False - Samuel Morse demonstrated his improved version of the electric telegraph in Philadelphia in 1838  7) True  8) a) Ford  9) True  10) b) 31 months