Engineering Trivia Quiz - Feb 20, 2012
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This Weeks Engineering Trivia
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 !
- An aeolipile is generally regarded as the first recorded steam engine or reaction steam turbine, it is also called a what - a) Legend engine b) Hero engine c) History engine d) Hertz engine
- A joule is a measure of what - a) stress b) work c) pressure d) momentum
- 7/8" equals how many millimeters
- In a coaxial cable, the word "coaxial" is derived from the Latin for transfer. True or false
- Alcohols are often used as the fluid in Spirit Levels - True or False
- Typically used to break up rock and concrete, what is the name of the tool invented by Charles Brady King which combines a hammer and chisel
- The word electricity was derived from the Greek word Elektron which is a color. What color ? - a) white b) red c) amber d) magenta
- Developed at Du Pont in 1956, para-aramid synthetic fibre has many applications including body armour and racing sails. What is it more commonly known as
- What name is given to the stick used to strike the ball in games such as pool, snooker and billiards
- What is the currency of Brazil
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1) b) Hero engine - named after Hero of Alexandria , who first described the engine 2) b) work 3) 22.23 4) False - the term coaxial comes from the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing the same geometric axis 5) True - Alcohols have low viscosity, low surface tension and a wider temperature range than water 6) Jackhammer 7) c) amber 8) Kevlar 9) Cue 10) Real (“Reals” in plural)
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