The Coffee Break Hard Trivia Quiz - 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 ?
Big Ben – located in the UK Houses of Parliament - is the earliest known striking clock which is still working today – True or False
the earliest known striking clock which is still working today is in Salisbury Cathedral (in the UK) - the clock was installed in 1386 and tells the time only by striking the hours).
What nationality was Archimedes...
What is the capitol city of New Zealand...
What is the name of the electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field which was invented at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1936...
In Roman Numerals, "CM" equals what number...
Deliquescent materials are substances which have a strong affinity for odour and will absorb relatively large amounts if exposed to ambient odours - True or False
they have a strong affinity for moisture
Hans Renold is generally credited with inventing the roller chain in 1880, however, Leonardo da Vinci produced drawings in the 16th century which appear to show a chain with roller bearing - True or False
The Geissler Tube is a fore runner of the common garden hose pipe - True or False
The Geissler Tube was instrumental in the development of many products which use vacuum and electron discharge principles e.g. neon lighting