Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.979: Can You Get Better Results
The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz -N.979 is 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 ?
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Looking For “A Better Way”
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What name is given to a short vertical structure which was originally used on a quay for mooring ships and boats but has now become a generic name for a single barrier …
The Waterwheel was the earliest known instance of humans using atmospheric convection to to power a machine – True or False
The Windmill was he earliest known case of humans using atmospheric convection to power a machine
An Acute Triangle is a triangle with all three angles acute (less than 90°) - True or False
A Cathode is an electrode through which electric current flows into a polarized electrical device - True or False
An Anode is an electrode through which electric current flows into a polarized electrical device - A Cathode is an electrode through which electric current leaves a polarized electrical device
Cobalt is the chemical element with the symbol Co – True or False
Etymology is the name given to the study of the history of words , their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time – True or False
Thor was the Roman God of the sea – True or False
Neptune was the Roman God of the sea - Thor was the God of Thunder