1. Where does the computer term "byte" come from
2. We use it all the time, but what is the name of this sign   #
3. Which Chemical Company developed Teflon
4. What did Sir Charles Parsons invent in 1884. Today it generates about 80% of the worlds electric power
5. What is Nikasil  a) a coating for engine components  b) a nicotine replacement chemical  c) a hi tech Nike sports shoe
6. What is the unit "Poise" a measure of   a) linear speed b) rotational acceleration  c) dynamic viscosity
7. In what century was the shoe lace invented  a) 16th  b) 17th  c) 18th
8. What do we call a machine which is generally equipped with a winder or wire rope drum, wire ropes or chains and sheaves, which can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally
9. What name is given to a set of gears which convert rotational motion to linear motion
10. What name is given to a 3 dimensional curve which runs along the surface of a cylinder like a screw

Bonus question - who am I

I was born in Minnesota USA in 1941 and went to New York in 1961.  Amongst other activities, I opened for John Lee Hooker and played harmonica on an LP for Harry Belafonte

I released my first LP in March 1961 and began writing protest songs.

I released my second album in 1963 and this was the first of many recordings which went platinum

If you haven't got me yet, the next line will (or I'm not your musical taste)

Tracks on the second album include "A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall" and "Blowin' in the Wind"

Hold down the left mouse button and drag below - to reveal the answers

1) It is a contraction of "by eight"   2) Octothorp   3) Do Pont   4) Steam Turbine, using a variety of heat sources   5) a) a coating for engine components   6) c) Dynamic Viscosity   7) c) 18th Century   8) Crane   9) Rack and Pinion   10) Helix

Bonus question -- I am Robert Allen Zimmerman, but you know me better as Bob Dylan