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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Jan 5th 2010

 
THIS WEEKS TRIVIA QUIZ
  1. What is polytetrafluoroethylene better known as
  2. Which country developed the armoured fighting vehicle known as a tank
  3. Derived from the Roman monetary system, what name is given to the unit of imperial measure which is used to specify the weight of precious metal
  4. My birth name is Richard Wayne Penniman, what is my stage name
  5. What name is given to the  programming language which represents a program by a graphical diagram based on the circuit diagrams of relay-based logic hardware. It is mainly used to develop software for PLCs used in industrial control applications.
  6. What do we call the outward force generated by rotational inertia
  7. Beginning with the letter "W", what do we call a circular device which rotates on its axis thus facilitating movement
  8. What is 1/32" in millimetres
  9. What is the Japanese word adopted into English which refers to the philosophy or practices focusing on continuous improvement in manufacturing activities
  10. What letter does not appear in any of the names of the 50 United States.


Bonus Question

 Who am I:
I was born 1908
I was spread around the world to countries such as Germany, UK, Denmark, Brazil
I was conceived by a number of people including Childe Harold Willis, Joseph Galamb and Eugene Farkas
I had a flat head
By the year 1914 one of me was being produced in 93 minutes
I created manufacturing history and I came in any colour as long as it was black
I stopped being fully made in 1927 tho' part of me continued being made until 1941

 

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 1) Teflon 2) Britain  3) Troy Once  4) Little Richard  5) Ladder Logic  6) Centrifugal Force  7) Wheel  8) 0.7938 mm
9) Kaizen  10) Q

Bonus Question - I am the Ford Model T
 

Tuesday 5 January, 2010 09:57 AM
 
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