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Engineering Trivia Quiz - June 7th, 2010

 
This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz Questions
  1. What is the name of the rocket launched into earth orbit by Space Exploration Technologies on June 4, 2010.· It's purpose being to take cargo into space when the space shuttle retires
  2. What name is given to a machine which spins at high speed in order to separate substances which are in solution
  3. What word for non-arthropod invertebrate animals is used to describe a gear which is in the form of a screw
  4. What unique feature does the Sprint Evo 4G mobile phone have
  5. Double helical gears are associated with which fish
  6. What name is given to a triangular staysail set ahead of the foremast of a sailing boat.· a) Jib· b) Genna· c) Jerra· d) Jetta
  7. Hans Lippershey and Hans Janssen, two Dutch eyeglass makers are credited with making what instrument in 1590
  8. In physics and materials science, what word starting with the letter "P" describes the deformation of a material undergoing non reversible change of shape in response to an applied force
  9. Is the North American Killdeer an animal, a fish or a bird
  10. "Inflammable air" was described in a 1766 paper titled "Factitious Airs" by Henry Cavendish.· Today it is better known as what

Bonus Question


What am I


I am a steely grey lustrous hard metal


My name is derived from the Greek word meaning color


I was discovered by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin in 1797


I am hard and highly resistant to corrosion 


Steel can be made highly resistant to corrosion by alloying with me


I am often used to provide protection by plating


My atomic number is 24


My chemical symbol is CR

 



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1) Falcon 9· 2) Centrifuge· 3) Worm· 4) Video chat capability· 5) Herring - they are also known as double herringbone gears· 6) a) Jib· 7) Microscope· 8) Plasticity· 9) Bird· 10) Hydrogen   
Bonus Question - I am Chrome

 

Monday 7 June, 2010 07:57 AM
 
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