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Engineering Trivia Quiz - June 21st, 2010

 
This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz Questions
  1. In chemistry , what name is given to a method of using an electric current  to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction
  2. With which American auto maker would you associate the name Firebird
  3. What is the more common name for a regular quadrilateral
  4. What is the chemical symbol for Sodium
  5. Which British scientist is credited with discovering hydrogen
  6. What name is given to the the principle of liquids initially flowing upwards through an inverted U tube before being discharged at a lower level, without mechanical assistance
  7. Although generally associated with General Electric, the Six Sigma Quality System was originally developed by which company
  8. The electrically-powered ceiling fan was invented in 1882 by a) Philip Diehl  b) George Singer  c) Jack Grayson d) Sam Blade
  9. Beginning with the letter "T", what do we call a rotary engine which extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts that energy into useful work
  10. Beginning with the letter "A", what name is given to the shape of a wing or propellor blade  as seen in cross section

 Bonus Question

Who am I

I am a company
My headquarters are in Armonk, North Castle, New York
I am the worlds fourth latest technology company
I was founded in 1896 as the Tabulating Machine Company
I was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1916
My current name was adapted in 1924 when I was controlled by Thomas J. Watson
My first US trademark was "THINK" and filed in  1935
I am a multinational computer, technology and IT consulting corporation
My nickname is "Big Blue"
 

 



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Who am I - I am - IBM (International Business Machines)

Monday 21 June, 2010 07:38 AM
 
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