Engineering Trivia Quiz - July 5th, 2010
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This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz Questions
- Sharing a surname with an innovative automobile, who was the Serbian inventor and electrical engineer who was one of the most important contributors to the development of commercial electricity in the late 19th/early 20th centuries and who is known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism
- Which company owns Lancia Automobiles
- What name is given to the black sticky highly viscous liquid or semi solid which is primarily used in road construction as a binder for the aggregate particles
- Beginning with the letter "S", what name is given to a (normally) flat rectangular shaped element, typically made from wood and typically laid in rows as a roof or external wall covering
- What name is given to the study of energy conversion between heat and mechanical work
- The word cement traces its origins back to which culture. a) Roman b) Chinese c)Incas d) Egyptian
- What does the explosive material TNT stand for
- In what year was the Polaroid cameras released
- In physics, what 3 word name is given to a periodic motion which is neither driven or damped
- In physics, what name is given to a periodic motion which is neither driven or damped
Who am I I was born 17th June 1898 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands I became a graphic artist I am known for my (often) mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints My works often featured impossible constructions, infinity and tessellations My first print of an impossible reality was "Still Life and Street" in 1937 "Drawing Hands" is another well known example of my work In 1941 I wrote my first paper, called "Regular Division of the Plane with Asymmetric Congruent Polygons" My works include, Relativity, Waterfall, Hand with Reflecting Sphere Hold down the left mouse button and drag below - to reveal the answer 1) Nikola Tesla 2) Fiat 3) Asphalt 4) Shingle 5) Thermodynamics 6) a) Roman 7) Trinitrotoluene 8) 1948 9) Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) 10) Research in Motion Limited I am Maurits Cornelis Escher, Better known as M.C.Escher |
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Monday 5 July, 2010 02:01 AM |