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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Aug 2, 2010

 
This Weeks Trivia Quiz Questions
  1. Sn is the chemical symbol for which metal
  2. Isaac Merritt Singer invented the Sewing Machine - True or False
  3. Sir William Lyons was a co founder of which British car company
  4. In 1789, the first U.S. patent for a steam-powered land vehicle was granted to
    a) Oliver Evans  b) Dirk Hargreaves  c) Charles Smeltz  d) Andrew Green
  5. Who's Law states that "pressure exerted anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid."
  6. Standard Gravity, or Standard Acceleration due to free fall is the nominal acceleration of a body in a vacuum near the surface of the earth.  What is its value in m/s squared
    a) 9.80665  b) 8.90665  c) 6.60665  d) 5.89665
  7. Beginning with the letter "V", what name is given to a device that regulates the flow  of a fluid  by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways
  8. Which company is the worlds largest maker of telecom network equipment
  9. EPDM is a synthetic rubber used in a range of industrial applications.  What does EPDM stand for
  10. Steve Jobs is the chief executive officer of Apple.  What is his middle name

Did You Know -  The first tunnel under a river anywhere in the world was designed by Frenchman - Marc Isambard Brunel.
Construction started in 1825 and the tunnel was opened in 1843
The tunnel was under the river Thames in London, England and it is still being used, it is part of the East London Line on the London Underground System.
His patented method of digging with a protective shield, is still being used today.

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1) Tin  2) False, British inventor Thomas Saint was the first to patent a design for a sewing machine in 1791  3) Jaguar Cars  4) a) Oliver Evans  5) Pascal's law  6) a) 9.80665  7) Valve  8) Ericsson (or to be more specific Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)  9) Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer 10) Paul

 

 

Monday 2 August, 2010 07:39 AM
 
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