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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Aug 23, 2010

 
This Weeks Trivia Quiz Questions
  1. Compaq, Snapfish, ProCurve, Voodoo PC, Palm Inc are all subsidiaries of which American multinational IT company
  2. Located in South Korea, which company is Asia's largest maker of semiconductors, flat screens and mobile phones
  3. Chery Automobile Co. is based in which country
  4. CH3CH2OH is the chemical symbol for what
  5. Beginning with the letter "V",  what name is given to the motion of a fluid swirling rapidly around a centre 
  6. Velcro was invented in France.  True or false
  7. What name is given to the process of temporarily preserving human remains to reduce decomposition plus making them suitable for public display at funerals
  8. What is the name of the technique for electroplating  a thin layer of a specific chemical onto a metal  object. The chemical gives its name to the process and can be decorative, provide corrosion  resistance, ease of cleaning, or increase the surface hardness
  9. Beginning with the letter "C", what word, first used by the Romans, is used to describe a binder, or substance that sets and hardens independently, or can be used to bind other materials together
  10. Beginning with the letter "T", what name is given to the fastener often used in upholstery, traditional shoe making and saddle manufacture

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1) Hewlett-Packard Company  2) Samsung Electronics  3) China  4) Ethyl Alcohol  5) Vortex  6) False, Switzerland  7) Embalming  8) Chrome Plating  9) Cement  10) Tack

Monday 23 August, 2010 07:36 AM
 
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