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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Sept 6, 2010

 
This Weeks Trivia Quiz Questions
  1. Lye and caustic soda is generally known as what
  2. Automobile manufacturer "Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino" is better known as what
  3. Derived from the Greek for "Color" and discovered by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin in 1797, what is the chemical element which is added to steel in order to make the steel highly resistant to corrosion and discoloration
  4. What name was given to a multi-spool  spinning wheel  which was invented about 1764 by James Hargreaves  in England . The device significantly reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn , with a single worker able to work eight or more spools at once
  5. Based in Santa Clara, California, USA, which company was founded on July 18, 1968, as Integrated Electronics Corporation
  6. SRAM is a type of semiconductor memory, What does SRAM stand for
  7. What name is given to an electrochemical  process in which one metal corrodes preferentially when in electrical contact with a different type of metal and both metals are immersed in an electrolyte
  8. In physics , and beginning with the letter "R", what name is given to the tendency of a system to oscillate  with larger amplitude  at some frequencies  than at others
  9. Beginning with the letter "W", what name is given to a tool  used to provide grip and mechanical advantage  in applying torque to turn objects—usually rotary fasteners , such as nuts  and bolts —or keep them from turning
  10. Who is the President of Afghanistan


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1) Sodium Hydroxide  2) Fiat  3) Chromium  4) Spinning Jenny  5) Intel Corporation  6) Static Random Access Memory  7) Galvanic Corrosion  8) Resonance  9 ) Wrench   10) Hamid Karzai

Monday 6 September, 2010 08:40 AM
 
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