Engineering Trivia Quiz - Oct 18, 2010
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This Weeks Trivia Quiz Questions
- What does OEM stand for when used in a manufacturing context
- What is the currency of Switzerland
- In 1984, Len Bosack, Sandy Lerner and Richard Troiano founded which American multinational corporation which designs and sells consumer electronics, networking and communications technology and services
- Beginning with the letter "M", what name is given to a smooth bore long gun fired from the shoulder
- What name is given to the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat , it is one of the most common forms of energy recycling
- What name is given to a general term for a series of iron oxides formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the presence of water or air moisture
- British scientist William Hargreaves invented the electromagnet in 1824, True or False
- What is the branch of mathematics that studies triangles and the relationships between their sides and the angles between the sides
- Leo Apotheker has just been appointed CEO of which company a) McAfee b) Cisco c) Hewlett-Packard d) Symantec
- Named after it's inventor, Ferdinand Braun, the Braun Tube is better known as what ?
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- 1) Original Equipment Manufacturer 2) The Swiss Franc 3) Cisco Systems
4) Musket 5) Cogeneration (or combined heat and power, CHP) 6) Rust 7) False, it was William Sturgeon 8) Trigonometry 9) c) Hewlett-Packard 10) The Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) |
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Monday 18 October, 2010 07:52 AM |