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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Nov 15, 2010

 
This Weeks Trivia Quiz Questions
  1.  The six naturally naturally occurring gasses helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon are a group of chemical elements with very similar properties and are known as the what gases
  2. The Bitter electromagnet or Bitter solenoid was invented and built in 1933 by American physicist Francis Bitter and therefore the plates are known as Bitter plates - True or False
  3. What name is given to a geometric line segment whose endpoints both lie on the circumference of a circle
  4. Beginning with the letter "E",what name is given to a subatomic particle carrying a negative electric charge which has no known components or substructure, and is believed to be an elementary particle  , it has a mass that is approximately 1/1836 that of a proton
  5. Beginning with the letter "M", what is the colloquial name for a portable instrument used to measure insulation resistance, it consists of a hand-driven DC generator and a direct reading ohm meter
  6. What is the longest man made tunnel in the world
  7. Polystyrene was discovered in 1839 by Eduard Simon, in Berlin  .  - True or False
  8. Beginning with the letter "E", what name is given to the practice of creating an indented design on to a hard, usually flat surface
  9. What name is given to the scientific instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
  10. SAIC Motor Corp is the largest automaker in which country a) China  b) Russia  c) Korea  d) Brazil

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 1) Noble Gases  2) True  3) Chord  4)  Electron  5) Megger  6) Gotthard Base Tunnel (35.4 miles or 56.958 km) at 15th Oct 2010  7) True  8) Engraving  9) Barometer  10) a) China  - (The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation)

Monday 15 November, 2010 05:15 AM
 
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