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Engineering Trivia Quiz - Nov 22, 2010

 
This Weeks Trivia Quiz Questions
  1.  Who's law states - The magnitude of the electrostatic force between two point electric charges is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of each of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two charges.- a) Coulomb's Law  b) Roulomb's Law  c) Moulomb's Law  d) Youlomb's Law
  2. The earliest version of the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) was invented by the German physicist Ferdinand Braun  in 1955.  True or False
  3. Spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking or wire erosion are all colloquial names for EDM.  What does EDM stand for
  4. Which country has the largest national economy in Europe
  5. Lignite is often referred to as what colour coal
  6. A cubit is one of the first recorded units.  What did a cubit measure  a) Weight,  b) volume  c) length
  7. Stanford University was founded by Leland Stanford, a wealthy businessman.  What industry did he make his fortune from
  8. In architecture, what name is given to a small tower  that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle
  9. Typically used on twist drill bits for metal, what name beginning with the letter "M" is given to the tapered shank
  10. What was the first American car to win the prestigious Dewar Trophy from the Royal Automobile Club of England and
     the slogan “Standard of the World”

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1) a) Coulomb's Law  2) False - It was invented by Ferdinand Braun in 1897  3) Electric Discharge Milling  4) Germany  5) Brown Coal  6) c) length  7) The Railroads  8) Turret  9) Morse Taper  10) Cadillac



 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday 22 November, 2010 08:16 AM
 
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