Engineering Trivia Quiz - Nov 29, 2010
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This Weeks Trivia Quiz Questions
- Invented at Bell Telephone laboratories in 1936, what name is given to an electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field
- Which global technology company was founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation
- What 2 word name is given to materials whose hardness and ability to retain a cutting edge make them suitable for use in the cutting and shaping of metals, wood and similar
- Touring, Softail, Dyna, Sportster and VRSC are the names of family models for which motorcycle company
- Elias Howe, Whitcomb Judson, Colonel Lewis Walker and Gideon Sundback are people who (at various times) worked on which well known invention for temporarily joining 2 edges of fabric
- Who devised the first standard screw thread in 1841
- 1 meter equals how many feet. To 3 places of decimal
- What is the 2 word name given to the factor which is used to indicate the perceived temperature which a person feels on exposed skin due to the effects of wind and air temperature
- PIIGS or PIGS is a grouping acronym used by international bond analysts, academics , and by the international economic press that refer to the faltering economies of which European countries
- Who's law states that - If a metal is lightly stressed, a temporary deformation, presumably permitted by an elastic displacement of the atoms in the space lattice, takes place. Removal of the stress results in a gradual return of the metal to its original shape and dimensions
Hold down the left mouse button and drag below - to reveal the answer 1) Reed Switch 2) Intel 3) Tool Steel 4) Harley-Davidson 5) Zip or Zipper 6) Joseph Whitworth 7) 3.281 feet 8) Wind Chill 9) Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain 10) Hookes Law |
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Monday 29 November, 2010 08:26 AM |