This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz Questions

A mix of General Engineering Questions which are guaranteed to test your knowledge.


Try to answer them yourself or in a group, maybe in a coffee or lunch break - print out the questions and see how good your group is.


It's often difficult for a single individual to have  the spread of knowledge, but it is interesting to see what obscure knowledge people do in fact have tucked away in the dark recesses of their brains.
 Sometimes an answer is a combination of knowledge from different people.
 One person starts the ball rolling and others can piggy back from that start

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Answering trivia questions can also be used as a lead in to business activities.  
Typically as a starter to meetings, in order to "break the ice" and get some lateral thinking or maybe to start a brainstorming session.  It can start the thinking process and get people to look "outside of the square". 

Complimentary to, and also an excellent way to develop and stimulate the thought process is to use creativity exercises such as those found on sites such as as  http://creativitygames.net/    


If you are organising a  trivia competition, feel free to use any of the engcom questions and please give us a mention.  Maybe your company has an internal (or external) news letter.  Again we don't own the knowledge, but an acknowledgement would be appreciated

1.  What is the capital of Libya
2. In hydraulic engineering, what does NPSH stand for
3. What does a Nephelometer measure
4. What does Volkswagen (the automobile ) mean in English
5. The word "Concrete", comes from which language a) Greek  b) French  c) Latin  d) Chinese
6. What name is given to a precision alternative to a key for transmitting axial and rotary motion.  Typically it consists of a series of projections on the end of a shaft that fit into slots on a mating shaft end, enabling both to rotate together
7. What is the name of the British-Dutch multinational corporation which gets its name from the amalgamation of British soapmaker  Lever Brothers  and Dutch margarine  producer Margarine Unie
8. What is the currency of Vietnam
9. Silver can be alloyed with other metals to make amalgams  that are widely used for dental fillings - True or false
10. Generally used on smaller subsonic aircraft and beginning with the letter "T", what name is given to a type of aircraft powerplant  that use a gas turbine  to drive a propeller
    
    
    
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 1)Tripoli  2) Net Positive Suction Head  3) Turbidity in Water  4) Peoples Car  5) c) Latin  6) Spline  7) Unilever  8) The Dong  9) True  10) Turboprop