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Engineering Trivia Quiz - June 20, 2011

 

This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz

 

A challenging test of general Engineering Knowledge
Created by Engineers - For Engineers
 

  1. In the Roman numeral system, what is the number LXIX
  2. What name is given to Triangles that do not have an angle measuring 90°
  3. In Physics, the concept of an Electrical Field was introduced by who
  4. What name is given to a device mounted on the top of a building and electrically connected to the ground through a wire which protects the building in the event of an atmospheric discharge of electricity, typically caused by thunderstorm activity
  5. German Engineer Felix Wankel is famous for inventing what type of internal combustion engine 
  6. What name beginning with the letter"T", is given to the irregular motion of fluids
  7. In many Asian countries a particular type of grass is used for scaffolding material.  What do we commonly call that grass
  8. The generic name for an unmanned arial vehicle is also the name for a continuous musical note or chord.  What is it
  9. Who was the Roman God of wine
  10. Investment, Die, Sand, Shell, and Spin are all types of what metal forming process


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  • 1) 69  2) Oblique Triangles  3) Michael Faraday  4) A lightning rod or lightning conductor  5) The Rotary combustion engine  6) Turbulence  7) Bamboo  8) Drone  9) Bacchus  10) Casting
Wednesday 22 June, 2011 09:52 AM
 
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