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Engineering Trivia Quiz - July 4, 2011

 
This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz
 
Always a challenging test of general Engineering Knowledge 
Created by Engineers - For Engineers
  1. What name beginning with the letter "D" is given to a non Newtonian material in which viscosity  increases with the rate of shear strain
  2. Beginning with the letter "F", what name is given to the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and/or material elements sliding against each other
  3. Waste water from sinks, showers, and bathtubs, but not toilets is generally referred to as what colored water
  4. What is the name of a word or element which is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning
  5. Chalk, limestone, and marble are common forms of what element which has the chemical symbol CaCO3 
  6. Smooth Cut, Second Cut and Bastard Cut refer to what metal working tools
  7. Beginning with the letter "N", what word is used to describe the raised surface or pile on certain kinds of cloth , such as velvet
  8. What name is given to the milky sap of the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis
  9. Who was the Roman God of love
  10. What is the more common name of a Galvanic Cell


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Wednesday 6 July, 2011 10:23 AM
 
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