This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz

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1. Beginning with the letter "B", what name is given to a short vertical post which was originally used on a quay for mooring ships and boats
2. The earliest known instance of humans using atmospheric convection to power a machine was the Greek Engineer Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD,
   What is the more common name of this type of machine
3. What name is given to a triangle where all interior angles measure less than 90°
4. What name is given to an electrode  through which electric current  flows into a polarized electrical device
5. What is the chemical element with the symbol Co
6. Beginning with the letter "E", what name is given to the study of the history of words , their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time
7. Who was the Roman God of the sea
8. Beginning with the letter "T", what is the name of the metal cutting process typically used for producing a cylindrical surface with a single point tool. The workpiece is rotated on a spindle and the cutting tool is fed into it radially, axially or both
9. Osborne Reynolds is associated with which branch of Engineering a) Fluid Mechanics  b) Civil Engineering  c) Electrical Engineering  d) Cryogenics
10. Beginning with the letter "W", what name is given to a single, usually cylindrical , flexible strand or rod of metal
     
    

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