The Coffee Break Quiz - A challenging selection of General Engineering questions and answers -
sometimes you just don't know what you don't know, but you're sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !

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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 – a) Emile Baudot  b) Nikola Tesla  c) Michael Faraday  d) Alessandro Volta
4. A device mounted on the top of a building and electrically connected to the ground through a wire which protects a building in the event of an atmospheric discharge of electricity, typically caused by thunderstorm activity is called a Lightning Communicator – True or False
5. German Engineer Felix Wankel is famous for inventing what type of internal combustion engine
6. Turbulence is the name given to the irregular motion of fluids – True or False
7. Bamboo is a common building material in many parts of Asia.  Bamboo is a type of grass – True or False
8. The generic name for an unmanned arial vehicle is also the name for a continuous musical note or chord.  What is it
9. The chemical symbol for Mercury is Mg - True or False
10. Investment, Die, Sand, Shell, and Spin are all types of what metal forming process – a) Casting  b) Welding  c) Extrusion  d)  Spark Erosion  

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ANSWERS
1) 69  2) Oblique Triangles  3) c) Michael Faraday  4) False – It is called a Lightning Conductor or a Lightening Rod   5) The Rotary combustion engine  6) True  7) True  8) Drone  9) False - the chemical symbol for Mercury is Hg   10) a) Casting