Engineering Trivia
From ancient stone tools to space rockets, prove you’ve got the nuts, bolts, and brainpower to engineer your way to victory.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
In the late 19th century, mass-produced steel girders enabled engineers to construct much larger and more robust what across rivers and valleys?
Bridges
Which energy-efficient lighting device, first demonstrated by Nick Holonyak Jr. in 1962, emits visible red light and is now found in everything from indicator lamps to home bulbs?
LED
Karl Benz’s 1885 Patent-Motorwagen, often considered the first true automobile, had how many wheels?
Three
Completed in 1936 in Black Canyon on the Nevada–Arizona border, the Hoover Dam was built over which river?
Colorado River
Sometimes called “frozen smoke,” which ultralight material is up to 99.8% air and holds the title of the lightest solid on Earth?
Aerogel