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october engineering quiz!

Wouldn't it be great to look at a building plan and think "I can make this a really pleasant building to work in."

Or to look at a helicopter and think "I know how to make that good helicopter a GREAT helicopter."

'Engineer' covers hundreds of different jobs, this is a quiz to make you think about what engineers do for YOU! And Rolls-Royce have kindly donated 20, yes that's right 20 winners this month, executive globe puzzles from their collection to celebrate their Rolls-Royce Science Prize competition for teachers.

Have a look in our MEET YOUR MATCH database at the engineering section if you fancy finding out more about this collest of professions.

Idea, design, plan, make - GO!


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01
 What do Rolls-Royce make?
Posh Cars
Aeronautical and Marine Engines
Tinned Pineapple

02
 What do Rolls-Royce Cars make?
Posh Cars
A range of Footwear
Garden Furniture

03
 What are Civil Engineers?
Polite to everyone
People who design and build roads, railways, bridges and tunnels
People who design computer networks

04
 If you need a dam built, who ya gonna call?
Ghost Busters
Dam Busters
A Civil Engineer

05
 Who built the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Paddington Station and The Great Western Railway?
Bernie Clifton
Isambard Kindgom Brunel
Paddington Bear

06
 Ferdinand von Zeppelin was famous for engineering what?
Cattle grids
Cigarette lighters
Airships

07
 You see a problem, you invent a solution, you engineer a prototype. Who did all this to come up with the windshield wiper in 1903?
Mary Anderson
Anders Maryson
Andrew Sonmary

08
 Leonardo Da Vinci was a genius, and all rounder, combining painting, sculpting, architecture, science, and...
Zoo keeping
Tap dancing
Engineering

09
 Which of the following are not strictly branches of Engineering?
Medical, Ceramic, Mechanical
Chemical, Industrial, Aeronautical
Political, Philosophical, Hair

10
 Rowan Atkinson (AKA Mr Bean and Blackadder) started out by studying...
Acting
Electrical engineering
Ant farming

Answers

1= Aeronautical & Marine Engineers • 2= Posh Cars • 3= People who design & build roads etc. • 4= A Civil Engineer • 5= Isambard Kingdom Brunel • 6= Airships • 7= Mary Anderson • 8= Engineering • 9= Political, Philosophical, Hair • 10= Electrical Engineering


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