IOWA
ASCE
Civil Acronyms
Engineering Firsts
Structures & Cities
100
This is the year the University of Iowa was founded
What is 1847?
100
The number of Regions ASCE is separated into.
What is 10?
100
What ASCE Stands for
What is the American Society of Civil Engineers?
100
This city is known for having built the world's first skyscraper
Chicago ( The Home Insurance Building in 1885 Steel-Frame Building)
100
Type of Bridge
Stone Arch
200
The name of the University of Iowa's football teams first mascot.
What is Burch the Bear?
200
The year this corn monument was constructed (Closest guess)
What is 2018
200
What AISC stands for
What is the American Institute of Steel Construction?
200
This city is known for having the world's oldest subway system
London (The tube first ran with steam locomotives)
200
Name this location (City & Country)
Reykjavik, Iceland
300
This is the year the 'Hawkeye Wave' tradition began during Iowa football games
What is 2017?
300
The first year the corn monument tradition started.
When is 1914?
300
What MUTCD stands for
What is the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices?
300
This is the year the first High-Speed Rail line began operations
1964
(advance of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics)
300
Name the Intersection type
Cloverleaf Interchange
400
This University of Iowa building has been designated an ASCE National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
What is the University of Iowa Hydraulics Laboratory?
400
The year ASCE was founded
What is 1852?
400
What ASTM Stands for
What is the American Society for Testing and materials?
400
The year the first electric traffic signal was created
1912 (Lester Wire, a policeman in Salt Lake City, Utah)
400
Name the Intersection type
Diverging Diamond Interchange
(This is a photo of the one in Coralville)
500
The number of times the Iowa Hawkeyes football team has participated in the Rose Bowl.
What is 6 times?
1957, 1959, 1982, 1986, 1991, 2016
500
The first and most important guideline of the ASCE civil engineering code of ethics.
first and foremost, protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
500
What ISWMM stands for
What is the Iowa Stormwater Management Manual?
500
The year first underwater tunnel was built
1843 (Thames Tunnel, London)
(riginally designed for horse-drawn carriages, but was mainly used by pedestrians)
500
Name this location (City & Country)
Buenos Aires, Argentina