Brain Teaser
Two numbers walk into a calculation. One disappears, but the result is still correct. What vanished?
Zero
Where do you aim the nozzle of a fire eqtinguisher?
Base of the fire
China’s largest engineering project, visible from space according to legend, spans over 21,000 km.
Great wall of China
The copper used for this monument’s exterior could be hammered into a sheet large enough to cover four football fields.
Statue of Liberty
From which Latin word is the term "engineering" derived?
Ingenium
I have keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go outside.
keyboard
Name the acronym for chemical fact sheets that communicate hazards?
MSDS or SDS
The Romans engineered this iconic arched structure to transport water across long distances.
Aqueduct
A failed O‑ring caused this spacecraft to break apart 73 seconds after liftoff, marking one of NASA’s most tragic engineering failures.
Challenger disaster
What ancient Greek mathematician and engineer is credited with the boast "Give me a place to stand on and I will move the earth" after investigating the principles of levers?
Archimedes
I travel the world while staying in the same corner
Stamp
The queen of creating "bridges"?
Taylor Swift
At the center of Mecca's Masjid al-Haram mosque sits the big black Kaaba, a structure whose Arabic name translates to what Platonic solid it's shaped like?
Cube
Ottawa announced $35 billion for infrastructure and defence across this vast region of Canada in March 2026.
Canadas north
Mark Watney, an environmental engineer stranded on the Red Planet, is the title character of what 2011 Andy Weir novel and its film adaptation?
Martian
Engineers love me because I stay constant, no matter the input. But mathematicians say I only approach; I never arrive.
Infinity
How many water treatment plants are there in winnipeg and what does NEWPCC stand for.
North End Water Pollution Control Centre
This airport terminal is home to the world's tallest indoor waterfall, the 40‑meter tall Rain Vortex
Jewel changi airport
Four of the top six Canadian megaprojects in 2026 are related to this type of energy.
Nuclear engery
What building, built to house the headquarters of a large auto manufacturer, was in a heated race to be the tallest building in the world in 1930. Its record was short lived since the Empire State Building surpassed it in 1931 to be the largest in the world (and the city)?
Chrysler Building
Engineers chase me endlessly: the more precise I am, the harder I am to achieve. Yet without me, systems fail.
Tolerance
What did NASA's Mars Climate Orbitor spacecraft fail due to
Mismatch between metric and Imperial unit
Described by Muammar Gaddafi as "the Eighth Wonder of the World," the Great Man-Made River delivers 6.5 million cubic meters of water daily to Tripoli, Benghazi, and other cities in what northern African country?
Libya
Premier Wab Kinew announced in 2025 that Manitoba is planning three major energy projects, including this Arctic deep‑water port expansion.
port of churchill expansion
In what country would you find the world's oldest school of engineering? The school was founded in 1707 by Emperor Josef I.
Czechia or Czech Republic