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Famous Engineers
Mechanical Engineering
General Electric
Chemical Engineering
Potpourri
100
He's got the record of 1,093 patents, despite never earning a technical degree.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
Conservation of _______, otherwise known as the First Law of Thermodynamics.
What is Energy?
100
GE was one of the original 12 companies listed in this stock index.
What is the Dow Jones?
100
A common oxidation reaction, whereby significant heat is released.
What is combustion?
100
This occupation comes from a Latin word meaning "cleverness".
What is "Engineer"?
200
In the 1880's, this engineer worked for Westinghouse and Edison, the latter of which defaulted on a $50K prize for his work on AC motors.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
200
This type of stress is commonly referenced as being of the First Principal variety.
What is tensile stress?
200
GE's official tagline before switching to "Imagination at Work" in 2004.
What is "We bring good things to life"?
200
The name of the process by which a solid or liquid is put into motion by another liquid or gaseous stream.
What is entrainment?
200
At 85 miles in length, the Delware Aqueduct delivers water to this city.
What is New York City?
300
In October 1920, this inventor announced he was working on a machine to communicate with the spirit world.
Who is Thomas Edison?
300
The efficiency measure of how much thermal energy is emitted by a surface, as compared to a black body.
What is emissivity?
300
GE was the first US company to use an electric computer in this decade.
What is the 1950's?
300
The quantity of atoms and other units in one mole of any substance is known as this number.
What is Avogadro's Number?
300
This feature reduces drag on a golf ball, allowing it to fly farther than equivalent balls with smooth surfaces.
What are dimples?
400
Before becoming a super model, this almost-engineer studied Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University.
Who is Cindy Crawford?
400
This moment is the mass property of a rigid body that determines the torque needed to produce acceleration about a rotational axis.
What is Moment of Inertia?
400
Inspired by it's parent company, NBC's famous tri-tone uses this sequence of musical notes.
What are G-E-C?
400
The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of an object by one degree.
What is heat capacity?
400
Over 25,000 workers died, mostly from landslides and disease, during the construction of this engineering marvel.
What is the Panama Canal?
500
This U.S. President was also an engineer.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
500
This unit of heat energy is equal to 4.18 Joules.
What is a calorie?
500
This corporate headquarters location receives letters addressed to Santa Claus, from children whom assume his zipcde is 12345.
What is Schenectady, NY?
500
Mendeleev, a Siberian chemstry teached, is credited with the organization of this columned collection in 1869.
What is the Periodic Table of Elements?
500
The "wild spirits" described in "Origins of Medicine" in 1609 by Flemish scientist Jan Baptista van Helmont were produced from wood by this process.
What is Gasification?