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100

Danish - English Engineer who founded Arup Group Limited and is known for their work on the Sydney Opera House 

a. Steve Jobs

b. Edmund Happold

c. Ove Arup

d. Gustave Eiffel

c. Ove Arup

100

Webs are their expertise. These architects spin these to catch their prey and sometimes for shelter.

Spiders 

100


Gerald Desmond Bridge

100

This type of engineering might be the right fit if your hobbies include listening and playing music!

Acoustics /  AV Engineering 

100

How many bricks make up the Empire State Building in New York City?

a. 1 million

b. 5 million

c. 10 million 

d. 20 million


c. 10 million 

200

Co-founded Apple Inc along with business partner Steve Wozniak

Steve Jobs

200

Who builds structures similar to dams that stop water flow and are also known as the "lumberjacks" of the forest?

Beavers

200


The Broad Museum 

200

For this type of engineer, their work is "structured" on the bones of every skyscraper, stadium, building ...

Structural engineer 

200

A bridge built in Lima, Peru around 1610 was made of mortar that was mixed not with water but with: 

a. wheat 

b. egg whites  

c. rice 

d. milk


b. egg whites (10,000!)

300

Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code, is what kind of engineer?

a. electrical 

b. civil

c. structural 

d. plumbing 

a. electrical 

300

This is not your typical "dog". These engineers dig temperature-resistant chambers at different depths for various uses.

Prairie Dog 

300


LAX Delta Terminal

300

This engineer has some involvement on everything you see and don't see. Sometimes their greatest designs are built underground and run for miles. 

Civil Engineer

300

True or false: 

Architecture Was Once an Olympic Sport

True! 

During the first four decades of the modern Olympic Games, 151 medals were awarded for music, painting, sculpture, literature, and architecture. The one caveat: every submission had to be sports-related.


400

Who was the first Hispanic female to fly in space?

Ellen Ochoa or Serena M. Aunon

Ellen Ochoa

400

These engineers are tiny but MIGHTY! They build their homes underground with a vast network of tunnels and in complete darkness. 

Ants

400


Bradly Green Alley

400

Let's shine the spot light on this consultant who makes sure every project looks and feels beautiful and comfortable.

Lighting Designer

400

What is the only man made structure visible from space? 

a. The Eiffel Tower

b. The Great Pyramid 

c. The World Trade Center

d. The Great Wall of China

d. The Great Wall of China

500

She was a pioneer of computer programming and invented one of the first linkers. 

Grace Hopper


A linker is a computer program that takes one or more object files generated by a compiler and combines them into one, executable program. Computer programs are usually made up of multiple modules that span separate object files, each being a compiled computer program.

500

Their home is built with the least amount of materials and space. Hexagon is the shape they use, which makes their home very stable and light. (Hint: Their home can also be a sweet treat)

Bees

500


Crenshaw / LAX Metro

500

These engineers make sure you get where you need to go efficiently, timely, and reliably. 

City  / Transportation Planning 

500

The base of the Great Pyramid in Egypt is large enough to cover how many football fields: 

a. two

b. five

c. ten

d. fifteen

c. ten 

According to the Greek historian Herodotus, it took 400,000 men twenty years to construct this great monument.