Famous Engineers
Animal Kingdom Engineers
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Types of Engineers
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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.