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Famous Engineers - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 25 times
- The average score is 9 of 24
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| Mechanical | Made significant improvements to the steam engine, the unit of power is named in his honour. | James Watt | 92%
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| Aeronautical | Created the worlds first aeroplane | Orville Wright | 88%
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| Aeronautical | Created the worlds first aeroplane | Wilbur Wright | 88%
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| Electrical | Proponent of DC power transmission; inventor of the lightbulb. | Thomas Edison | 79%
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| Mechanical | Ancient Greek who created a screw to lift water between two levels. | Archimedes | 75%
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| Electrical | Proponent of AC power transmission; Unit of magnetic flux density is named after him. | Nikola Tesla | 75%
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| Civil | French Engineer who's tower is world famous. | Gustav Eiffel | 67%
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| Mechanical | German inventor of the _______ engine, which uses higher compression ratios and no ignitor. | Rudolf Diesel | 63%
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| Mechanical | German engineer who created the worlds first practical automobile. | Carl Benz | 58%
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| Electrical | Inventor of the electric battery, the unit of electrical potential named after him. | Alessandro Volta | 50%
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| Mechanical | 'The father of thermodynamics' for his theory of maximum efficiency of heat engines - of which a thermodynamic cycle is named after him. | Sadi Carnot | 33%
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| Mechanical | Developed the internal combustion engine, a thermodynamic cycle is named after him due to this. | Nicolaus Otto | 29%
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| Electrical | Developed the 'Analytical Engine' the first mechanical general purpose computer. | Charles Babbage | 25%
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| Civil | Father of the railways due to his creation of the world's first steam locomotive. | George Stephenson | 25%
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| Civil | Built the first 'modern' boat made of metal; first tunnel under a navigable river. | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 25%
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| Aeronautical | American rocket pioneer - created the worlds first liquid powered rocket | Robert Goddard | 17%
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| Aeronautical | Inventor of the Jet Engine | Frank Whittle | 13%
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| Electrical | Developed frequency-hopping spread spectrum, which became the basis for Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi | Hedy Lamarr | 13%
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| Electrical | Developed the 'Analytical Engine' the first mechanical general purpose computer. | Ada Lovelace | 8%
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| Aeronautical | Developed a nozzle to allow fluids to reach supersonic speeds | Gustaf de Laval | 0%
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| Electrical | Pioneer and inventor of the integrated circuit | Jack Kilby | 0%
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| Mechanical | French inventor of the first all metal lathe | Jacques de Vaucanson | 0%
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| Mechanical | Substantially improved the precision of equipment at the time, also developed the first standard for screw pitch. | Joseph Whitworth | 0%
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| Civil | Know as the 'father of iron bridge-building in America' for providing the first scientific methodology for bridge building. | Squire Whipple | 0%
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