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British Engineers
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Q.1.
George Stephenson was a Victorian engineer who was sometimes referred to as what?
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The Sister of Oceans
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The Brother of Christmas
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The Mother of Biscuits
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The Father of Railways
Q.2.
Charles Rolls and Henry Royce were engineers who founded a company famous for what?
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Elastic and fabric
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Engines and motor cars
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Frying pans
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Chocolate machines
Q.3.
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis was an engineer who designed something bouncy during World WarWhat was it?
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A bomb
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A ball
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A shoe
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A kind of cake
Q.4.
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland was an aircraft engineer. He developed an incredible war plane which was called:
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the giraffe
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the whale
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the emu
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the mosquito
Q.5.
William Tierney Clark designed the first suspension ______ to span the River Thames in London.
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road
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bridge
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tower
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boat
Q.6.
A railway line runs from Paddington to Farringdon in London. This was the world's first:
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underground railway line
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steam train
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railway station
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airport
Q.7.
What was Isambard Kingdom Brunel famous for?
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Having a really great name
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Designing ships and building tunnels which revolutionised public transport and modern engineering
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Owning a chocolate factory
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Being born on a Monday
Q.8.
Thomas Harold Flowers was a British engineer who designed a ______ which helped solve encrypted German messages during the war.
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pair of glasses
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notebook
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pencil
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computer
Q.9.
Without engineers, and their work throughout history, what would life be like today?
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Much better - engineers aren't really important
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Just the same
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Much worse - engineers have improved our lives in countless ways
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Much better - we wouldn't have to think about engineering at all
Q.10.
Not all engineers are men. Dame Caroline Harriet Haslett was a female engineer who was famous for...
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running long distances
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leaving her book on a bus
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making a model of the Queen
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helping women to understand science, and particularly electricity
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