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A light-hearted quiz to exercise your brain cells. Don't overthink it. Good luck!

ENGINEERING PUZZLES

8 questions about engineering, and a bonus to double your points

Oldest engineering discipline
First practiced by Millie and her husband Terry

Type of engineering used in design, construction, and maintenance of roads, bridges, canals, airports, sewerage systems, and railways
Hint: polite even when provoked

Greatest of all classical engineers, he has influenced the fields of mathematics, physics, engineering, and astronomy for millennia

In 1822 Charles Babbage designed the Difference Engine. What would we call this today?

Why did Alexander Graham Bell (probably) dial the first wrong number?

What was the name of the Scottish inventor who perfected the steam engine

Name the Japanese engineer who started out in a wooden shack making bicycle motors

What is link between Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr and secure WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth

BONUS, to double your points
Which Apple computers did electronics engineer Steve Wozniak design, before the Apple /// business computer was created