Trivia questions with answers about technology like laser, transistor, ailerons, electromagnetic, steam engine and more.

What name is given to the device used to produce an intense and narrow beam of light?
A: LASER.

Which two British engineers got together in 1905 to design and produce cars.
A: Rolls and Royce.

Which was France's first mass-producer of cars?
A: Citroen.

What kind of material is treated by 'tempering'?
A: Steel.

In the baking industry fermentation is used to produce which gas?
A: Carbon dioxide.

What kind of mechanical aid is now frequently used in assembly lines?
A: Robot.

What did the transistor replace?
A: Vacuum tube.

Which computer language is an acronym of the name of the world's first computer programmer?
A: ADA.

Which vertical take-off jet made its first flight in 1966?
A: Harrier.

Which device bends as the temperature changes?
A: Bimetallic strip.

Where in airplanes are the ailerons positioned?
A: Wing.

How did car manufacturer Charles Stewart Rolls die?
A: In a flying accident.

What name is given to the displays commonly seen in notebook computers and pocket calculators?
A: Liquid Crystal Display.

When did Marconi transmit the first radio signals across the Atlantic?
A: 1901.

Who produced the world's first petrol-driven motor vehicle?
A: Karl Benz.

What kind of effect is used by a solenoid switch?
A: Electromagnetic.

The external-combustion engine is best seen in which type of engine?
A: Steam engine.

How many Ford Model T cars were produced between 1908 and 1927?
A: 15 million.

What is the name given to the methods used to make an aircraft hard to detect?
A: Stealth technology.

What form o9f transport was initially a form of hobby-horse?
A: Bicycle.

Which Rolls-Royce car was produced between 1906 and 1925?
A: Sliver Ghost.

The technique of dialysis is used in which type of medical technology?
A: Kidney machine.

Spinnerets are used in the manufacture of which type of material?
A: Nylon.

Which company withdrew from motor sport for more than 30 years after a crash involving one of its cars killed 809 spectators at Le Mans?
A: Mercedes Benz.

What name is given to the type of engine where a stream of hot gasses provides propulsion?
A: Jet engine.

What term denotes the communications and weather satellites that appear to stay above one point on the earth?
A: Geostationary.

What material is used to make the microphone of a telephone?
A: Carbon granules.

What is a cyclotron?
A: A particle accelerator.

What was the occupation of Robert Stirling, inventor of the Stirling Engine?
A: Priest.

Which company created history with the first front-wheel drive in 1934?
A: Citroen.

What is 'maglev' an abbreviation for?
A: Magnetic levitation.

What was the name of the three-stage rocket used in the Apollo series of moon shots?
A: Saturn V.

What technology is used by submarines for detecting other objects under water?
A: Sonar.

Which American aviator was the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo in 1932?
A: Amelia Earhart.

What does the abbreviation AM mean?
A: Amplitude modulation.

The bobbing device invented by Stephen Salter  to harness wave power was named after which bird?
A: Duck.

Who designed the Volkswagen Beetle?
A: Ferdinand Porsche.