Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which of these tile patterns is known as "herringbone"?
FUN FACT
The herringbone pattern is so named because of its visual similarity to the bone structure of a herring fish.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which of these major construction projects was the first to mandate workers wear hard hats?
Six Companies Inc., a consortium of smaller contractors who successfully bid for the job, required workers to wear hardhats for safety while building the Hoover Dam from 1931 to 1936.
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3. Famous daredevil _________ Knievel was fired from his first job for trying to pop a wheelie with a bulldozer.
In the early 1950s, Evel Knievel was fired from his job after he attempted to wheelie a bulldozer but instead knocked out power to the copper mine where he worked, as well as the nearby town of Butte, Montana.
- Multiple Choice
4. What building material is the second most used substance on Earth after water?
So important and ubiquitous its roots can be traced back to ancient Syria, nearly twenty billion tons of concrete are used each year around the world.
Cement is actually an ingredient in concrete.
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5. What metal is most commonly used to make rebar, the reinforcement bar used to strengthen tension of heavy building material?
Almost all rebar is made of steel, particularly carbon steel, though in some applications, it is made with fiberglass as it doesn't corrode.
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