EG Quiz – Issue 35

1. Roughly how many engineers are represented by the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO)? A) 20 million; B) 30 million; C) 40 million. 
2. What principle, fundamental to hydraulic engineering, states that a pressure change applied to a confined fluid is transmitted undiminished in all directions?
3. What percentage of the London Underground is actually underground? A) 45 percent B) 55 percent C) 65 percent
4. Before taking her tour guests on excursions in the Arctic, what does engineer and tour guide Rochelle Kirby first check for in surrounding areas?*
5. BRiDGE stands for Building Resilience in ___ for Engineering
6. What nickname was given to the original 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the US state of Washington (and why)?
7. How many years of engineering experience are required to progress from Emerging Professional to Member in the Engineering New Zealand membership pathway? 
8. Daniel Moroder FEngNZ received Fellowship at the 2026 Fellows’ Dinner. What other award did he receive?*
9. In what year did Leslie Robertson become the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university with an engineering degree? A) 1945; B) 1965; C) 1985.
10. How many times louder is a sound measured at 60dB than one measured at 30dB? 

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Answers

1. B) 30 million. The WFEO represents engineers and engineering organisations from approximately 100 countries. 
2. Pascal’s Law. 
3. A) 45 percent. 
4. Polar bears. 
5. Design guidance. It’s the cross-agency programme focused on developing clear, practical and consistent engineering guidance in New Zealand. 
6. Galloping Gertie, due to its visible up
   and down movement in windy conditions.
7. Five. 
8. The Francis Small Engineering New Zealand Foundation Award.
9. B) 1965 – Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering). 
10. 1,000 times louder. 

This article was first published in the June 2026 issue of EG magazine.