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Modern Transport

written by: eyez2k1ss

The invention of the wheel was of significance not only as a transportation device, but for the development and progress of mankind in general. Mobility played an important role in history, determining the outcome of battles and entire wars. Today, we depend on ease of transportation more than ever - it has become an integral part of our daily lives. This quiz focuses on modern means of transportation.

Question 1:

Helicopters are generally believed to excel most conventional fixed-wing aircraft in what aspect?

Ease of control
Amount of payload
Speed
Maneuverability

Question 2:

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What engineer invented the original version of the aerial tramway, a type of aerial lift, widely used in the Alpine regions of Europe?

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
Henry Jenkin
Lewis Gordon
Siegfried Marcus

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Question 3:

This canal, known as the largest man-made waterway in the world, with a total length of 1200 miles, is also one of the most ancient ones.

Grand Canal of China
Erie Canal
Corinth Canal
Suez Canal

Question 4:

"Plus 15", opened in 1970 and located in Calgary, Canada, is what type of modern transport infrastructure?

A skywalk
A metro station
A highway
A bridge

Question 5:

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Magnetic levitation trains are a form of transportation with no direct contact between the track and the vehicle. The technology used in these trains relies on three basic types of magnets. Name the odd one.

Permanent magnets
Neodymium magnets
Superconducting magnets
Electromagnets

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Question 6:

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The hovercraft is a vehicle that can travel on water, land or any relatively smooth surface with the help of what?

Air cushions
Magnetic levitation
Electrostatic levitation
Screw propulsion

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Question 7:

The Great Manmade River is a tremendous transportation infrastructure, which is not a river as its name suggests, but what?

A canal
A network of pipes
A tunnel
An aqueduct

Question 8:

Segway HT, a two-wheeled light-mode transportation device, invented by Dean Kamen and presented in December 2001, is the world's first vehicle of what type?

Self-balancing transportation device
Gyroscope-enabled transportation device
Non-polluting transportation device
Computer-controlled personal transportation device

Question 9:

Cat's eye, a piece of equipment invented in 1933 by Briton Percy Shaw and used in road construction, is used as what?

Balance sensor in aircraft
Warning safety device on roads
Pedestrian warning device in the United States
Signaling device in ship navigation

Question 10:

Which of these types of bridge constructions allows for the greatest span range?

Cable-stayed bridge
Moon bridge
Truss arch bridge
Suspension bridge

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