Statistics for Famous Engineers

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Mechanical	Made significant improvements to the steam engine, the unit of power is named in his honour.	James Watt	100%
Aeronautical	Created the worlds first aeroplane	Orville Wright	100%
Aeronautical	Created the worlds first aeroplane	Wilbur Wright	100%
Mechanical	Ancient Greek who created a screw to lift water between two levels.	Archimedes	85%
Civil	French Engineer who's tower is world famous.	Gustav Eiffel	77%
Electrical	Proponent of DC power transmission; inventor of the lightbulb.	Thomas Edison	77%
Mechanical	German engineer who created the worlds first practical automobile.	Carl Benz	69%
Electrical	Proponent of AC power transmission; Unit of magnetic flux density is named after him.	Nikola Tesla	69%
Mechanical	German inventor of the _______ engine, which uses higher compression ratios and no ignitor.	Rudolf Diesel	69%
Electrical	Inventor of the electric battery, the unit of electrical potential named after him.	Alessandro Volta	54%
Electrical	Developed the 'Analytical Engine' the first mechanical general purpose computer.	Charles Babbage	38%
Civil	Father of the railways due to his creation of the world's first steam locomotive.	George Stephenson	31%
Civil	Built the first 'modern' boat made of metal; first tunnel under a navigable river.	Isambard Kingdom Brunel	31%
Aeronautical	American rocket pioneer - created the worlds first liquid powered rocket	Robert Goddard	23%
Mechanical	'The father of thermodynamics' for his theory of maximum efficiency of heat engines - of which a thermodynamic cycle is named after him.	Sadi Carnot	23%
Electrical	Developed the 'Analytical Engine' the first mechanical general purpose computer.	Ada Lovelace	15%
Aeronautical	Inventor of the Jet Engine	Frank Whittle	15%
Electrical	Developed frequency-hopping spread spectrum, which became the basis for Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi	Hedy Lamarr	15%
Mechanical	Developed the internal combustion engine, a thermodynamic cycle is named after him due to this.	Nicolaus Otto	15%
Aeronautical	Developed a nozzle to allow fluids to reach supersonic speeds	Gustaf de Laval	0%
Electrical	Pioneer and inventor of the integrated circuit	Jack Kilby	0%
Mechanical	French inventor of the first all metal lathe	Jacques de Vaucanson	0%
Mechanical	Substantially improved the precision of equipment at the time, also developed the first standard for screw pitch.	Joseph Whitworth	0%
Civil	Know as the 'father of iron bridge-building in America' for providing the first scientific methodology for bridge building.	Squire Whipple	0%