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Оглавление1 Which supersonic form of transport was introduced in 1976 and retired in 2003?
2 Which aircraft that was first flown commercially in 1970 was nicknamed the “Jumbo Jet”?
3 The high-speed Japanese train network first introduced in 1964 is called the Shinkansen, but what is its more common name?
4 What was the nickname given to Robert Stephenson’s steam locomotive of 1829?
5 What is the name of the record-winning fastest steam locomotive of all time?
6 Who patented the lightbulb in 1879?
7 What is the name of the Ferris wheel in London, originally built for the Millennium celebrations?
8 Opened to the public in 2013, which 95-storey building was the tallest building in the UK as at June 2018?
9 Which entrepreneur and engineer founded the company SpaceX and co-founded Tesla Inc?
10 Opened in 2010, what was the name of the tallest building in the world as at June 2018?
11 What is the name of the tallest structure in Paris, opened in 1889?
12 What is the name of the hydroelectric gravity dam in China which became fully operational in 2012?
13 Sir Christopher Cockerell invented what method of transport?
14 Which Swedish engineer, the inventor of dynamite, posthumously dedicated his fortune to establish an annual series of prizes?
15 The Bessemer process, devised in 1856, made which alloy cheaper to mass-produce?
16 Which man-made waterway in Central America links the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?
17 For what type of construction is Glenfinnan noted?
18 The Eurostar train travels under which stretch of water?
19 In which city did the world’s first underground railway open?
20 What is the name of the ancient fortification in China, said to be observable from space?
