History of Civil Engineering - International - Institutional

Question 1

France established the Bridge and Highway Corps in what year

Answer 1

1716

Question 2

when and where was the National School of Bridges and Highways established

Answer 2

1747, France

Question 3

the foremost canal builder in Britain

Answer 3

James Brindley

Question 4

first self-proclaimed civil engineer (bonus: what year)

Answer 4

John Smeaton (1771)

Question 5

who built the first eddystone lighthouse (bonus: what year)

Answer 5

Henry Winstansley (1696-1699)

Question 6

who built the second design of the eddystone lighthouse (bonus: what year)

Answer 6

John Rudyard (1708-1755)

Question 7

who built the third design of the eddystone lighthouse (bonus: what year)

Answer 7

John Smeaton (1756-1882)

Question 8

who built the fourth design of the eddystone lighthouse (bonus: what year)

Answer 8

James Douglas (1882)

Question 9

established in 1799, during King Fredrick William III’s rule is an institution that aims to teach academics on how to build structures

Answer 9

Bauakademie

Question 10

during 1832-1836, _______ redesigned the Bauakademie with red bricks

Answer 10

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Question 11

structure built by John Rennie during 1811-1817

Answer 11

Waterloo Bridge

Question 12

structure built by John Rennie during 1814-1819

Answer 12

Southwark Bridge

Question 13

_________ was founded in 1818 by a group of young engineers to support and advance civil engineering

Answer 13

Institute of Civil Engineers

Question 14

during 1819, this institution was established by Alden Parltridge to teach Civil Engineering

Answer 14

Norwich University

Question 15

who built the Menai Bridge in Wales (bonus: what year)

Answer 15

Thomas Telford (1820)

Question 16

the first degree in Civil Engineering was offered in what year

Answer 16

1835

Question 16

where was the University College established (bonus: what year)

Answer 16

London (1826)

Question 17

during what year was Civil Engineering considered as a profession

Answer 17

1828

Question 18

what year did the King’s College start teaching Civil Engineering in London

Answer 18

1838

Question 19

who was the first chairman in Civil Engineering in King’s College (bonus: what year)

Answer 19

Queen Victoria (1840)

Question 20

ASCE (1852) stands for

Answer 20

American Society of Civil Engineers

Question 21

who was the first registered Civil Engineer in the Philippines with PRC#00001

Answer 21

Marcial Kasilag

Question 22

who was the first woman to be a Civil Engineer

Answer 22

Nora Stanton Barney

Question 23

what year was the Institute of Civil Engineers first established

Answer 23

1818

Question 24

the first degree in civil engineering in the US was awarded by which University

Answer 24

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Question 25

who is the first president of the Institute of Civil Engineers (bonus: what year)

Answer 25

Thomas Telford (1820)

Question 26

what year was the smeatonian society of civil engineering established

Answer 26

1771