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New Civil Engineer does the Big Fat Quiz of the Year powered by Wavin: Round Three

Welcome to Day Three and Round Three of the Big Quiz!

Today's questions relate to events that made the news in New Civil Engineer from October to December this year.

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* 1. Which MP and potential future prime minister told New Civil Engineer in October that he would rather fund a bypass in Bath than HS2?

Jacob Rees Mogg

Boris Johnson

Andrea Leadsom

John McDonnell

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* 2. Who said this and what was he talking about?

“We will not let this happen, either by our opposition in the courts, democratically in Parliament, or by direct action.”

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell, speaking to New Civil Engineer, on the Legal Challenges to Heathrow Expansion

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, speaking to New Civil Engineer on the same

Rev Anne Stevens, on stopping HS2, after being chained to a tree in protest

Former Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker, speaking after an awareness-raising concert on Sheffield tree felling

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* 3. In October the ICE celebrated its 200th with its first ever Global Engineering Congress. How many nations were represented?

112

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* 4. In October New Civil Engineer reported on the likely impact of technology on civil engineers. According to the World Economic Forum how many jobs may be displaced by a shift in the division of labour between humans and machines?

75,000

750,000

7.5 million

75 million

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* 5. Who said this, and what were they talking about?

“The pessimist in me worries that we get lazy; we become too confident in and lose that skill of judgement; of intuition: the ‘that’s just the wrong size’ skill.

Bridge guru Ian Firth, sharing his concerns around reliance on computers for design

Bentley's Bhupinder Singh, sharing his concerns around the same

Former HS2 technical director Andrew McNaughton on conceiving major infrastructure projects

Past ICE president Peter Hansford, talking ahead of launch of his "In Plain Sight Report"

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* 6. The ICE may be celebrating its 200th anniversary this year but in November Andrew Wyllie became only its 154th president. So who spent most years as ICE president?

Thomas Telford

George Stephenson

IK Brunel

Joseph Bazalgette

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* 7. Who said this and what were they talking about?

“It really needs to contemplate who and what the civil engineering industry really is.”

CECA chief executive Alasdair Reisner bemoaning the UK government's lack of concern for the industry

New ACE chief executive Hannah Vickers bemoaning the same

New ICE president Andrew Wyllie talking about the ICE's membership base in the future

Uber CTO Thuan Pham on the same

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* 8. A UK first was claimed in November by which major project for its shaft-sinking innovation?

York Potash mine

Tideway

Hinkley Point C

Northern Line Extension

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* 9. Who said this?

“It is amazing and is particularly true how often people can be working on the same project with totally different objectives.”

Former HS2 chairman Sir Terry Morgan

Former Infrastructure and Projects Authority chief executive and new HS2 chairman Tony Meggs

Former Crossrail chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme

Former Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne

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* 10. The world’s largest crane by size and capacity is about to start working on Hinkley Point C. But how much can it lift?

500t

5,000t

15,000t

50,000t

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* 1. Which MP and potential future prime minister told New Civil Engineer in October that he would rather fund a bypass in Bath than HS2?

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* 2. Who said this and what was he talking about?“We will not let this happen, either by our opposition in the courts, democratically in Parliament, or by direct action.”

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* 3. In October the ICE celebrated its 200th with its first ever Global Engineering Congress. How many nations were represented?

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* 4. In October New Civil Engineer reported on the likely impact of technology on civil engineers. According to the World Economic Forum how many jobs may be displaced by a shift in the division of labour between humans and machines?

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* 5. Who said this, and what were they talking about?“The pessimist in me worries that we get lazy; we become too confident in and lose that skill of judgement; of intuition: the ‘that’s just the wrong size’ skill.

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* 6. The ICE may be celebrating its 200th anniversary this year but in November Andrew Wyllie became only its 154th president. So who spent most years as ICE president?

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* 7. Who said this and what were they talking about?“It really needs to contemplate who and what the civil engineering industry really is.”

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* 8. A UK first was claimed in November by which major project for its shaft-sinking innovation?

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* 9. Who said this?“It is amazing and is particularly true how often people can be working on the same project with totally different objectives.”

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* 10. The world’s largest crane by size and capacity is about to start working on Hinkley Point C. But how much can it lift?

* 2. Who said this and what was he talking about?

“We will not let this happen, either by our opposition in the courts, democratically in Parliament, or by direct action.”

* 5. Who said this, and what were they talking about?

“The pessimist in me worries that we get lazy; we become too confident in and lose that skill of judgement; of intuition: the ‘that’s just the wrong size’ skill.

* 7. Who said this and what were they talking about?

“It really needs to contemplate who and what the civil engineering industry really is.”

* 9. Who said this?

“It is amazing and is particularly true how often people can be working on the same project with totally different objectives.”