Green Tech Transport and Inventions Trivia

Question 1

Who is generally considered the Father of Solar Tech, having found the 'photovoltaic effect'?

Accepted Answer

Alexandre Edmond Becquerel

Question 2

Virtualization can result in what reduction in server count, offering space and energy savings?

Accepted Answer

65%

Question 3

A screensaver on a computer can use how much power at a time?

Accepted Answer

over 100 watts

Question 4

Due to the availability of solar tech, the price to upgrade to any sort of solar has dropped by up to how much?

Accepted Answer

85%

Question 5

The world's largest solar power plant, in Gonghe, China, covers how many hectares?

Accepted Answer

5,000 hectares

Question 6

The International Energy Agency believes that the world will be fully swapped to what by 2050?

Accepted Answer

solar

Question 7

The first electric car was built in which decade?

Accepted Answer

the 1830s

Question 8

The world's first aerial bike path opened in which city?

Accepted Answer

Xiamen, China

Question 9

Which country's ambitious plan includes the world's first ship tunnel, allowing vessels to bypass treacherous waters?

Accepted Answer

Norway

Question 10

The Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel with part running under the sea, is located in which country?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 11

The longest pedestrian suspension bridge opened in which country?

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 12

Fred Wolf's first electric home fridge from 1913 was what?

Accepted Answer

A cooling unit on top of a freezer box

Question 13

The birth control pill, developed in 1960, was ushered in by whose advocacy?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Sanger's

Question 14

The largest earthquake ever recorded struck where in 1960?

Accepted Answer

Bio Bio, Chile

Green Tech Transport and Inventions trivia