elevator
Elevators transport passengers or freight between different floors. This topic is part of Engineering within Technology. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
elevator trivia questions
An elevator moves people or goods mainly in what direction inside a building?
Answer: Vertically
Bonus fact: Elevators transport passengers or freight between different floors.
What safety device invented by Elisha Otis helped make passenger elevators practical by preventing a car from falling if the hoisting cable failed?
Answer: Safety brake
Bonus fact: Otis publicly demonstrated his elevator safety mechanism in 1854.
In a traction elevator, what heavy mass helps balance the weight of the elevator car?
Answer: Counterweight
Bonus fact: The counterweight reduces the amount of energy required to raise and lower the car.
What aircraft control is primarily used to pitch and roll many airplanes?
Answer: Control yoke or stick
Bonus fact: The yoke or stick controls elevators and ailerons.
A skyscraper is a very tall what?
Answer: Building
Bonus fact: Skyscrapers use advanced structural systems and elevators.
What invention made upper floors of skyscrapers practical for everyday use?
Answer: Elevator
Bonus fact: Safe passenger elevators enabled vertical cities.