tunnel
Tunnels carry roads, railways, water, or utilities. This topic is part of Engineering within Technology. This page currently draws on 16 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
tunnel trivia questions
A tunnel is a passage built through or under what?
Answer: Ground or obstacles
Bonus fact: Tunnels carry roads, railways, water, or utilities.
What machine is often used to excavate long modern tunnels through rock or soil?
Answer: Tunnel boring machine
Bonus fact: TBMs cut circular tunnels and can install lining segments.
The Channel Tunnel connects Britain with which country?
Answer: France
Bonus fact: It runs beneath the English Channel.
Denmark is connected to Sweden by what bridge-tunnel link?
Answer: Øresund Bridge
Bonus fact: The Øresund link connects Copenhagen with Malmö.
The carpal tunnel is located in what body part?
Answer: Wrist
Bonus fact: It is a narrow passage on the palm side of the wrist.
Which nerve passes through the carpal tunnel?
Answer: Median nerve
Bonus fact: Compression of the median nerve causes carpal tunnel syndrome.
What structures share the carpal tunnel with the median nerve?
Answer: Flexor tendons
Bonus fact: Several finger-flexor tendons pass through the tunnel.
What tunnel runs beneath the English Channel?
Answer: Channel Tunnel
Bonus fact: The Channel Tunnel links England and France by rail.
What type of mining follows underground deposits through tunnels and shafts?
Answer: Underground mining
Bonus fact: Underground methods reach deposits too deep for surface extraction.
Carpenter ants get their name because they excavate nests in what?
Answer: Wood
Bonus fact: They tunnel through wood but do not eat it.
The Catacombs of Paris contain transferred remains from what?
Answer: Overcrowded cemeteries
Bonus fact: Bones were moved into old quarry tunnels beginning in the late 18th century.
What power source replaced steam locomotives in most early subway systems?
Answer: Electricity
Bonus fact: Electric traction was cleaner and better suited to tunnels.