Succeed by Failing

There's a common expression: "If at first you don't succeed, _____"

• skydiving isn't for you
• you're normal
• try, try again
• get a bigger hammer

If you think about it, you can't try again without _____

• collapsing a few bridges
• failing first
• finding a new problem
• engineers

A condition or test that's part of a larger experiment is called _____

• a criterion for success
• a failure point
• a trial
• a variable

The point where a solution doesn't work anymore is called _____

• a criterion
• a failure point
• a variable
• a trial

For the collapsing bridge across a stream, the suggested failure point was the _____

• speed of the bulldozer
• specific weight on the bridge
• height of the bridge
• speed of the stream

The point where an engineer can say, "Here's why the bridge failed" is called _____

• the non-solution point
• the failure point
• the weakness point
• the exclamation point

What was the nickname of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge?

• Galloping Gertie
• Wobbling Wanda
• Shuddering Shannon
• Failing Fiona

The failure point of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge was _____

• the speed and angle of the wind
• the weight and type of vehicles
• the speed of the cars
• the height of the bridge

Eventually, what happened to the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge?

• it collapsed
• it was torn down
• it was updated
• it was retired

Suspension bridges are stronger and safer than ever because engineers _____

• brainstorm more ideas
• create more failure points
• learn from previous failures
• isolate variables