BIG QUIZ
Household Names Who Are Engineers
Not everyone with an engineering background winds up working as an engineer. Test your knowledge of the actors, musicians, and political leaders who started out in engineering.
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Engineering is a great job, but it isn’t for everyone. Even those who majored in engineering in college or graduated with a degree can sometimes find themselves pulled into a new direction. It turns out a surprising number of celebrities have an engineering background. Test your knowledge of celebrity engineers in this month’s Big Quiz—and see if it makes you reconsider the work of these artists, politicians, or educators.
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