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Quiz on The Wheel

20 questions · June 29, 2026

Below is the full Quizmo quiz devoted to the theme "The Wheel": each question, its four options, the correct answer highlighted and, where available, its source. A chance to brush up on your general knowledge and then test what you know.

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Question 1

Easy

What part does a wheel rotate around so it can spin freely?

Source: The axle is the central rod; without it the wheel just rolls away on its own.

Question 2

Easy

The giant rotating ride at fairs is named after which American engineer?

Source: George Ferris built his wheel to rival Paris's Eiffel Tower as an engineering showpiece.

Question 3

Easy

Which ancient region is usually credited with inventing the wheel?

Source: Sumer in Mesopotamia gave us the wheel around 3500 BC, long before the pyramids' boom.

Question 4

Easy

The long-running TV game show is called 'Wheel of ___' what?

Source: 'Wheel of Fortune' has spun since 1975 and is one of TV's longest-running game shows.

Question 5

Easy

Which control do you turn to change a car's direction?

Source: Early cars used tillers like boats; the round steering wheel only took over around 1900.

Question 6

Easy

What are the thin rods linking a bicycle wheel's hub to its rim?

Source: Spokes work in tension, letting a light wire wheel carry surprising loads.

Question 7

Easy

Before transport, the wheel was first widely used to make what?

Source: The potter's wheel spun clay centuries before anyone bolted a wheel to a cart.

Question 8

Easy

What rubber ring is fitted around a car wheel for grip?

Source: Early tyres were solid rubber; the air-filled version made rides far smoother.

Question 9

Easy

A ship's steering wheel turns which part to change course?

Source: The wheel is linked to the rudder at the stern, which actually steers the vessel.

Question 10

Easy

The Dharma wheel is a key symbol of which religion?

Source: The turning Dharma wheel represents the Buddha setting his teaching in motion.

Question 11

Medium

The Aztecs are known to have fitted wheels only onto what objects?

Source: They understood wheels but used them on children's toys, never for hauling loads.

Question 12

Medium

A spinning flywheel mainly stores which form of energy?

Source: Flywheels bank energy as motion, releasing it smoothly like a mechanical battery.

Question 13

Medium

The first Ferris wheel debuted at the 1893 World's Fair in which city?

Source: Chicago's fair unveiled the original wheel, carrying over 2,000 riders at once.

Question 14

Medium

A water wheel mainly converts a river's flow into what?

Source: Water wheels turned millstones and saws for centuries before electricity existed.

Question 15

Medium

Artists arrange primary and secondary hues around which diagram?

Source: Newton bent the rainbow into a circle, creating the color wheel artists still use.

Question 16

Medium

The oldest known wooden wheels are roughly how many years old?

Source: The Ljubljana Marshes wheel in Slovenia is about 5,000 years old and still intact.

Question 17

Medium

The word 'wheelhouse' originally named a structure on what?

Source: A ship's wheelhouse sheltered the steering wheel; the baseball 'sweet spot' meaning came later.

Question 18

Hard

How many spokes does the traditional Buddhist Dharma wheel have?

Source: Its eight spokes stand for the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhist practice.

Question 19

Hard

A 'Catherine wheel' is what kind of firework?

Source: Pinned to a post, it spins and showers sparks, named after a saint's wheel of torture.

Question 20

Hard

A car's differential lets its two driven wheels do what when turning?

Source: The outer wheel travels farther in a turn, so the differential lets it spin faster.

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