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Reinventing the Wheel Trivia Quiz

In this quiz we'll start with a five letter word related to wheel, change a letter and maybe rearrange each time, and when we're done we'll have a brand new set of tires.

A multiple-choice quiz by CmdrK. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
CmdrK

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,319

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
444

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. We start out with our "wheel". Change a letter and anagram to find a word meaning complete and undamaged.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Now, change a letter to get the largest marine animal.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Going from water to land, name a type of rock.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Back in the water, change a letter and move them around to find a shallow, possibly dangerous place.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What are the parts of a ship where things are stored?

Answer: (5 letters, plural)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Change a letter, anagram them and get the name of a slow-moving tropical animal.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Put your coins right in those narrow openings.

Answer: (5 letters, plural)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What do you call the thin pieces of metal or wood in a Venetian blind?

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. If something becomes the next word, it is no longer fresh.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Change a letter from the last word to look at something fixedly.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We start out with our "wheel". Change a letter and anagram to find a word meaning complete and undamaged.

Answer: whole

If you have all of something you have the whole amount.

2. Now, change a letter to get the largest marine animal.

Answer: whale

Besides being the name of a big mammal, you can have a whale of a good time.

3. Going from water to land, name a type of rock.

Answer: shale

Shale is layered soft rock formed from mud or clay.

4. Back in the water, change a letter and move them around to find a shallow, possibly dangerous place.

Answer: shoal

Hidden sandbars or rocks in shallow water in a shoal can be a navigational hazard.

5. What are the parts of a ship where things are stored?

Answer: holds

On land it would be called a storeroom, but on a ship it's the hold.

6. Change a letter, anagram them and get the name of a slow-moving tropical animal.

Answer: sloth

The three-toed sloth is found in Central and South America.

7. Put your coins right in those narrow openings.

Answer: slots

Slots can be where you put coins in a jukebox or they can be grooves in the heads of screws.

8. What do you call the thin pieces of metal or wood in a Venetian blind?

Answer: slats

Slats can fit next to, or overlap each other as part of a structure.

9. If something becomes the next word, it is no longer fresh.

Answer: stale

Something stale is no longer pleasant to eat, or can no longer be considered new or interesting.

10. Change a letter from the last word to look at something fixedly.

Answer: stare

You can stare longingly at our word and see that by changing one more letter and anagramming, we will have our long-awaited "tires"!

Source: Author CmdrK

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