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Cars and machines trivia questions
“Engines, models and speed” is how Rewind’s picker describes Cars and machines, a Life branch with 16 questions. 5 of them are tied to a year (1854 to 1997), and the other 11 are not about a moment in time.
When the Cars and machines questions happen
5 of the 16 carry a year, the earliest 1854 and the latest 1997. By decade:
- 1850s: 1 question
- 1950s: 1 question
- 1960s: 1 question
- 1990s: 2 questions
Reading the Cars and machines questions
Questions here open in a few familiar ways: 7 start with “Which”, 2 start with “The”, 1 start with “Concorde”. Four choices are shown each time, and the fact line that follows is at most 20 words. 8 of the answers are a single word.
Every question was checked against a written source, and the source is kept with it.
A taste of Cars and machines
Two samples from Cars and machines, chosen from the older questions. Neither is one of the ten the daily quiz is using around now.
Question (1854): Elisha Otis made which machine safe, with a brake that grabs hold if the cable snaps?
Answer: The elevator. He proved it at the 1854 New York Crystal Palace by standing on the platform and having the rope cut.
The wrong choices on the card were The escalator, The crane, and The tractor.
Checked against Elisha Otis (Wikipedia).
Question: Which car maker uses four linked rings as its badge?
Answer: Audi. The four rings stand for the four car firms that merged to make the company in 1932.
The wrong choices on the card were BMW, Volkswagen, and Opel.
Checked against Audi (Wikipedia).
Pick Cars and machines in Rewind
To play only Cars and machines, go to the title screen of Rewind and press the Branches button, which reads Mix until you change it. Choose Cars and machines from the Life list (16 questions sit behind it) and confirm with Play these.
Scoring and the clock are in How to play Rewind.
Next to Cars and machines in the picker
- Football trivia: The NFL and the college game (16 questions)
- Hoops and the diamond trivia: Basketball and baseball (16 questions)
- The Olympics trivia: Summer, winter and the records (16 questions)
- Holidays trivia: Halloween, Christmas and the rest (18 questions)
Every branch is on the Rewind topics page, and the other daily games are on the topics hub.