Choose the Real Car Parts

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An automobile is an engineering masterpiece with literally thousands of different parts. While many components have normal sounding names, there are a few that sound completely fictional. Can you pick the real car part and not one of the three fake ones?

real-car-parts Quiz Questions

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Question 1

What's the name of that sporty fin on the back of many car models?

  • A
    Backwing
  • B
    Spoiler
  • C
    Thrust fin
  • D
    Rear plane

Question 2

Which is the real part of your car's anti-roll system?

  • A
    Gyrometer
  • B
    Veloscope
  • C
    Rotary plane
  • D
    Sway bar

Question 3

Which of these is a real component of your car's drivetrain?

  • A
    Floater
  • B
    Differential
  • C
    Radial compensator
  • D
    Over-under valve

Question 4

What's the name for the two posts that stick out of the top of your car's battery?

  • A
    Power ports
  • B
    Plugs
  • C
    Terminals
  • D
    Stalks

Question 5

What component is responsible for distributing coolant throughout your entire engine?

  • A
    Water pump
  • B
    Recirculator
  • C
    Arterial drive
  • D
    Flowmaster

Question 6

What's the name of this important part of your engine?

  • A
    Twister pin
  • B
    Piston arm
  • C
    Rotary wing
  • D
    Crankshaft

Question 7

What part of your car generates electricity?

  • A
    Power plant
  • B
    Alternator
  • C
    Generator
  • D
    Boiler

Question 8

The single, continuous belt used to drive multiple peripheral devices in an automotive engine, such as an alternator, power steering pump, water pump, air conditioning compressor, air pump, etc., is known as what?

  • A
    Super band
  • B
    Serpentine belt
  • C
    Peddler
  • D
    Power strip

Question 9

The heavy revolving wheel that is used to increase the machine's momentum and provide greater stability, or a reserve of available power during interruptions in the delivery of power to the machine, is known as what?

  • A
    Flywheel
  • B
    Rotary cap
  • C
    Plate
  • D
    Spindleizer

Question 10

Which term do British people use to identify a car's hood?

  • A
    Slipcover
  • B
    Rocker
  • C
    Flat panel
  • D
    Bonnet

Question 11

Which of these is the technical name for the display panel that contains the speedometer and other gauges?

  • A
    Instrument cluster
  • B
    Information window
  • C
    Data panel
  • D
    Readout pane

Question 12

If you have a diesel engine, this component helps you start the engine in cold temperatures.

  • A
    Engine torch
  • B
    Glowplug
  • C
    Sparker
  • D
    Heat vaporizer

Question 13

These components might have a funny name, but your engine wouldn't work properly without them.

  • A
    Tappets
  • B
    Ringers
  • C
    Super springs
  • D
    Shearing grids

Question 14

What part of your steering system attaches to the steering shaft and travels across the rack to turn your wheels?

  • A
    Slider
  • B
    Pinion
  • C
    Tooth grip
  • D
    Assist module

Question 15

Which genuine part of your transmission sounds like it's out of a science fiction novel?

  • A
    Impulse drive
  • B
    Deflector dish
  • C
    Hyperdrive
  • D
    Planetary gear

Question 16

Which component helps determine if your engine is firing normally?

  • A
    Tympanic element
  • B
    Triple meter
  • C
    Seismograph
  • D
    Knock sensor

Question 17

The purpose of this part is to reduce engine vibration and in many cases, serve as a pulley for drive belts.

  • A
    Harmonic balancer
  • B
    Shock shield
  • C
    Absorption matting
  • D
    Dampening bucket

Question 18

Which real car part has a role in your car's steering system?

  • A
    Circumnavigator
  • B
    Drag link
  • C
    Fetzer valve
  • D
    Graviton

Question 19

Can you choose which is a real component of the carburetor?

  • A
    Float chamber
  • B
    Ramstad junction
  • C
    Flagulator
  • D
    Pickup

Question 20

Which part of your car closes up the top of your engine's combustion chamber?

  • A
    Plunger
  • B
    Cylinder head
  • C
    Conveyor
  • D
    Ringlet

Question 21

What is the technical name for the strap above the car door you hold on to when the driver takes a tight turn?

  • A
    Hang strap
  • B
    Clamper
  • C
    Grab handle
  • D
    C-clip

Question 22

This part of your seat belt system keeps you safe while you're driving.

  • A
    Toe-knuckle
  • B
    Z-Clamp
  • C
    Whistler
  • D
    Retractor

Question 23

Which device lets your car know the slope of a hill you are on?

  • A
    Planer
  • B
    Leveling
  • C
    Inclinometer
  • D
    Sloper

Question 24

Which of these engine components is real?

  • A
    Granchin valve
  • B
    Accelerometizor
  • C
    Gudgeon pin
  • D
    Interference filter

Question 25

You step over this each time you enter and exit the vehcile. What's the name of the panel that connects the front and rear of the vehicle?

  • A
    Booster
  • B
    Stepper
  • C
    Rocker
  • D
    Slider

Question 26

What's the technical name for the part of your seat belt that stretches across your chest and lap?

  • A
    Chain
  • B
    Belting
  • C
    Sash
  • D
    Webbing

Comments (5)

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great quizz love the answers some people give they have no clue about auto parts lol

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Some of these questions are very confusing, the names of the parts are not the same on my side of the pond

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I don't know wha kind of car they had in this but the 2 I missed are parts that even an ASE certified mechanic wouldn't recognize from the name given.

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Loved it. 26/26!

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Good Quiz! Thanks

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