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What Kind of Tool Am I? Trivia Quiz

READ THE HINTS: they tell you how many letters are in the answer. This is a fill in the blank quiz about everyday tools that people are familiar with.

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

Author
AuroraBoreanaz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
364,433

Updated
Aug 19 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
1505

Last 3 plays: bopeep (9/10), woodychandler (10/10), Guest 156 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. I am a tool that is meant to deliver blows to objects, mostly nails. What kind of tool am I?

Answer: (One Word,six letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. I rotate objects into place and can be manual or electric. What type of tool am I?

Answer: (One word, eleven letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. I come in many different sizes and apply torque to nuts and bolts. What tool am I?

Answer: (One Word, six (American) or seven (British) letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. I can be manual or electric and people use me to cut things such as trees or wood. What tool am I?

Answer: (One Word, three letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. People use me to dig into the ground and to move items like coal from place to place. What type of tool am I?

Answer: (One Word, six letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. I am a tool used for weeding and breaking up soil. What kind of tool am I?

Answer: (One Word, three letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Most people use me to move leaves into a pile. What tool am I?

Answer: (One Word, four letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. I am a tool that is primarily known for 'chopping'. What am I?

Answer: (One Word, three letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. I am a tool that is used to bend or compress objects inside my 'jaws'. What kind of tool am I?

Answer: (One Word, six letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. I'm a bladed tool that comes in many different varieties. One of my most known variants is associated with the Swiss army. What type of tool am I?

Answer: (One Word, five letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I am a tool that is meant to deliver blows to objects, mostly nails. What kind of tool am I?

Answer: hammer

Stones attached to sticks with leather date back to the Paleolithic Stone Age. Many different types of hammers exist such as a mechanic's hammer, stonemason's hammer, and lump hammer.

2. I rotate objects into place and can be manual or electric. What type of tool am I?

Answer: screwdriver

Written evidence suggests that screwdrivers were invented during the Middle Ages in either Germany or France. The original words for screwdrivers are Schraubendreher meaning screw turner in German and tournevis meaning turn screw in French.

3. I come in many different sizes and apply torque to nuts and bolts. What tool am I?

Answer: wrench

Wrenches are called spanners is British English. There are many different varieties of wrenches such as the box-end wrench, combination wrench, and open-end wrench.

4. I can be manual or electric and people use me to cut things such as trees or wood. What tool am I?

Answer: saw

Copper saws were being used in Egypt during the Dynastic Period, around 5,000 years ago. Although scientists believe that the saw dates back to neolithic times, Chinese legend states that Lu Ban invented the saw, and Greek legend states that Ovid invented the saw.

5. People use me to dig into the ground and to move items like coal from place to place. What type of tool am I?

Answer: shovel

There are many different types of shovels including the snow shovel, coal shovel and spoon shovel.

6. I am a tool used for weeding and breaking up soil. What kind of tool am I?

Answer: hoe

According to Sumerian mythology, the hoe was invented by Enlil. There are many different types of hoes such as the wheel hoe, stirrup hoe and collinear hoe.

7. Most people use me to move leaves into a pile. What tool am I?

Answer: rake

The word rake comes from the Old English word "raca", the German word "rechen" and the Dutch word "raak". Hay rakes are the large rakes used in farming.

8. I am a tool that is primarily known for 'chopping'. What am I?

Answer: axe

Axes without a haft or handle are known to exist as early as the neolithic times. Axes with a haft or handle date back to the Mesolithic period around 8,000 years ago.

9. I am a tool that is used to bend or compress objects inside my 'jaws'. What kind of tool am I?

Answer: pliers

Bronze pliers were first used around 5,000 years ago. An illustration showing the Greek god, Hephaestus, using pliers is one of the oldest artistic records of the existence of pliers.

10. I'm a bladed tool that comes in many different varieties. One of my most known variants is associated with the Swiss army. What type of tool am I?

Answer: knife

Evidence of knives are seen as far back as the paleolithic period. Knives have been made out of all kinds of materials throughout history including stone, flint, bronze, copper and steel.

Source: Author AuroraBoreanaz

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