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Car Parts - Sudden Death

Click on parts that you might find in a typical gas-powered automobile.
Quiz by Dimby
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Last updated: December 11, 2024
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First submittedNovember 29, 2024
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Airshaft
Alternator
Battery
Bessemer chamber
Brake pad
Calculon
Camshaft
Carburetor
Catalytic converter
Chassis
Crankshaft
Dappling
Differential
Fender
Fluid belt
Flux capacitor
Glockenspiel
Grease drum
Head gasket
Key grip
Muffler
Oil filter
Piston
Radiator
Refill tube
Rudder
Serpentine belt
Slipjoint
Spark plug
Thimble ring
Thresher
Timing belt
Transmission
Tuning key
Warp spindle
Windshield
63 Comments
+7
Level 60
Nov 29, 2024
Nice idea!
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Level 79
Nov 29, 2024
Thanks!
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Level 15
Dec 16, 2024
ngl, I didnt think I was gonna get a 100, but I did in 49sec and now I'm feeling myself lol
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Level 67
Nov 29, 2024
got 4 xD

I have no idea about cars, just knew alternator cause it broke in my cousin's car lately, brakes was easy, catalytic converter cause i know i guy who it was stolen from and chassis cause Williams F1 broken some of 'em in last month

But nice idea

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Level 79
Nov 29, 2024
Thanks! Yeah, car knowledge is under-represented on the ‘Punk.
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Level 86
Nov 29, 2024
Love this. Reminds me I need to get my flux capacitor serviced.
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Level 79
Nov 29, 2024
Great Scott! I need to add that option, like yesterday!
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Level 86
Dec 12, 2024
:D
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Level 83
Dec 12, 2024
Fortunately, we're past 2015 now, so you can just pick up a Mr Fusion to power it, instead of tracking down some more Libyans to get more plutonium!
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Level 51
Dec 15, 2024
Oooohhhh this is where I know it from!
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Level 73
Dec 12, 2024
And don't forget your blinker fluid
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Level 65
Dec 10, 2024
Plenum Chamber is definitely a typical car part, sometimes also called the Air Box.
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Level 79
Dec 10, 2024
Oops. You’re right! Replaced.
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Level 65
Dec 13, 2024
Thank you!

Great quiz and I love the format

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Level 62
Dec 11, 2024
so it turns out that the extra part I have on my DeLorean is not one of those in "a typical gas-powered automobile".
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Level 79
Dec 11, 2024
Man, another reason to hate Tesla. This only counts gas-powered, currently existing cars. I'll also point out (since the article talks about it): you don't have to use hand-over-hand steering on a steering wheel. I use shuffle steering and my hands never cross over each other.
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Level 69
Dec 13, 2024
Tesla's great. American-owned, American-made, led the EV revolution. 10 second quarter miles. USA
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Level 72
Dec 22, 2024
That's why we voted Elon for president!
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Level ∞
Dec 11, 2024
Invalid answer because Teslas are not gas-powered, but I changed it to "grease drum" which I'm pretty sure even Teslas don't have.
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Level 65
Dec 13, 2024
Yeah but a normal UV joint in the drive shafts of most front engine RWD cars contains two yokes and a trunnion. Such a car contains at least 4 yokes.

Yokes are also used in the joints of the steering column on most cars.

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Level 62
Dec 11, 2024
So not everyone has a glockenspiel in their car?
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Level 62
Dec 11, 2024
I'dve gotten one but it didn't fit in the radio slot
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Level 80
Dec 11, 2024
I would have gotten serpentine belt if it had been called a drive belt. Never heard of serpentine belt before though, don't believe that is the common term for it in Australia.
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Level 67
Dec 12, 2024
Argh yeah its the same for cambelt aka timing belt too, both items are called different things in the USA.
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Level 83
Dec 12, 2024
I obviously can't know how commonly used "serpentine belt" is in various parts of the word, but while not all cars have it, it is still the technical term for that certain type of belt in any English speaking country. Like, someone at an auto shop in Australia would know what it is.
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Level 58
Dec 15, 2024
Fender is another word that's more common in America than elsewhere, at least here in Britain it's not really used.
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Level 79
Dec 11, 2024
My car has a key that I insert and turn. Why is this not a turning key?
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Level 71
Dec 12, 2024
It might be, but it sure isn't a tuning key!
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Level 45
Dec 12, 2024
Great idea. Love this
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Level 67
Dec 12, 2024
I thought I might find "Muffler Bearing" amongst the options...
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Level 91
Dec 12, 2024
I was looking for "Blinker Fluid" to make an appearance.
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Level 58
Dec 15, 2024
Dimby must have a BMW which doesn't have that so they wouldn't know of it.
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Level 78
Dec 12, 2024
Easiest sudden death so far, and i'm the furthest thing you could imagine from a car guy.
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Level 73
Dec 15, 2024
Yeah, especially when English it's not your first language and you don't know half of these words lol
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Level 78
Dec 12, 2024
If it isn't flux capacitor, why does O'Reilly Auto Parts have it on their website. The parts number is 121g. Well done O'Reilly. :)
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Level 62
Dec 12, 2024
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Level 65
Dec 12, 2024
You guys didn't put a glockenspiel in your car ? Why ?
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Level 65
Dec 13, 2024
It came with a xylophone pre-installed. It didn't seem worth the trouble to change it.
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Level 61
Dec 15, 2024
mine had a marimba
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Level 65
Dec 17, 2024
Nice! I always wanted one of those. I believe they're much easier to tune.
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Level 75
Dec 15, 2024
To be fair, Calculon was a were-car
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Level 86
Dec 15, 2024
Herbie the Love Bug was a car, but not a car part.
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Level 84
Dec 17, 2024
He also is the expert in the art of the dramatic....

PAUSE!

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Level 69
Dec 15, 2024
A flux capacitor is technically a car part, though it can also be a train part
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Level 71
Dec 15, 2024
That good ol' glockenspiel!
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Level 72
Dec 15, 2024
non-native speaker's nightmare
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Level 49
Dec 15, 2024
Amazing quiz!
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Level 77
Dec 15, 2024
Refill tube is dangerously close to being a real part. Fill/filler tubes are part names for sure. Your gas-powered car probably has a couple.
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Level 66
Dec 15, 2024
I had the same thought.
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Level 65
Dec 15, 2024
I got 19 easily but missed carburetor because they actually have not been typical in cars for decades...I thought that was a trap.
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Level 85
Dec 16, 2024
That was my last guess because, you're right, a 'typical gas-powered car' hasn't had a carburetor in a quarter-century or more.
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Level 71
Dec 15, 2024
Love this quiz! Flux capacitor and key grip. Bahahahaha.
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Level 72
Dec 15, 2024
I felt like carburetor was going to be a trick considering fuel injection systems replaced them over 30 years ago in consumer vehicles. Even NASCAR hasn't used them in over a decade.
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Level 69
Dec 15, 2024
I was just about to comment this.
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Level 56
Dec 16, 2024
i agree, although saab still used them in like 2000, maybe a bit earlier.
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Level 66
Dec 16, 2024
Fun quiz. A suggestion for all Sudden Death quizzes... could you add the capability for users to 'mark' the answers we have ruled out while we continue to hunt for the remaining correct answers? Would be helpful and more informative visually to see my correct answers, the ones I've ruled out, and therefore what's left.
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Level 49
Dec 17, 2024
we need more quizes like this
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Level 48
Dec 18, 2024
Flux Capacitor lol
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Level 31
Dec 18, 2024
This is by far the best jet punk quiz, 100% in 18 seconds. Way to go Dimby
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Level 79
Dec 18, 2024
I dunno about the best. Maybe the best car parts quiz. Thanks!
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Level 80
Dec 19, 2024
I just had to imagine the Car Talk guys saying each of these to see if they seemed right
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Level 44
Jan 29, 2025
Really nice quiz, got 100% first try