Ferris wheel
Cars rotate around a large vertical wheel. This topic is part of Amusement Rides within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Ferris wheel trivia questions
A Ferris wheel carries riders in what?
Answer: Passenger cars or gondolas
Bonus fact: Cars rotate around a large vertical wheel.
Who designed the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition?
Answer: George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
Bonus fact: Ferris designed it as an American engineering showpiece.
The first Ferris Wheel was built in which U.S. city?
Answer: Chicago
Bonus fact: It debuted at the 1893 Chicago world's fair.
What major amusement ride debuted at the exposition?
Answer: Ferris wheel
Bonus fact: George Ferris designed the giant wheel as an American answer to the Eiffel Tower.