Toy's Name

[bednobs]

what's the name of that toy where you pull along a metal hoop trying not to touch a wire, lest a buzzer goes off?

[cashier]

Operation?

[webbo3]

concentration.

[Tilly2]

This one?

Amazon.com User Recommendation

[Prudie]

Buzz Wire or the Buzzer game seems to be a popular name for it on amazon etc

[Chinajan]

Wire Loop game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_loop_game

[TonyV]

Buzz wire?

[Buenchico]

Wikipedia calls it a wire loop game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_loop_game
but it's possibly better known, generically, as a buzz wire game.

There are countless manufacturers who each use their own name for it, as for example, here:
Amazon.com User Recommendation

[Dagman]

Buzz Off is the name I remember.

[waterboatman]

We always called it buzz

[mushroom25]

i saw an interesting cartoon featuring one of those devices some years ago - in which the operator of the metal hoop was wired to it and the electric chair in which he was sat.

i guess that might tend to focus your mind - and give you a sporting chance....