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GT40Ss.com 2004 Christmas quiz. – Questions:
1.If a race driver has an ORANGE patch or DISK sewn on his race suit or leathers, what is he telling the Marshalls ?
2.Mikes Mate ?
3.First American F1 Champion and his car?
4.When was the Constructors Championship first introduced?
5.What is the RAC Competiton Rule Book generally called?
6.What is the Triple Crown?
7.How many different F1 circuits has France had?
8.In early automotive parlance, what were ‘sprags’?
9.If you were sentence to be executed by ‘Fenestration’ how would you be killed?
10.Which production car was reputedly the first (and possibly the only) car to be manufactured with quad full sized (7 inch) headlamps? (Hint: it was a Ford)
11.Is there any significance to the colour scheme of the 1966 Le Mans winning GT40 MKII (Black with silver stripes)?
12. What was the nationality of the formula 1 racing driver Jack O'Malley and which F1 team did he drive for?
13.How many circuits have hosted the British Gp.
14.Who did Taku replace in BAR?
15.Down force of a wing equals what?:
16.Production 302 BOSS firing order?
17.What was the name of the driver whose car plunged into the harbour during the 1955 Monaco Gran Prix?
18.In which German city was the Borgward factory based?
19.What do the letters ERA stand for?
20.What was Mike Hawthorn’s first name?
21.In which year did John Surtees become World Champion on four wheels?
22.In which suburb of Stuttgart would one find the Porsche factory?
23.Which British racing driver has WON more proper circuit races IN THE SAME CAR than anyone else in the World ?
(Currently at around 320 between 1972 and the present ).
24. What is the lowest score ever in the Scottish Six Days motorcycle trial and by whom?
25.What was the illegal power advantage carried by the Lancia Stratos and where was it hidden?
26.What was the rev limit of the 50cc Kreidler racing motorcycle and how many gears did it have?
27.The name of the first British woman to attempt to qualify for the F1 and how many failed attempts in what years,and where?
28.The BBC did not show Formula One races during the 1975 season.. Why ?
29. What was the occupation of Dan Gurney’s father?
30.What were the full names of the owner of the Vanwall racing team in the 1950s?
31.Who designed the original Mini?
32.What was the first name of the founder of the Allard car company?
33.What was the registration number of the rally Jaguar XK120 of Ian Appleyard?
34.Who designed the Auto-Union Grand Prix cars?
35.Who designed the rear engined Renault 750 4CV?
36.What was the name of the one-handed driver of Lister sports cars in the 1950s?
37.How many Cricklewood Bentleys were built before Rolls-Royce took over the company in 1931?
38.In 1953 motor cycle champion, Geoff Duke, tried his hand at sports car racing. What make of car did he drive?
39.What was the nick name of Rudolph Carraciola’s wife?
40.The little 500cc Fiat Topolino. What does Topolino mean?
41.An eventual Ferrari works driver worked on the design of the Hillman Imp. Who was he?
42.What nationality was Allesandro de Tomaso?
43.What was the designation of the Hewland gearbox used in the Lola T70?
44.What does DKW stand for ?
45.What is the nationality of Ferrari F1 designer, Rory Byrne?
46.Who was Stirling Moss’s passenger and navigator in the 1955 Mille Miglia?
47.What do the letters MG stand for?
48.A streamlined, rear-engined air-cooled car from Czechoslovakia?
49.What did the BT designation in Brabham F1 Cars stand for?
50.Who owned the ERA racing cars Romulus and Remus?
51.Who won the first South African Grand Prix at East London in a Maserati?
52.Who designed the Ford GT40?
53.What did Mario Andretti uniquely achieve in his first and last GPs?
54.Name the five drivers who won the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula One world Championship?.
55.Nigel Mansell and Graham Hill both had this driver as a team-mate in a major single seater racing series. Who?
56.Which current Formula One team can trace its history back to the 1982 Toleman F1 team
57.Name two teams other than Toleman that had Benetton as their title sponsor before Benetton?
58.In each of these teams, one of the team drivers for that year went on to win the Indianapolis 500, Name these two drivers ?
59.Name the drivers who were sometimes known or nicknamed as
a. Black Jack?
b. El Chueco?
c. Il Leone?
d. The Bear?
e. The Monza Gorilla?
f. The Pampas Bull?
60.At what circuit was the first ever Formula One world Championship race held ?
61.And who was the winner of this first world championship race?
62.There is a small town about 400kms south of Buenos Aires. The old town hall in the centre has been converted into a museum in tribute to a driver whose home was there. Name the driver and the town?.
63.Jim Clark’s home town also has a small museum in memory of him. What town is that?
64.Both of these towns mentioned in q62 and q63 are centres for the same agricultural business. What is that?
65.This driver was a Sicilian schoolteacher, drove for Ferrari in sports cars, and was a hero to the local crowds at the Targa Florio. Who was he?
66.What was the name of the circuit around which the Targa Florio was run?
67.Name two other circuits in Sicily, both of which held non-championship F1 races in the sixties?
68.Porsche raced briefly in F1 in the early sixties and won one GP. Which GP was this and who
was the driver?
69.In a period of six consecutive years during the first 3-litre F1 period, one national Grand Prix was held at five different circuits. Which GP was this, and name the five different circuits at which it was held ?
70. If it had not been for a late change of venue in 1970, it would have been six different circuits in six years. At which circuit was the 1970 French GP originally to have been held?
71.What was the longest circuit around which a World Championship F1 Grand Prix has been held?
72 What were the makes of engine used in the following achievements?
a.Nigel Mansell to win the 1993 CART IndyCar world series?
b.Michael Schumacher to win 1994 F1 world championship?
c.Mario Andretti to win 1969 Indy 500?
d.Jim Clark to win 1965 Indy 500?
e.Graham Hill to win 1968 F1 world championship?
f.Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon to win the 1966 Le Mans 24 hour race?
73. Two drivers who were team mates at Ferrari in F1, went on to win Le Mans together more than ten years later. Who were they?
74.Which famous circuit is located in the Ardennes?
75.A Paris landmark, and the location of a famous formula one circuit are connected by what name?
76. Ferrari’s 2003 formula one car was known as the “F2003GA”. What did the GA stand for?
77. Who is the only driver to have won his debut world championship F1 race?
78.The Swedish Grand Prix was twice won by cars that were technically unique. Name the cars, and why were they unique?
79.In the final scene of John Frankenheimer’s 1966 film “Grand Prix”, the fictional driver Pete Aron is walking down the main straight of a famous GP circuit as he contemplates the just ended season and the death of his fellow driver Jean-Pierre Sarti. Name the circuit and also the actors who played Pete Aron and Jean-Pierre Sarti in this classic film?
80. The designer of the Lotus 38 in which Jim Clark won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 left Lotus to design a Formula One car for another team. What was the name of the designer, and which formula one car did he design?
81.Gordon Murray designed championship winning cars for which two formula one teams?
82.Name the driver who made his formula one debut at Spa, and then won his first GP at the same circuit exactly a year later?
83.In 1982, the year that Keke Rosberg won the world championship, how many grands prix did he win?
84.John Watson and Niki Lauda driving McLaren-Fords finished first and second in the 1983 Long Beach GP. How did they get on at that year’s Monaco GP, six weeks later?
85.Guy Ligier, patron of the Ligier F1 team competed in the 1966 F1 season as a driver. True or False?
86.From the time the team was founded in 1976 until it was taken over by Alain Prost, all Ligier F1 car type numbers were preceded by the letters JS. What did JS stand for?
87.Johnny Herbert once drove for three different F1 teams in a single season. What season did this happen, and which teams did he drive for?
88.Was 1994 the first time that Johnny Herbert had driven for Benetton?.
89.The Indianapolis 500 has never counted towards the world championship. True or False?
90.Who was the first British driver to win the World Championship, and what year did he achieve this?
91.The first Japanese Grand Prix to count towards the world championship was held at which circuit?
92. Since it was reinstated in 1987, the Japanese GP has always been held at Suzuka. Which Japanese car manufacturer owns the Suzuka circuit?
93.At which current GP circuits are the following corners?
i. Rivazza
ii. Copse
iii. 130R
iv. St Devote
v. Lesmo
94.Who won the Triple Crown in 1978?
95 In what year did Mikka Hakkinen win the European Formula Opel series ?
96 And with which Team?
97 Who is the ‘about to retire’ Motorsport Director of Michelin?
98. Which Teams car caught fire in the Italian GP this year, and who was the Driver?
99. Another Fire, this time this year at the Spa round of the LMES in the Audi R8. Who was the Driver and who was his partner?
100.Who said “ I wanted to spread some happiness around the world” subsequent to being severely injured during a race in early 60's?
I will post the answers tomorrow evening at a similar time provided I haven’t passed out,
I am not too pissed, and I get an Enzo from Father Christmas.
A Very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all of you and your families .
Spare a thought for everybody in harms way in far flung places and lets hope we see a successful conclusion soon.
Regards
1.If a race driver has an ORANGE patch or DISK sewn on his race suit or leathers, what is he telling the Marshalls ?
2.Mikes Mate ?
3.First American F1 Champion and his car?
4.When was the Constructors Championship first introduced?
5.What is the RAC Competiton Rule Book generally called?
6.What is the Triple Crown?
7.How many different F1 circuits has France had?
8.In early automotive parlance, what were ‘sprags’?
9.If you were sentence to be executed by ‘Fenestration’ how would you be killed?
10.Which production car was reputedly the first (and possibly the only) car to be manufactured with quad full sized (7 inch) headlamps? (Hint: it was a Ford)
11.Is there any significance to the colour scheme of the 1966 Le Mans winning GT40 MKII (Black with silver stripes)?
12. What was the nationality of the formula 1 racing driver Jack O'Malley and which F1 team did he drive for?
13.How many circuits have hosted the British Gp.
14.Who did Taku replace in BAR?
15.Down force of a wing equals what?:
16.Production 302 BOSS firing order?
17.What was the name of the driver whose car plunged into the harbour during the 1955 Monaco Gran Prix?
18.In which German city was the Borgward factory based?
19.What do the letters ERA stand for?
20.What was Mike Hawthorn’s first name?
21.In which year did John Surtees become World Champion on four wheels?
22.In which suburb of Stuttgart would one find the Porsche factory?
23.Which British racing driver has WON more proper circuit races IN THE SAME CAR than anyone else in the World ?
(Currently at around 320 between 1972 and the present ).
24. What is the lowest score ever in the Scottish Six Days motorcycle trial and by whom?
25.What was the illegal power advantage carried by the Lancia Stratos and where was it hidden?
26.What was the rev limit of the 50cc Kreidler racing motorcycle and how many gears did it have?
27.The name of the first British woman to attempt to qualify for the F1 and how many failed attempts in what years,and where?
28.The BBC did not show Formula One races during the 1975 season.. Why ?
29. What was the occupation of Dan Gurney’s father?
30.What were the full names of the owner of the Vanwall racing team in the 1950s?
31.Who designed the original Mini?
32.What was the first name of the founder of the Allard car company?
33.What was the registration number of the rally Jaguar XK120 of Ian Appleyard?
34.Who designed the Auto-Union Grand Prix cars?
35.Who designed the rear engined Renault 750 4CV?
36.What was the name of the one-handed driver of Lister sports cars in the 1950s?
37.How many Cricklewood Bentleys were built before Rolls-Royce took over the company in 1931?
38.In 1953 motor cycle champion, Geoff Duke, tried his hand at sports car racing. What make of car did he drive?
39.What was the nick name of Rudolph Carraciola’s wife?
40.The little 500cc Fiat Topolino. What does Topolino mean?
41.An eventual Ferrari works driver worked on the design of the Hillman Imp. Who was he?
42.What nationality was Allesandro de Tomaso?
43.What was the designation of the Hewland gearbox used in the Lola T70?
44.What does DKW stand for ?
45.What is the nationality of Ferrari F1 designer, Rory Byrne?
46.Who was Stirling Moss’s passenger and navigator in the 1955 Mille Miglia?
47.What do the letters MG stand for?
48.A streamlined, rear-engined air-cooled car from Czechoslovakia?
49.What did the BT designation in Brabham F1 Cars stand for?
50.Who owned the ERA racing cars Romulus and Remus?
51.Who won the first South African Grand Prix at East London in a Maserati?
52.Who designed the Ford GT40?
53.What did Mario Andretti uniquely achieve in his first and last GPs?
54.Name the five drivers who won the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula One world Championship?.
55.Nigel Mansell and Graham Hill both had this driver as a team-mate in a major single seater racing series. Who?
56.Which current Formula One team can trace its history back to the 1982 Toleman F1 team
57.Name two teams other than Toleman that had Benetton as their title sponsor before Benetton?
58.In each of these teams, one of the team drivers for that year went on to win the Indianapolis 500, Name these two drivers ?
59.Name the drivers who were sometimes known or nicknamed as
a. Black Jack?
b. El Chueco?
c. Il Leone?
d. The Bear?
e. The Monza Gorilla?
f. The Pampas Bull?
60.At what circuit was the first ever Formula One world Championship race held ?
61.And who was the winner of this first world championship race?
62.There is a small town about 400kms south of Buenos Aires. The old town hall in the centre has been converted into a museum in tribute to a driver whose home was there. Name the driver and the town?.
63.Jim Clark’s home town also has a small museum in memory of him. What town is that?
64.Both of these towns mentioned in q62 and q63 are centres for the same agricultural business. What is that?
65.This driver was a Sicilian schoolteacher, drove for Ferrari in sports cars, and was a hero to the local crowds at the Targa Florio. Who was he?
66.What was the name of the circuit around which the Targa Florio was run?
67.Name two other circuits in Sicily, both of which held non-championship F1 races in the sixties?
68.Porsche raced briefly in F1 in the early sixties and won one GP. Which GP was this and who
was the driver?
69.In a period of six consecutive years during the first 3-litre F1 period, one national Grand Prix was held at five different circuits. Which GP was this, and name the five different circuits at which it was held ?
70. If it had not been for a late change of venue in 1970, it would have been six different circuits in six years. At which circuit was the 1970 French GP originally to have been held?
71.What was the longest circuit around which a World Championship F1 Grand Prix has been held?
72 What were the makes of engine used in the following achievements?
a.Nigel Mansell to win the 1993 CART IndyCar world series?
b.Michael Schumacher to win 1994 F1 world championship?
c.Mario Andretti to win 1969 Indy 500?
d.Jim Clark to win 1965 Indy 500?
e.Graham Hill to win 1968 F1 world championship?
f.Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon to win the 1966 Le Mans 24 hour race?
73. Two drivers who were team mates at Ferrari in F1, went on to win Le Mans together more than ten years later. Who were they?
74.Which famous circuit is located in the Ardennes?
75.A Paris landmark, and the location of a famous formula one circuit are connected by what name?
76. Ferrari’s 2003 formula one car was known as the “F2003GA”. What did the GA stand for?
77. Who is the only driver to have won his debut world championship F1 race?
78.The Swedish Grand Prix was twice won by cars that were technically unique. Name the cars, and why were they unique?
79.In the final scene of John Frankenheimer’s 1966 film “Grand Prix”, the fictional driver Pete Aron is walking down the main straight of a famous GP circuit as he contemplates the just ended season and the death of his fellow driver Jean-Pierre Sarti. Name the circuit and also the actors who played Pete Aron and Jean-Pierre Sarti in this classic film?
80. The designer of the Lotus 38 in which Jim Clark won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 left Lotus to design a Formula One car for another team. What was the name of the designer, and which formula one car did he design?
81.Gordon Murray designed championship winning cars for which two formula one teams?
82.Name the driver who made his formula one debut at Spa, and then won his first GP at the same circuit exactly a year later?
83.In 1982, the year that Keke Rosberg won the world championship, how many grands prix did he win?
84.John Watson and Niki Lauda driving McLaren-Fords finished first and second in the 1983 Long Beach GP. How did they get on at that year’s Monaco GP, six weeks later?
85.Guy Ligier, patron of the Ligier F1 team competed in the 1966 F1 season as a driver. True or False?
86.From the time the team was founded in 1976 until it was taken over by Alain Prost, all Ligier F1 car type numbers were preceded by the letters JS. What did JS stand for?
87.Johnny Herbert once drove for three different F1 teams in a single season. What season did this happen, and which teams did he drive for?
88.Was 1994 the first time that Johnny Herbert had driven for Benetton?.
89.The Indianapolis 500 has never counted towards the world championship. True or False?
90.Who was the first British driver to win the World Championship, and what year did he achieve this?
91.The first Japanese Grand Prix to count towards the world championship was held at which circuit?
92. Since it was reinstated in 1987, the Japanese GP has always been held at Suzuka. Which Japanese car manufacturer owns the Suzuka circuit?
93.At which current GP circuits are the following corners?
i. Rivazza
ii. Copse
iii. 130R
iv. St Devote
v. Lesmo
94.Who won the Triple Crown in 1978?
95 In what year did Mikka Hakkinen win the European Formula Opel series ?
96 And with which Team?
97 Who is the ‘about to retire’ Motorsport Director of Michelin?
98. Which Teams car caught fire in the Italian GP this year, and who was the Driver?
99. Another Fire, this time this year at the Spa round of the LMES in the Audi R8. Who was the Driver and who was his partner?
100.Who said “ I wanted to spread some happiness around the world” subsequent to being severely injured during a race in early 60's?
I will post the answers tomorrow evening at a similar time provided I haven’t passed out,
I am not too pissed, and I get an Enzo from Father Christmas.
A Very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all of you and your families .
Spare a thought for everybody in harms way in far flung places and lets hope we see a successful conclusion soon.
Regards
