Round 1 is Clockwise Infinite-Bounce (with pounce)
Round 2 is an exclusive written round on Motorsports
Round 3 is a List-It round
Round 4 is Anticlockwise Infinite-Bounce (with pounce)
ROUND 1
Clockwise infinite bounce Pounces are allowed
+10 on direct answer +10-5 on pouncing
12 Questions
1Edwin Binney with his cousin C Harold Smith is best known for his invention of the Crayola crayon
In 1905 Binney and Smith had already invented a new wax crayon used to mark crates and barrels but it was loaded with X and too toxic for use by children They were confident that the pigment and wax mixing techniques they had developed could be adapted to make safe wax crayons in a variety of colors In 1905 that Binney amp Smith produced the first box of Crayola crayons
Binney found out that the material X when used for a particular use increased the tensile strength upto 1008 and reduced thermal damage X eventually replaced Zinc Oxide which was used earlier for the same purpose and changed its appearance entirely
What was Binneyrsquos revolutionary idea
THE ANSWER IS
THE IDEA OF BLACK TIRES (USING CARBON BLACK)
Earlier Tires were white
2This American automobile designer and entrepreneur is most remembered for his 1948 Sedan initially named the Torpedo an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars Production of the the model was shut down amidst scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud on March 3 1949 Only 51 cars were made before the company folded production due to negative publicity initiated by the news media Speculation exists that the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S Ferguson also had a role in this conspiracy George Lucas is a notable owner of this model Another proud owner is the main reason why we may know X who honored X in his 1988 work
Identify X or the work in the question
THE ANSWER IS
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
CONGRATS TO ALL THE FINALISTS
There are 4 rounds in the finals
Round 1 is Clockwise Infinite-Bounce (with pounce)
Round 2 is an exclusive written round on Motorsports
Round 3 is a List-It round
Round 4 is Anticlockwise Infinite-Bounce (with pounce)
ROUND 1
Clockwise infinite bounce Pounces are allowed
+10 on direct answer +10-5 on pouncing
12 Questions
1Edwin Binney with his cousin C Harold Smith is best known for his invention of the Crayola crayon
In 1905 Binney and Smith had already invented a new wax crayon used to mark crates and barrels but it was loaded with X and too toxic for use by children They were confident that the pigment and wax mixing techniques they had developed could be adapted to make safe wax crayons in a variety of colors In 1905 that Binney amp Smith produced the first box of Crayola crayons
Binney found out that the material X when used for a particular use increased the tensile strength upto 1008 and reduced thermal damage X eventually replaced Zinc Oxide which was used earlier for the same purpose and changed its appearance entirely
What was Binneyrsquos revolutionary idea
THE ANSWER IS
THE IDEA OF BLACK TIRES (USING CARBON BLACK)
Earlier Tires were white
2This American automobile designer and entrepreneur is most remembered for his 1948 Sedan initially named the Torpedo an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars Production of the the model was shut down amidst scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud on March 3 1949 Only 51 cars were made before the company folded production due to negative publicity initiated by the news media Speculation exists that the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S Ferguson also had a role in this conspiracy George Lucas is a notable owner of this model Another proud owner is the main reason why we may know X who honored X in his 1988 work
Identify X or the work in the question
THE ANSWER IS
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ROUND 1
Clockwise infinite bounce Pounces are allowed
+10 on direct answer +10-5 on pouncing
12 Questions
1Edwin Binney with his cousin C Harold Smith is best known for his invention of the Crayola crayon
In 1905 Binney and Smith had already invented a new wax crayon used to mark crates and barrels but it was loaded with X and too toxic for use by children They were confident that the pigment and wax mixing techniques they had developed could be adapted to make safe wax crayons in a variety of colors In 1905 that Binney amp Smith produced the first box of Crayola crayons
Binney found out that the material X when used for a particular use increased the tensile strength upto 1008 and reduced thermal damage X eventually replaced Zinc Oxide which was used earlier for the same purpose and changed its appearance entirely
What was Binneyrsquos revolutionary idea
THE ANSWER IS
THE IDEA OF BLACK TIRES (USING CARBON BLACK)
Earlier Tires were white
2This American automobile designer and entrepreneur is most remembered for his 1948 Sedan initially named the Torpedo an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars Production of the the model was shut down amidst scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud on March 3 1949 Only 51 cars were made before the company folded production due to negative publicity initiated by the news media Speculation exists that the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S Ferguson also had a role in this conspiracy George Lucas is a notable owner of this model Another proud owner is the main reason why we may know X who honored X in his 1988 work
Identify X or the work in the question
THE ANSWER IS
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
1Edwin Binney with his cousin C Harold Smith is best known for his invention of the Crayola crayon
In 1905 Binney and Smith had already invented a new wax crayon used to mark crates and barrels but it was loaded with X and too toxic for use by children They were confident that the pigment and wax mixing techniques they had developed could be adapted to make safe wax crayons in a variety of colors In 1905 that Binney amp Smith produced the first box of Crayola crayons
Binney found out that the material X when used for a particular use increased the tensile strength upto 1008 and reduced thermal damage X eventually replaced Zinc Oxide which was used earlier for the same purpose and changed its appearance entirely
What was Binneyrsquos revolutionary idea
THE ANSWER IS
THE IDEA OF BLACK TIRES (USING CARBON BLACK)
Earlier Tires were white
2This American automobile designer and entrepreneur is most remembered for his 1948 Sedan initially named the Torpedo an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars Production of the the model was shut down amidst scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud on March 3 1949 Only 51 cars were made before the company folded production due to negative publicity initiated by the news media Speculation exists that the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S Ferguson also had a role in this conspiracy George Lucas is a notable owner of this model Another proud owner is the main reason why we may know X who honored X in his 1988 work
Identify X or the work in the question
THE ANSWER IS
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
THE IDEA OF BLACK TIRES (USING CARBON BLACK)
Earlier Tires were white
2This American automobile designer and entrepreneur is most remembered for his 1948 Sedan initially named the Torpedo an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars Production of the the model was shut down amidst scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud on March 3 1949 Only 51 cars were made before the company folded production due to negative publicity initiated by the news media Speculation exists that the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S Ferguson also had a role in this conspiracy George Lucas is a notable owner of this model Another proud owner is the main reason why we may know X who honored X in his 1988 work
Identify X or the work in the question
THE ANSWER IS
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE IDEA OF BLACK TIRES (USING CARBON BLACK)
Earlier Tires were white
2This American automobile designer and entrepreneur is most remembered for his 1948 Sedan initially named the Torpedo an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars Production of the the model was shut down amidst scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud on March 3 1949 Only 51 cars were made before the company folded production due to negative publicity initiated by the news media Speculation exists that the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S Ferguson also had a role in this conspiracy George Lucas is a notable owner of this model Another proud owner is the main reason why we may know X who honored X in his 1988 work
Identify X or the work in the question
THE ANSWER IS
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
2This American automobile designer and entrepreneur is most remembered for his 1948 Sedan initially named the Torpedo an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars Production of the the model was shut down amidst scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud on March 3 1949 Only 51 cars were made before the company folded production due to negative publicity initiated by the news media Speculation exists that the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S Ferguson also had a role in this conspiracy George Lucas is a notable owner of this model Another proud owner is the main reason why we may know X who honored X in his 1988 work
Identify X or the work in the question
THE ANSWER IS
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
3 ID X INCIDENT It was 1967 24 Hours of LeMans season X recalls ldquoI was so stoked that when they handed me the ______I started______ at the photographers drivers Henry Ford II Carroll Shelby and their wives It was a very special moment What I did with the _____ was totally spontaneoushellip I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectlyhellipI thought this hard-fought victory needed something specialrdquo
ldquoLIFErdquo photographer Flip Schulke was a popular chap on the racing scene and X had hauled him up on to the stage before he the incident happend ldquoI took one photo and then duckedrdquo Schulke recalled ldquoWhen it was over X handed me _____ and autographed it
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
DAN GUERNEY ndash CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
4
The name literally means ldquolimitless expanserdquo The logo is derived from the yantra a perfect mathematical form representing an unbounded perfectly balanced universe With an eight pointed star in the center the dynamic intertwined forms of the logo according to the brand create a continuous shape that represents the seamless experience they will deliver Our uniforms designed by the renowned fashion house Abraham amp Thakore and the colours are drawn from our brand palette of aubergine and gold Id
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
5This comic was based on the life of X titled The True Story of X in the manga comic book Big Comic Superior
X also has a Japanese bento box named after him on the menus at some Tokyo restaurants Bento boxes are popular with businessmen students and others who want a quick lunch The Financial Times called the ldquoX Bento a measure of the extraordinary rise of X in Japan that he should be deemed worthy enough to eat The Japanese take their food seriously and do not welcome foreign intrusions As such the X bento could be seen as a Japanese way of bestowing acceptance upon himldquo
Id X
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
CARLOS GHOSN
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
6 Jules Albert de Dion was a pioneer of the automobile industry in France During 1883 they formed a partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company the worlds largest automobile manufacturer for a time
At an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris among other events the President of France (Eacutemile Loubet) was struck on the head by a walking stick wielded by de DionHe served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francsand his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Veacutelo the largest daily sports newspaper in FranceThe result was that de Dion withdrew of all his advertising from the paper and in 1900 he led a group of wealthy manufacturers to compete againt Le Velo
What was the ultimate result of these events in 1903 as a part of the grouprsquos publicity move
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE MAGAZINE LrsquoAUTO WAS FOUNDED WHICH IN 1903 CREATED THE TOUR DE FRANCE
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
7Xrsquos first interest in flight stemmed from Wilbur Wrights exhibition flightsIn 1910 X built his first aircraft de Spin (the Spider)
At the outbreak of World War I the German government took control of the factory He remained as director and alleged designer of many aircraft for the Imperial German Army Air Service including the the DrI model the triplane made famous in the hands of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) In all his company delivered about 700 military planes to the German air force as well as supplying the German navy and Austria-Hungary
In 1931 X sold his American aircraft plants to General Motors whereupon they became the companys General Aviation division The company name was subject to a number of jokes in popular culture whose mispronunciation results in negative connotation
Which legendary manufacturer
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
8It is caused due to over 50 volatile organic compounds which were identified as coming from sources such as cleaning and lubricating compounds paint carpeting leather and vinyl treatments latex glue and gasoline and exhaust fumes The total volatile organic compound levels as high as 7500 micrograms per cubic meter were measured
Studies around the world found several health problems associated with this including disorientation headache and irritation in some drivers The chemicals included the carcinogen benzene two other possible carcinogens cyclohexanone and styrene and several other toxic chemicals
Certain limits were set by the Japanese health ministry in response to more car owners suffering from sick building syndrome due to this
But the intoxicating effect of the same was found to be a more Pavlovs dog-type reaction What is being described
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE SMELL OF A NEW CAR
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
9
Id the man What (be very specific) is going on
>
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ANDY WARHOL PAINTING HIS BMW ART CAR
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
10The brand Duesenberg was a status symbol in the United States and Europe driven by the nobility the rich and famous among them Al Capone Evelyn Walsh McLean Greta Garbo Howard Hughes Mae West Marion Davies Tyrone Power Clark Gable Bill Bojangles Robinson William Randolph Hearsthellip
Duesenberg became far less popular during World War II and it was defunct in 1937 The nickname of the company is believed to be source of this expression meaning something excellent or powerful It could also be a reference to the Italian actress pictured In either case reinforced by Duesenberg an expensive classy make of automobile 1920sndash30sldquo
Which popular expression
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
11
Chryslerrsquos division Plymouth wanted a car able to run 14-second times in the quarter mile (402 m) and sell for less than US$3000 Both goals were met and the low-cost muscle car hit the street Plymouth paid $50000 to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for using the name of the character Name the model
Plymouth paid a $10000 additional for obtaining the permission to use something characteristic of the character (copyright being held by Warner Bros itself) What did they develop
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
12 Id B get me C toohellipand Explain
C
B
Id B Get me C and explain
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
B-THRUST SSCC-CHUCK YEAGER
Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier in land piloted by Andy Green(in the pic)
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in air piloting the Bell X-1
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ROUND 2
Exclusive written round on Motorsports amp Racing
8 Questions
+10 for each
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight again in 2013
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
>
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
1
X is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport and the only one to win his two championships in a Ferrari He was the first double world Formula One champion
He is also famous for being the namesake of an UK based company founded by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart Who
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ALBERTO ASCARI
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
2
On the evening of 24 November 2010 whilst returning to his apartment in his central London offices with girlfriend four men ambushed the pair and robbed them of jewellery including diamond rings and a Y with a total value of pound200000 X was left unconscious and was taken to hospital with head injuries and a large black eye The image of Xrsquos bruised face was later used in an advertisement by Y whose product was stolen with the slogan See what people will do for a Y
Gimme both X amp Y
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
X-BERNIE ECCLESTONEY-HUBLOT
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
3 ID XX is a complete driver and sportsman His drove in the Formula 1 championship and was a four time F1 Champion He took on opponents like Juan Manuel Fangio Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times He also competed in rally races winning the East African Safari and the Paris-Dakar He participated in several stock-car F2 F3 and GT races His team (logo shown in the pic) is a family-run French business which in the beginning was a transporting company They also create their own trucks and cars and so decided to enter Formula One racing competition
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
MICHEL VALLIANT
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
4They are among the toughest things in the world Some of the tests they have to pass to be deemed legal to race in are being subjected to an 800 degrees C flame for 45 seconds (without the heat inside exceeding 70 degrees C) and a front portion that has projectiles fired at it at around 300mph If any of these make dents deeper than 25mm the test also fails Modern forms have an outer shell of carbon fiber an inner shell of thick polystyrene and padding The fire-proof material used occurs in the inner lining and is known as Nomex having been first used for this purpose in 1967
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
F1 RACING HELMETS
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
5One of his early complete in-house designs was the 300 BHP Formula Monoposto based on the Formula Atlantic Chevron B40 model nicknamed ldquoBlack BeautyrdquoHe designed and tested a small single seater dubbed as Indias Formula Ford with a Maruti 800 engine and adapting easily available parts sometimes made in-house His second design was a two seater car named McDowell 1000 using a Maruti Gypsy 10 liter engineHis most famous ventureFISSME (Formula India Single Seater Maruti Engine) widely known as Formula Maruti was launched in 1988 in Chennais Park Sheraton
He was interested in many areas of mechanics and that included his interest in aviation as his family owned a Cessna airplane He died on 24th of August 1995 while flying a Puspak trainers aircraft
Id this legend
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
SUNDARAM KARIVARDHAN
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
6
When it debuted in 1936 it had 23 faces Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles
It consisted of five rows of twelve squares allowing room for 48 faces In 2003 the original base was removed The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the winners from 1987-2002 were relocated to the new base The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base The current base is capable of being used through 2033
CNTD
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
The sculptor William Behrends is in the process of completing the 25th inductee of Ryan Hunter-Reay that will be revealed in early December Behrends did this from 1900
What is being described here
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY (INDY 500)
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
7
(A)Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track The Green Hell and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984 and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and a medieval castle in the Eifel mountains Id A
A in 1976 was the location of a painful incident in ___rsquos life Who is the person This incident hogged the limelight once again in 2013
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
A-NUumlRBURGRINGB-NIKI LAUDA
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
8
The maneuver in the video is popularly known as the (A) turn (A) being the name of a profession People working as (A)rsquos were notorious for using modified high-speed cars to transport their goods and for using daring driving maneuvers The credit of inventing (A) turn is given to (B) considered one of the best in the field ever (B) was even the subject of a biopic starring Jeff Bridges
(C) has its origins in the profession of (A) (A)rsquos used fast vehicles Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling as well as increased cargo capacity and some of them came to love the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads The cars continued to improve and by the late 1940s races featuring these cars were being run for pride and profit These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina Most races in those days were of modified cars
The venture (D) was started by a mechanic who had the notion that people would enjoy watching (C) which now holds 17 of the top 20 regularly attended single-day sporting events in the world
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
>
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
A-BOOTLEGGERBOOTLEGGINGB-ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON JR
C-STOCK CAR RACINGD-NASCAR
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
SCORES
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
AUDIENCE QUESTION
He was notorious for the many Rolls-Royces bought for his use eventually totalling 93 vehiclesthis made him the largest single owner of Rolls-Royces in the world at that time His followers planned to expand his collection to 365 a Rolls-Royce for every day of the year
He was photographed wearing sumptuous clothing and hand-made watches and drove a different Rolls-Royce each day
Who
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
OSHO RAJNEESH
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE LIST IT ROUND
10 to be listed
+5 for each
Bonus 10 for getting all correct
Please number your answers and the maximum no answers should be 10
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
List All the Non-European nations hosting a Grand Prix
(as per Formula One 2014 Season)
(Exclude Russia)
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
Australia
Malaysia
Bahrain
China
Canada
Singapore
Japan
United States
Brazil
Abu Dhabi(UAE)
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ROUND 3
Anticlockwise Infinite Bounce + Pounce
+10 for direct +10-5 for pounce
12 Questions
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
1
The 1961 Lincoln Continental is a four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors and a retail price of $7347
It was notorious for its inadequate cooling of the rear of the passenger cabin while the bubble top was in place particularly in sunshine In order to prevent excessive heat and discomfort to the passengers the top was often removed
This defect later proved disastrous There after the car was painted black and was given significant armour How do we remember this vehicle
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
2
Sir David Brown was an English entrepreneur managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft
In 1947 Brown saw a classified advertisement in The Times offering for sale a High Class Motor Business Brown acquired ____ for pound20500 and followed by the coachbuilder Tickford in 1955 He subsequently concentrated its manufacturing at the Tickford premises in Newport Pagnell
Apart from these how was he famously honoured
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE DB SERIES
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
3 ID THE BRANDIt was the most common vehicle in East Germany and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the eastern bloc It was regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the extinct former East Germany and of the fall of the Eastern bloc This is due to the fact that in former West Germany many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in these cars after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The cars performed poorly and it was the subject of jokes like
bull lsquoWhatrsquos the best feature of a ____ lsquoTheres a heater at the back to keep your hands warm when youre pushing itrsquobull lsquoSpace for 6 people comfort for zero and one to push itrsquo
The name comes from German for lsquosatellitersquo
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
TRABANT
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
4
This is the bucket seat (Pic1) is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people It was invented by X for which a patent was issued in 1971 He was a professional race car driver He had a one off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961 finishing 3rdIn the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring he won with a Porsche 90802 and missed winning overall by 23 seconds He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing
It is a common misconception that Y (debuted in 2006) got its name from X But it was in fact the Pixar animator shown in Pic 2
Id both X amp Y
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
PIC1
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
PIC2
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
X-STEVE MCQUEENY-LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
5The first X was marketed in 1930 by Paul V Galvin He ran the company Galvin Manufacturing Corporation with his brother Joseph At that time the X had not yet been developed for use in automobiles but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair Lear designed the circuit and layout Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype and he initially dismissed it Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was madeOne of the first models the 5T71 sold for between $ 110 and $ 130 at the time (between $ 1475 and $ 1740 in todays dollars)
The product was commercially successful The company name was chosen as the combination of two parts first to convey the automobile relationship and the other a common suffix used for audio equipments of the time The name was meant to convey the idea of sound and motion Id X and the company
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
X- THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CAR RADIO
Y-MOTOROLA
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
6This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang On June 28 1966 General Motors held a live press conference It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines The car line was announced with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair Chevelle Chevy II and Corvette He claimed the name suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner and that to us the name means just what we think the car will do GoThe name was then unveiled Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers What is a X and were told it was a small vicious animal that eats Mustangsldquo
The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014 Id the Model amp Role
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
7ID THE BRANDChristian Erland Harald von ____ was five years old when he saw the Norwegian animated film Flaringklypa Grand Prix in the movie a local bicycle repairman makes his own racing car This gave him the dream of creating the perfect sports car
Apart from developing manufacturing and selling the supercars the brand is also involved in green technology development programmes beginning with the CCXR(Flower Power) flexfuel supercar and continuing through the present with the Agera R In March 2009 the CCXR was chosen by Forbes as one of the ten most beautiful cars in history It is also active in development programs when it comes to plug-in electric cars systems and next-generation reciprocating engine technologies
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
8ID THE DESIGNERAB amp C
He was a Greek-British designer and engineer
In 1936 while working with a manufacturer at Cowley through the war and towards its end started work on an advanced post war car codenamed Mosquito that became (A)
However he was much famous for (B) Designated by Leonard Lord as project ADO15 the product came about because of a fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis Petrol was once again rationed in the UK sales of large cars slumped and the market for German bubble cars boomed Lord reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the streets of them and design a proper___ carlsquo It resulted in (B)
Indians may famously remember him for his 1913 venture (C) named after the company ownerrsquos hometown nicknamed the lsquobullnosersquo for its distinctive round-topped radiator in the front
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ALEC ISSIGONISA-MORRIS MINOR B-MINIC-MORRIS OXFORD
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
9X had a 1928 Cadillac sedan and it was fully armored for protection It was impounded by the treasury department in 1930On the evening of December 7th 1941 (Pearl Harbor) the Secret Service suddenly found itself in need of something bulletproof for President Franklin D Roosevelt to deliver his ldquoDay of Infamyrdquo speech to Congress in DC When asked where he got the car on such short notice the president famously said ldquoI hope MrX doesnrsquot mindrdquo
It was the first bulletproof presidential limo
Roosevelt used the Xrsquos car until his Sunshine Specialldquo Lincoln was modified to be bulletproof with armor plating for the doors bullet-proof tires inch-thick windows and storage compartments for sub-machine guns
Identify X
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
10Chrysler Turbine Cars are automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation made from 1962-1964 It was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars The director of research recalls
ldquo The car reached Mexico and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on ____ I said that I thought it would work fine but just the same I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of ____ We drained the tank on engineerings car and dumped the two gallons in it The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on ___ but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving The turbine and ____stole the show you might sayrdquo
FIB
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
TEQUILA
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
11He worked at Sony preparing the first PlayStation where he helped with the design of the original hardware and controller He had an illustrious racing career For the 2014 24 Hours of Nuumlrburgring he finished 12th in class driving a Nissan GTR with Jordan Tresson Tobias and Michael Schulze
But he is known for a venture which made him an important figure in the worldwide automotive industry He was hired by Volkswagen and Nissan for promotions Its origin can be traced back to 1992 when he set out with a group of seven to develop the original version which took five years to complete
Since its debut in December 1997 over 70 million units were sold worldwide making it one of the bestsellers of its category
What was this famous venture
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI-GRAN TURISMO
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
12
He is known for concepts like as the annual model change brand architecture industrial design automotive design (styling) and planned obsolescence which transformed the industry The worlds first university-based executive education program started in 1931 at MIT under the his sponsorship In 1934 he established the philanthropic nonprofit X Foundation which facilitated the X award given each year starting in 2003 to a film at the Sundance Film Festival to a feature film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist engineer or mathematician as a major character
Enough Clues in the question Id X
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THE ANSWER IS
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
ALFRED P SLOAN
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
SCORES
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford
9 (2)
Slide 125
The Answer is (30)
Slide 127
10 (2)
The Answer is (31)
tequila
11 (2)
Slide 132
The Answer is (32)
Kazunori yamauchi-gran turismo
12 (2)
The Answer is (33)
Alfred P Sloan
SCORES (2)
THANKS EVERYONE thatrsquos ALL
THANKS EVERYONETHATrsquoS ALL
THE FINALS
Congrats to all the finalists
Slide 3
Round 1
1
The Answer is
The idea of Black tires (using carbon black)
2
The Answer is (2)
Slide 10
3 Id x incident
Slide 12
The Answer is (3)
Dan guerney ndash champagne spraying
4
The Answer is (4)
Slide 17
5
Slide 19
Slide 20
The Answer is (5)
Carlos Ghosn
6
The Answer is (6)
The magazine LrsquoAuto was founded which in 1903 created the Tour
7
The Answer is (7)
Slide 28
8
The Answer is (8)
the smell of a new car
9
The Answer is (9)
Andy Warhol painting his BMW Art Car
10
Slide 36
The Answer is (10)
ITrsquoS A DOOZIEhellip
11
Slide 40
The Answer is (11)
Slide 42
12
The Answer is (12)
B-Thrust SSC C-Chuck Yeager
Slide 46
Round 2
1 (2)
2 (2)
3 Id X
4
5
6
Slide 54
7 (2)
8 (2)
Slide 57
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip
1 (3)
The Answer is (13)
Alberto Ascari
2 (3)
The Answer is (14)
X-Bernie Ecclestone Y-Hublot
3 Id X (2)
The Answer is (15)
Michel Valliant
4 (2)
The Answer is (16)
F1 racing helmets
5 (2)
The Answer is (17)
Sundaram Karivardhan
6 (2)
Slide 75
The Answer is (18)
The Borg-Warner Trophy (Indy 500)
7 (3)
The Answer is (19)
A-Nuumlrburgring B-niki lauda
8 (3)
Slide 82
The Answer is (20)
A-BOOtleggerbootlegging b-robert glenn johnson jr c-stock car
SCORES
Slide 86
AUDIENCE QUESTION
The Answer is (21)
Osho Rajneesh
Slide 90
THE LIST IT ROUND
Slide 92
ANSWERS FOLLOWhellip (2)
Slide 94
Slide 95
Round 3
1 (4)
The Answer is (22)
Slide 99
2 (4)
The Answer is (23)
The DB Series
3 Id the brand
The Answer is (24)
Trabant
4 (2)
pic1
pic2
The Answer is (25)
X-Steve McQueen Y-Lightning McQueen
5 (2)
The Answer is (26)
X- the first commercial car radio y-motorola
6 (2)
The Answer is (27)
Chevrolet Camaro - Bumblebee
7Id the brand
The Answer is (28)
Slide 119
8Id the designerAB amp C
Slide 121
The Answer is (29)
Alec Issigonis A-Morris Minor B-Mini C-Morris oxford