Mechnius auto quiz

Association of Royal Mechanicals of Saintgits

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A Voyage through the arms of fire

Gran Turismo

Teams….Ur pick

You are

• Yezdi

You are

• Chetak

You are

• Vespa

You are

• Rajdoot

ROUND 1

DRAG

Rules

• This is a bouncing round• Consist of 8 questions• 10 bhp for each correct answer• No negative bhp

• The company is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany, and has been a wholly owned (99.55%) subsidiary of Volkswagen AG since 1966, following a phased purchase of its predecessor, Auto Union, from its former owner, Daimler-Benz. Volkswagen relaunched the X brand with the 1965 introduction of the X F103 series. Identify X?

• Audi

• Name the F1 driver who has been selected as the first global brand ambassador for Infiniti.

• Sebastian Vettel

Connect….

Answer

• The connect is Popemobile, the vehicle used by The Pope to travel around on his world-wide visits. First image is the royal carrier used to be the Popemobile centuries ago.The 2nd is the latest Popemobile, a Mercedez MPV

Name the car which is going to be the official support vehicle in the inaugral Indian F1 grand prix ?

• Mahindra Scorpio

Name the 150cc dirt bike from Hero Motor Corp, that was launched recently?

Impulse 150

Name the Ferrari model that Sachin Tendulkar had ,which he sold to Jayesh Deshai, Chairman of Raj Hans Group , recently ?

Ferrari 360 Modena

The official state car of American president is a Cadillac limousine from GMC often referred as CADILLAC 1. Which is the make and

model of the official state car use by Indian president now?

Mercedes Pullman 500

• “That’s why we are here, Forever new frontiers” is the tagline of____?

• Boeing

Audience Question1

Logo of which Japanese motorcycle manufacturer consist of 3 tuning forks in it?

ROUND 2

DRIFT

Rules

• This is a video round• Consist of 4 questions• You can bid for 10, 20 or 30 bhp• Bid will go to the highest bidder• If more than 1 team bid for same bhp, then

bid goes to team which pressed buzzer first• For wrong answer you loose half the bid

Question

• V1• Identify the driver coming just behind the

crashed car.

Answer

• Michael Schumacher

Question

• V2• Identify the situation

Answer

• Thrust ssc – supersonic land speed record

Question

• V3• Identify the ad

Answer

• Harley Davidson

Question

• V4• Identify the bollywood actor.• By what name is he popular in this ad?

Answer

• Jimmy Shergil as Verito man

Round 3

WHEELIE

Rules

• There are 5 different topics• A team can choose a topic of your choice.• No passing

• Which F1 circuit is known as “Temple of Speed”?

Answer

• Spa Frankorchamps

Who along with Adrian Sutil races for Force India.

Paul Di Resta

Identify the door styling

• "Gull Wing" door styling

Identify the owner of the car

• Maummar Gaddafi

Relate

• The Ferrari logo “Prancing horse” actually came from the emblem in Francesco Baracca’s fighter

• Founded in 1920 as a cork plant. Formerly known as Tōyō Kōgyō Company. This company is affiliated with the Sumitomo group. It is headquartered at Hiroshima. The company entered the passenger-car market in 1960 with the production of a coupe model; two years later, sedans and station wagons came on line, and in 1964 it introduced a line of cars that were marketed in the United States. In 1967 the company committed itself to producing automobiles with the rotary-piston Wankel engine. Identify the automobile giants

• Mazda Motor corporation

• Name this hybrid car from Chevrolet.

Volt

• As an all-electric car, X produces no tailpipe pollution or greenhouse gas emissions at the point of operation, and reduces dependence on petroleum. Among other awards and recognition, the X won the 2010 Green Car Vision Award award, the 2011 European Car of the Year award, the 2011 World Car of the Year,

• Nissan Leaf

• Eurofighter Typhoon and which other French fighter is in contention,to sign the the multi million dollar deal with the IAF for the sale of 135 fighter jets

• Rafale

• It is the company's most fuel-efficient airliner and the world's first major airliner to use composite materials for most of its construction. Name the company and the aircraft.

• Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Round 4

What’s Behind?

Rules

• This is a theme round• Consists of four questions• Each team has to write their answers in a paper.• 10 bhp for each correct answer.• Each of these questions are connected to a

common theme.• For theme, bhp in the order 40,30,20,10 and if

wrong you take negative 10

Q1

• This is a British luxury car manufacturer, headquartered in Whitley, Coventry, England.

• The company also holds Royal Warrants from Queen Elizabeth II andPrince Charles.

Q2

• Name the Asian motor company,that owned the product Matiz,that was common on Indian roads last decade?

Q3

• Name the model

Q4

• If Liva is for Etios, what is it for Linea.

• Jaguar• Daewoo• Range Rover Evoque• Punto

ThemeTata Motors

Round 5

Paddle Shift

Rules

• This is a bouncing round.• Consists of four questions

• Gandhian engineering is the process of breaking down complex products into its fundamental components and then building the product again in the cheapest way available. This ensures simpler and easier ways to handle processes and products. Indians and South Asians are known for this method. The company X intended to convey deep frugality and a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom applied to engineering, technological innovation, and new product development. The name originated from India, and was named following the Y, X's most pathbreaking product in its field. It is associated with the sentence "Getting more [services] from less [resources] for more [people]". Find X, Y

• X- Tata Motors • Y-Nano

• X is a family-owned business named after its founder’s name, and produces distinctive yellow-and-black engineering vehicles, "Backhoes" and diesel engines. In the UK, the word “X" is sometimes used colloquially as a generic description for any such type of engineering vehicle, and now appears in the Oxford English Dictionary, although it is still held as a trademark. X makes over 300 types of machines for construction, industry, agriculture and military engineering and in 2007 the company's turnover was £2.25 billion. Identify X ?

• X - JCB

Identify

• Italian luxury car manufacturer• established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna• The company's headquarters is now in Modena• emblem is a trident• It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat

S.p.A since 1993• But more recently it has become part of the

sports car group including Alfa Romeo

• Maserati

Checquered Flag

• This is a buzzer round• Consists of 6 questions• 10 points for every right answer.

In the movie ‘Gone in 60 seconds’ Nicolas Cage could not get away with

Eleanor. What kind of car is she?

1967 Shelby Mustang GT

• Recently, Kerala CM announced in a press meet that the government is planning to implement a type of railway system in the state capital. What was that?

• Monorail

Which company sponsors the F1 Indian Grand-prix 2011?

• This was developed by Hyundai Motors specifically for the smaller steel boxes running on the roads, or hatches to be less critical. Now, what makes this engine "the special one" is the fact that this was designed by Hyundai for Indian and other similar markets like South America, East Europe etc, and so as it turns out, it really is a hell of a fuel efficient heart. In India, they are offering this engine with i10 & in Europe, with both i10 and i20. What are we talking about?

• Kappa

Defending WRC champion Sebastian Loeb drives for which

World Rally Team ?

Citroen

Name the pin that connects piston to the connecting rod?

Gudgeon Pin

Who is the current sole tire supplier for formula one racing cars?

Identify the part

Catalytic Converter

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