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* questions and sudden death to resolve the ties .

1)

This word derives from a latin word meaning “for all”

2)

identify this gentleman who built the worlds first practical four stroke internal combustion engine in 1876

3)

Which automobile giant is the official sponsor of the recently concluded sri lankan premier league?

4)

WHAT WAS SO SPECIAL ABOUT Lewis Hamilton signing a 3 year contract on Friday i.e. day before yesterday?

5)*

Give me the name of Fund established in 1982 by the govt of india for payment of compensation to victims of air accidents?

6)

which early 20th century car had the nickname ‘tin lizzie’?

7)

What is the name of industrial city on hanshuisland , japan and also that of a motorcycle manufactured there?

8)

What is the international airlines alliance formed by these airlines– british airways , American airlines , Qantas , Canadian airlines and cathay pacific

9)

In the year 1876 the world’s first practical four stroke internal combustion engine was made . My question is what did sir Douglas Clerk invent in the same year .

10)*

Which vintage beauty

11)

Peregrine falcon is a bird that often serves as a metaphor for speed due to its vertical hunting dive, or stoop, speed of 180 to 202 miles per hour (290 to 325 km/h), the fastest of any bird . What is the japanese word for peregrine falcon ?

12)

Rudolf Diesel's prime model, a single 10 ft (3 m) iron cylinder with a flywheel at its base, ran on its own power for the first time in Augsburg, Germany, on 10 August 1893 running on nothing but peanut oil. In remembrance of this event, 10 August has been declared

13)

Which asian country has got a mere 24.6 kmsof railway lines?

14)

Whose logo?

Volkswagon Golf

GtiLexus IS300

Toyota Supra

Mazda RX8

Mitsubishi Eclipse

Porsche Cayman S

Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII

Ford Mustang GT

Mercedes Benz CLK 500

Lamborghini Gallardo

Corvette C6

Dodge Viper SRT10

Aston Martin DB9

Mercedes-Benz SLR

McLarenBMW M3 GTR

PUT FUNDA?

15)*

16)

ID

17)

Expand BSA

18)

Who raised the chequered flag at the finishing point of the inaugural Indian F1 grand prix?

19)

Which motorsport racer has got the nickname “The Doctor”?

20)

The first car to be sold in India was purchased by Harpal Singh, an Indian Airlines employee from New Delhi, who won the ownership rights to the car competing against other prospective owners, through a lucky draw and was handed over the keys of his dream machine by the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The original model was based on the SS80 Suzuki Fronte.

Which car?

21)*

ID

22) X please

Keke Marwa – Nigeria

Tuk –Tuk - Kenya , Ethiopia ,Egypt

Baby taxis - Bangladesh

Moto - El-salvador

X - India

23)

Which vehicle had their BMC engine replaced by IZUZU in the later models?

24)* A pictorial representation of what ?

25)*

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.

Which car?