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Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:45 pm
by Terry
The local car club around here is having a car show this weekend and wants to do some car trivia. I've got the task of coming up with the questions. Anyone have any good ones? Any car question will work...hard enough where everyone and thier mom wouldn't know but not too hard to the point of no-one getting it.

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:56 pm
by GTO Assassin
Q) Who invented the first true automobile? (Maybe a little too non-specific)
A) Karl Friedrich Benz (1844-1929)


Shit - I'd just google a bunch of questions. :)

Scotty

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:57 pm
by Chris95RT
Who now owns Chrysler's defense division? General Dynamics
Something about the designer of the GTO?

Thats all the non blatently obvious ones I can think of at the moment, my car knowledge aint so big.

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:00 pm
by Terry
Might be a little too difficult (especially Chris's :p ). I did plan on googling some but figured you guys would come up with something.

Terry

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:25 pm
by BleedScarlet
howabout..

what's the land speed record?
763.035 MPH

or
http://www.thecarconnection.com/Extras/ ... S1156.html

those are just lots of questions, but when you find a good one, you can google for the answer

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:22 pm
by vegasidol
Write down all the acronyms you can think of...
Stick them in randomly depending on where you are in range of questions.

AWD, FWD, DOHC would be in the easy range
TPS, SRS, CAS medium
FAAC, ETACS more difficult

I think people sometimes get confused hearing the letters read outloud rather than reading them with their own eyes.

Fun quiz, I thought a 3S quiz done in game show format would have been fun at the NG...

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:57 pm
by Jeremy C
[quote=""vegasidol""]Write down all the acronyms you can think of...
Stick them in randomly depending on where you are in range of questions.

AWD, FWD, DOHC would be in the easy range
TPS, SRS, CAS medium
FAAC, ETACS more difficult

I think people sometimes get confused hearing the letters read outloud rather than reading them with their own eyes.

Fun quiz, I thought a 3S quiz done in game show format would have been fun at the NG...[/quote]

Boy, could I really mess people up with acronyms... :D i can list off at least 100 different ones JUST for modules that can be in a vehicle, many of which overlap each other (TBC = BCM = BFC, RCDLR = RFA, ABS = EBCM = EBTCM, ECU = ECM = VCM* = PCM* etc).

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:40 pm
by vegasidol
[quote=""Jeremy C""]Boy, could I really mess people up with acronyms... :D i can list off at least 100 different ones JUST for modules that can be in a vehicle, many of which overlap each other (TBC = BCM = BFC, RCDLR = RFA, ABS = EBCM = EBTCM, ECU = ECM = VCM* = PCM* etc).[/quote]

Exactly...that's why adding acronyms to the quiz would be fun and challenging. :) Maybe you can come up with a good list for Terry.

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:08 pm
by jackhammer
[quote=""lawdogg""]How many strokes does a normal piston-cylinder engine have and name them[/quote]Fixed

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:24 pm
by BleedScarlet
[quote=""lawdogg""]How many strokes does a normal piston-cylinder engine have?

How is the octane rating of fuel determined?

What does the dual weight rating of oil mean?

Is Vin Diesel gay?[/quote]

and then you could have daily doubles!

which cycles are combined from a 4 stroke engine in a 2 stroke engine?

what does the rating E 85 mean? (perhaps this is too easy)

which number(s) should you increase, if any, when your engine is running hotter than usual?

Is Vin Diesel currently pursuing Ian McKellen's heart?

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:51 pm
by Wolf_Zero
Which car manufacturer was the first to put awd into it's cars?

^ Is that to easy?

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:10 pm
by Terry
I've got a decent list started but it's mostly history and classic cars. Give me some good import car questions...with answers.

Terry

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:14 pm
by BleedScarlet
[quote=""Wolf_Zero""]Which car manufacturer was the first to put awd into it's cars?

^ Is that to easy?[/quote]

i wasn't aware the answer was that easy... :confused:

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:40 pm
by vroom4
[quote=""BleedScarlet""]i wasn't aware the answer was that easy... :confused:[/quote]

haha, the predecessor of Daimler Chrysler?

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:45 am
by Twin-Turbo
No shit...it was like the 3/s 100 years ago.

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:04 pm
by Wolf_Zero
Ok, how about what was the first AWD car to win a Rally races?


Audi

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:49 pm
by Tujin
Whats the firing order of a Lamborghini V12 engine?

Re: Car Trivia....

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:04 am
by J-Groove
Q: What monstrosity did Tom Peters design prior to making the beautiful 6th gen Corvette?

A: The Pontiac Aztek