The REAL Anorak Quiz

ANSWERS Round 1:- Advertising Slogans

No. Question Answer 1 Safety Fast MG

2 You can depend on An Austin it!

3 Hand built by robots Fiat (Strada) (as opposed to the Austin Ambassador, which was “Hand Built by Roberts” in the “Not the Nine o’Clock News”, sketch. See https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=FU-tuY0Z7nQ ) 4 Everything we do is Ford driven by you No. Question Answer 5 Grace…. Space…. Jaguar Pace…. (It’s a shame they have forgotten the first one of these!)

6 The pioneer and still Morgan Runabout the best

7 The only with its Wolseley name in lights (from its patented illuminated radiator badge)

8 Zoom, zoom, zoom Mazda

9 Made like a gun Royal Enfield ()

No. Question Answer 10 The power of dreams

11 Takes your breath away

12 The car in front is a Toyota

13 Sure as the sunrise Albion lorries (Should have been easy for Dire Straits fans. See “Border Riever”: https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=Gi35yMzUuVg )

14 Ugly is only skin (Beetle) deep

15 It’s a ….. honest Skoda

No. Question Answer 16 The ultimate driving BMW machine

17 The silent

18 As old as the Riley industry as modern as the hour

19 Vorsprung durch Technik

20 The relentless Lexus pursuit of perfection

Round 2:- Manufacturers’ Names

No. Question Answer 1 The Latin for “I roll” Volvo (from the company’s origin as a subsidiary of SKF Bearings) 2 The founders name and an early hillclimb Aston-Martin location (Lionel Martin-Aston Clinton hillclimb) 3 Derived from the Norman, Fulk de Breant’s Vauxhall Hall, which gave its name to an area of 4 The founder’s daughter Mercedes 5 Chemical symbol for Aluminium and the Alvis Latin for “Strong” (first made aluminium pistons) 6 A high level of achievement Standard 7 General Purpose Vehicle Jeep 8 The owner and his famous shell bearings (/Thin wall bearings) 9 Named after a dealership in Oxford which MG sold tuned versions of made locally. (Morris Garages) 10 English company named after a Shawnee settlement in Springfield, Ohio USA. 11 Italian for: Public Company, Lombard Automobile Factory + the founder’s name (Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili Nicola Romeo) 12 Latin for “listen! Audi (previously the Old German equivalent) (formerly ) 13 First, middle and last letters of founder’s TVR name (TreVoR Wilkinson) 14 The people’s car Volkswagen 15 From the French for “She Goes!” 16 Smaller version of DAT car. Datsun (Originally Datson but changed because “son” means “loss” in Japanese.) 17 Named after the region in Romania where it Dacia is built. 18 From “Luxury Edition for the United States” Lexus 19 UK car company that changed its name after SS Cars WWII to avoid Nazi connotations. (Swallow Sidecars:- became Jaguar after one of their pre-war model names) 20 Commercial vehicle division of a car maker. Bedford Named after the county town of their manufacturing location.

Round 3:- Badges

No. Question Answer Badge 1 A Viking ship (from Viking Rovers)

2 Four linked circles Auto-Union/Audi (Merger of Audi, DKW, Horch and

Wanderer) 3 Six stars in an oval Subaru (Japanese for the Pleiades six-star constellation)

4 Two herringbone Citroen gearteeth (Andre Citroen invented the double helical gear form) 5 A three-pointed star Mercedes

6 A blue diamond Riley

7 A red triangle Alvis

No. Question Answer Badge 8 A blue oval Ford

9 A flying “A” Austin

10 A Winged Arrow Skoda

11 Three Diamonds Mitsubishi

12 Three Elipses Toyota

13 An exultant nude Rolls-Royce

14 Stacked rifles BSA

15 Stylised spinning BMW propeller

No. Question Answer Badge 16 A five-pointed star made from five triangles

17 A globe Triumph

18 A trident Maserati

19 A stylised bowtie Chevrolet (yes, really!)

20 Three tuning forks Yamaha

Round 4:- OE Suppliers

No. Question Answer 1 Rubery Owen 2 Burman Steering boxes 3 Universal joints 4 Bluemells Steering wheels 5 Webasto Sunroofs 6 Exide Batteries 7 Moss Gearboxes 8 Borg and Beck Clutches 9 Smiths Instruments 10 Connolly Leather 11 Armstrong Dampers (Shock absorbers) 12 Desmo Mirrors 13 Britax Seat belts 14 Folding roofs/special bodies 15 16 Pressed Steel Fisher Bodyshells 17 Wilmott Bredon Locks/Handles 18 Laycock Overdrives 19 Sankey Wheels 20 Brake/Clutch Linings

Round 5:- Acronyms

No. Question Answer 1 BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke (German: Bavarian Motor Works) 2 SAAB Svenska Aeroplan AktieBolaget (Swedish: Swedish Aeroplane Company Ltd.) 3 FIAT Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian: Italian Car Factory of Turin) 4 DAF Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek (Dutch: Van Doorne's Automobile Factory) 5 MG Morris Garages 6 ERA English Racing Automobiles 7 AC Auto Carriers 8 BSA Birmingham Small Arms 9 SEAT Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (Spanish: Spanish Company) 10 ERF Edwin Richard Foden (broke away from Foden steam wagons to build diesel lorries) 11 DKW Dampf-Kraft Wagen (German: steam-powered vehicle) 12 BRM 13 NSU Neckarsulm Motoren Werke (German: Neckarsulm city where NSU located Motor Works) 14 AMC American Motors Corporation (merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson) 15 GN Founded 1910 by Henry Ronald Godfrey and Archibald Frazer- Nash 16 HRG Founded in 1936 by Major Edward Halford, Guy Robins and HR Godfrey, 17 SIMCA Socit Industrielle de Mecanique et Carrosserie Automobile 18 VW Volkswagen (German: People’s Car) 19 GMC Corporation 20 BMC British Motor Corporation

Round 6:- Animals and Birds

No. Question Answer Badge 1 Charging Bull

2 Mazda Seagull (Actually not a seagull but a heavily stylised M!)

3 Sphinx

4 Dragon

5 Peugeot Lion rampant

No. Question Answer Badge 6 Abarth Scorpion

7 Gordon-Keeble Turtle

8 Suzuki Rhino

9 Duesenberg American bald eagle

10 Morris Ox (as in Oxford)

11 Hispano Suiza Stork

No. Question Answer Badge 12 Jaguar Leaping Cat

13 Bean Lion Sejant

14 SAAB A crowned Griffon

15 Alfa Romeo Snake eating a man (from the emblem of Milan)

16 Prancing Horse

17 Vauxhall Wyvern

No. Question Answer Badge 18 Morgan Stork

19 Lea Francis Sea Unicorn

20 Packard Swan

Round 7:- Car/ Model Names

No. Question Car Manufacturer Aircraft Manufacturer 1 Hunter Hawker 2 Oxford Morris Airspeed 3 Spitfire Triumph () 4 Hurricane Armstrong Siddeley Hawker (or Vincent ) 5 Caravelle Sud-Aviation 6 Herald Triumph Handley-Page 7 Mustang Ford North American 8 Gamecock Riley Gloster 9 Firefly Alvis Fairey 10 Beaufighter Bristol Bristol 11 Fury Plymouth Hawker 12 Vanguard Standard Vickers 13 Javelin Jowett Gloster 14 Lancaster Armstrong Siddeley 15 Phantom Rolls-Royce MacDonnell-Douglas 16 Corsair Ford Chance-Vought 17 Avenger Hillman Grumman 18 Gazelle Singer Westland 19 Comet Vincent 20 Wyvern Vauxhall Westland

Round 8:- Competition No. Question 1 The oldest motor sporting event in the world that Motor Cycling Club Edinburgh is still run each year. Trial (1904) 2 which dominated in the Ford DFV late 1960s and 1970s. 3 American oval racetrack known as “The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Brickyard” from its former surface. 4 The world’s oldest endurance race still run each Le Mans 24 Hours year and first held in 1923. (Grand Prix de Vitesse et d’Endurance) 5 Said to be the first purpose-built motor racing Brooklands (opened in 1907) venue 6 Said to be “the greatest driver who never won a Formula One World Championship”. 7 British car prevented from winning a hat-trick of BMC in 1966 (they also Monte Carlo Rallies because it was disqualified by disqualified the 2nd place Cortina the French organisers for using Quartz-Halogen and 3rd and 4th ) headlights. 8 Small engine capacity limit introduced for the 1500cc/1.5Litres 1961 Formula One Season 9 Rear wheel drive car which dominated rallying in Ford Escort the late 1960s and early 1970s. 10 Motor racing circuit developed from the perimeter Silverstone track of a WWII RAF bomber station. 11 British driver of the first rear-engined car to win (Lotus 38, 1965) the . 12 Equipment fitted to trials cars to allow differential Fiddle brakes braking of the rear wheels. 13 Governing body for international . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) 14 The only driver ever to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport—the , Indianapolis 500 and the . 15 British-built car that broke Ferrari dominance of Ford GT40 long-distance sports car races in the late 1960s. 16 Motorsport event held to celebrate the football 1970 London to Mexico World World Cup, which prompted the naming of a Ford Cup Rally model. 17 Small car allegedly banned from production Lotus 7 (banned because it was a sportscar racing because it was too fast. “Kit car”) 18 British hill-climb venue owned by a car club. Prescott (the Owners’ Club) 19 The longest motor racing circuit in the world The Nordschleife at the Nurburgring was 22.8 km long (over 17 miles) 20 The longest ever motor race 2000 Around the World in 80 Days rally: 18,000 miles Round 9:- Motor Men

No. Question 1 Later became Lord Nuffield. William Morris 2 Credited with initiating design of the after using a Jeep on his farm. 3 Founder of and its pre-war predecessor SS. Sir 4 Mercurial head of the for Sir John Black many years and great friend of Harry Morgan. 5 Claimed by Ettore Bugatti to build the fastest lorries in Walter Owen Bentley the world. 6 Italian stylist who designed bodies for many 1960s Triumph cars. 7 Was managing director of a company making sheep Herbert Austin shearing machinery before starting a business building cars. 8 Early aviator who partnered No. 5 before he became The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls the first Briton to die in an aeroplane crash. 9 Built Italian before he started making Ferruccio Lamborghini supercars after allegedly being insulted by . 10 Famous for his Morris 1000 design and triggering the Alec Issigonis front wheel drive revolution. 11 Pioneered standardisation and mass production of cars, Henry Ford allegedly at the expense of preventing a choice of colour. 12 Famous for his engine development, including the Sir Harry Ricardo squish cylinder head, Comet diesel, high performance two-strokes and Stirling engines. 13 Another manufacturer but this one espoused four-wheel-drive for cars. 14 Famous for producing rear-engined sportscars, Ferdinand originally based on the VW Beetle. 15 Having originally made money in distribution and William and Reginald Rootes services, these brothers bought up several British motor companies such as Hillman, Humber, Singer, Sunbeam and 16 Bankrupted his company developing an iconic 1930s Andre Citroen front wheel drive car and was forced to sell out to Michelin. 17 Designed the original after Walter Belgrove viewing post-war Plymouths outside the US Embassy in London and went on to design the early Triumph TRs. 18 Famous for putting motorcycle engines in the back of John Cooper racing cars. Went on to produce tuned versions of the Mini. 19 Competition driver and Triumph designer who later designed his own cars some of which were licence- built by Austin. 20 Designer of what was considered to be the first Carl Benz practical I/C engine car, patented in 1886.