So You Think You Know About Cars? Beginner Level Quiz
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BEGINNERS SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT CARS? BEGINNER LEVEL QUIZ 1. Which car features this logo? 2. What is the name of the bonnet emblem on top of the Rolls Royce radiators? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. The Mini was a great success for BMC but what was the name of the car based on the Mini which they developed for the army? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. What band sang this song? I’ve been driving in my car, it’s not quite a Jaguar I bought it in Primrose Hill from a bloke from Brazil It was made in fifty-nine in a factory by the Tyne It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. What car holds the land speed record in 2020? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW DID YOU GET ON? Let us know! #HaynesAtHome #MuseumFromHome 6. In which film did the A35 van find screen fame as the ideal vehicle to run the ‘Anti-Pesto’ vegetable security and humane pest control business? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. How many world championships has Lewis Hamilton won? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Which famous James Bond car turned into a submarine? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Andre Citroen often used innovative ways to publicise his cars. What famous French monument did Citroen use to advertise his cars? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10. Which car features this logo? 11. What do these F1 drivers have in common? Jacques Laffite Alan Jones Carlos Reutemann Keke Rosberg Derek Daly Theirry Boutsen Alain Prost ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW DID YOU GET ON? Let us know! #HaynesAtHome #MuseumFromHome 12. Before John Haynes OBE created his first official Haynes Manual, which car did he produce a leaflet on decribing how to build? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13. In 1966 the Heinz company ran a competition which offered 57 versions of which car as the prizes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14. What is the fastest car in the world to date? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15. Name the car which was driven by the fictional character Maxwell Smart. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16. How many Formula 1 World Championships have the following drivers each won? Juan-Manuel Fangio --------------------------------------------------- Ayrton Senna --------------------------------------------------- Michael Schumacher --------------------------------------------------- 17. According to the Guinness Book of Records, how many people can you get in a Classic Mini? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18. When was the Haynes International Motor Museum established? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW DID YOU GET ON? Let us know! #HaynesAtHome #MuseumFromHome ANSWER SHEET NO PEEKING NOW! 1. Gordon-Keeble 2. Spirit of Ecstasy 3. Mini Moke 4. Madness 5. ThrustSSC 6. The Wallace and Gromit film, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 7. 6 8. Lotus Esprit S1 9. Eiffel Tower 10. Lea-Francis 11. They all drove for the Williams F1 team 12. 750 Special 13. BMC Wolseley Hornet Convertible 14. Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ at 304mph 15. The Sunbeam Alpine featured in the spy spoof series ‘Get Smart’, which aired from 1965 to 1970 and the 2008 film. It had ‘Tiger’ badges to create the appearance of it being a Sunbeam Tiger but the car was so rare they had to use an Alpine with these badges 16. Juan-Manuel Fangio (won 5) Ayrton Senna (won 3) Michael Schumacher (won 7) 17. 27 18. 1985 Thank you to Museum volunteers Nick Kinnie, Mike Taylor, Chris Barker for helping to create this quiz. Find out more about Volunteering himm.co.uk HOW DID YOU GET ON? Let us know! #HaynesAtHome #MuseumFromHome.