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The questions, (obviously without answers) are in this post here:
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And here follow the answers........
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Coffee time Quiz answers.
1/ Which rider achieved the first Isle Of Man 100mph lap in 1957?
Answer: Bob McIntyre on a Gilera. He won at an average speed of 94.99mph.
2/ In the 1969 film Easy Rider, what is the name of the character played by Peter Fonda?
Answer: Captain America
3/ Joey Dunlop almost didn’t make it to the 1985 TT. Why?
Answer: Joey used to hitch a ride on his friend’s fishing boat, the MFV Tornamona across to the Isle of Man. On May 23 May 1985 he departed from the County Down port of Strangford with his Rothmans Honda race bikes and equipment for the TT Races. It was a particularly hostile night and Tornamona ran onto St. Patrick’s Rock where her rudder jammed and was destroyed. After drifting free she sank in calmer waters inshore. All aboard were rescued by the Portaferry Lifeboat. Divers recovered the bikes upon which Joey won the Formula One, Junior and Senior TT races.
4/ What is the name of the motorcycle gang in the 1953 film the Wild One starring Marlon Brando?
Answer: The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club.
5/ What obstacle in the road do TT riders face at the Bungalow?
Answer: Tram lines.
6/ Why was the 2001 TT cancelled?
Answer: Foot & Mouth
7/ How many junctions on the M25?
Answer: 31
8/ Ten times TT winner Stanley Woods would bring the boy scouts a treat at the TT. What was the treat?
Answer: toffees.
9/ Which motorcycle manufacturer turned down the opportunity in 1905 to buy the formula to make custard powder?
Answer: Veloce Ltd (known as Velocette from 1913) turned down the formula which was taken up by Birds.
10/ John Surtees was the first person to win a world championship on 2 & 4 wheels. How many TT races did he win?
Answer: 6 and became the first man to win the Senior TT at the Isle of Man TT three years in succession.
11/ Which rider stopped at Creg-Ny-Baa in the 1968 TT to ask who was winning?
Answer: Bill Ivy whilst leading the 125 race having set a record lap of 100.32 mph. Bill was complying with Yamaha team orders that Phil Read must be the winning rider and that Bill would win the 250 race. He came 2nd to Read but did win the 250 race as ordained in spite of Phil Read ignoring team orders and fighting Bill Ivy throughout the race. Yamaha were furious and never offered Phil Read another ride.
12/ Which singer had a hit record in the 1964 with a motorcycle based song called Terry?
Answer: Lynne Annette Ripley or ‘Twinkle’. She retired in 1966 at the age of 18
13/ The first motorcycle was created by whom?
Answer: Gottlieb Daimler in 1885. Also in 1885, but unknown to Daimler, only sixty miles away in Mannheim, Karl Benz built the first true automobile using an integral design for a motorized vehicle with one of his own engines. He was granted a patent for his motorwagen on January 29, 1886.
14/ What kind of motorcycle did Arnold Schwarzenegger ride in the movie Terminator 2?
Answer: Harley-Davidson Fat Boy
15/ When AMC were designing the P10 engine a reed valve was proposed as a crankcase breather. Why was this idea rejected?
Answer: In 1965 when AMC chief designer Horace Watson and ex-Velocette engineer Charles Udall presented the 800cc twin prototype it was rejected by the embarrassed directors because on turning over the engine before starting it up the reed valve made a noise like a fart. ('Motorcycle Apprentice: Matchless - in Name and Reputation-. By Bill Cakebread)
16/ What band released the biker anthem ‘Born to be Wild’?
Answer: Steppenwolf.
17/ What is the name of the trophy Mike Hailwood was awarded that has also been held by Richard Branson, Amy Johnson and Donald Campbell?
Answer: Segrave Trophy.
18/ Jawa motorcycles are made in which country?
Answer: Czechoslovakia
19/ Who was the commander of H.M.S. Troutbridge?
Answer. Captain Povey. BBC comedy, ‘The Navy Lark’.
20/ What is the ideal air/fuel ratio for a petrol engine?
Answer: 14.7 : 1 (Allow 14 to 16).
21/ Why does a milking stool have only 3 legs?
Answer: Because it will never rock on an uneven parlour floor.
22/ Who was forced to resign from the Norton Company in 1948 after designing the Norton Dominator engine?
Answer: Bert Hopwood. Joe Craig, Head of the Development & Racing Department declared Hopwood’s engine underpowered, delayed production and forced Hopwood to resign. He joined BSA in ’48 and in 1955 when Hopwood re-joined Norton he took the opportunity to re-look at the Joe Craig ‘revised’ design, finding that no alterations had been made.
23/ Which was the first T.V. variety show to be transmitted in colour?
Answer: It was the Black and White Minstrels in 1967 on BBC 2.
The first Black and White Minstrels was shown in 1957 in black and white when the black-face makeup was actually red as black did not show up on film very well.
24/ What was the most popular name for baby boys in England and Wales in 2017?
Answer: Muhammud, which beat Oliver to the top spot.
(Combining the 14 different spellings included in the ONS data they total 7,307 boys, which is more than 1,000 ahead of Oliver).
25/ How long is the M25?
Answer: 117 miles.
26/ Who was the designer who left Velocette to take up the position of Chief Engineer at AMC?
Answer: Charles Udall
27/ Canadian children’s author Michelle Duff was also a grand prix championship runner-up.
Answer: True, competing as Mike Duff she was 2nd in the 1965 World Championship
28/ Who was the designer of Triumphs first 650cc vertical twin engine in 1933?
Answer: Val Page designed the engine, however, despite being a sound design it was very short lived and soon replaced by Edward Turner’s Speed Twin
29/ Who manufactured bikes at Grosvener Street, Bradford ?
Answer: Scott
30/ Which Japanese manufacturer formed their race team specifically to win at the TT?
Answer: Honda. In September 1958 and entered in 1959 as the OkuraTrading Company as they thought that if they applied to go to a motorcycle race as members of a company that didn't even do any exporting they wouldn't receive either exit visas or permission to take out foreign currency from the Japanese Government. Therefore they borrowed the name of Okura Trading Co., which had helped them out with machinery imports. Interesting read here: https://global.honda/heritage/episodes/1958manttrace.html
31/ A third TT course made its debut in 1954 and held its last TT race in 1959, what was the name of this course?
Answer: The Clypse Course
32/ How long is the modern TT course? (Imperial)
Answer: Thirty seven and three quarter miles.
33/ The first motorcycle TT in the IOM was held in 1907 on the St Johns course. It later transferred to the Mountain Course. In what year did this happen?
Answer: 1911
34/ At the first IOM TT in 1907 who won the single cylinder race?
Answer: The single-cylinder class race was won by Charles R. Collier riding a 3 1/2hp (431cc) Matchless in 4 hours, 8 minutes and 8 seconds at an average race speed of 38.21 mph. His prize was a trophy and £25. His brother Harry Collier, also riding a Matchless, had problems with an engine seizure on lap 2 and eventually retired on lap 9.
35/ AMC designer Bill Cakebread joined the Institute of Patentees and Inventors, but after doing so why did he refuse to add the initials to his name?
Answer: Because the initials for Members of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors were M.Inst.P.I. which meant his name would have read Bill Cakebread Minced Pie. (‘Motorcycle Apprentice: Matchless - in Name and Reputation’. By Bill Cakebread)
End.
The questions, (obviously without answers) are in this post here:
Lockdown coffee-time quiz for bikers........... | MotorhomeFun | The Motorhome Support and Social Network
And here follow the answers........
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-
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-
Coffee time Quiz answers.
1/ Which rider achieved the first Isle Of Man 100mph lap in 1957?
Answer: Bob McIntyre on a Gilera. He won at an average speed of 94.99mph.
2/ In the 1969 film Easy Rider, what is the name of the character played by Peter Fonda?
Answer: Captain America
3/ Joey Dunlop almost didn’t make it to the 1985 TT. Why?
Answer: Joey used to hitch a ride on his friend’s fishing boat, the MFV Tornamona across to the Isle of Man. On May 23 May 1985 he departed from the County Down port of Strangford with his Rothmans Honda race bikes and equipment for the TT Races. It was a particularly hostile night and Tornamona ran onto St. Patrick’s Rock where her rudder jammed and was destroyed. After drifting free she sank in calmer waters inshore. All aboard were rescued by the Portaferry Lifeboat. Divers recovered the bikes upon which Joey won the Formula One, Junior and Senior TT races.
4/ What is the name of the motorcycle gang in the 1953 film the Wild One starring Marlon Brando?
Answer: The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club.
5/ What obstacle in the road do TT riders face at the Bungalow?
Answer: Tram lines.
6/ Why was the 2001 TT cancelled?
Answer: Foot & Mouth
7/ How many junctions on the M25?
Answer: 31
8/ Ten times TT winner Stanley Woods would bring the boy scouts a treat at the TT. What was the treat?
Answer: toffees.
9/ Which motorcycle manufacturer turned down the opportunity in 1905 to buy the formula to make custard powder?
Answer: Veloce Ltd (known as Velocette from 1913) turned down the formula which was taken up by Birds.
10/ John Surtees was the first person to win a world championship on 2 & 4 wheels. How many TT races did he win?
Answer: 6 and became the first man to win the Senior TT at the Isle of Man TT three years in succession.
11/ Which rider stopped at Creg-Ny-Baa in the 1968 TT to ask who was winning?
Answer: Bill Ivy whilst leading the 125 race having set a record lap of 100.32 mph. Bill was complying with Yamaha team orders that Phil Read must be the winning rider and that Bill would win the 250 race. He came 2nd to Read but did win the 250 race as ordained in spite of Phil Read ignoring team orders and fighting Bill Ivy throughout the race. Yamaha were furious and never offered Phil Read another ride.
12/ Which singer had a hit record in the 1964 with a motorcycle based song called Terry?
Answer: Lynne Annette Ripley or ‘Twinkle’. She retired in 1966 at the age of 18
13/ The first motorcycle was created by whom?
Answer: Gottlieb Daimler in 1885. Also in 1885, but unknown to Daimler, only sixty miles away in Mannheim, Karl Benz built the first true automobile using an integral design for a motorized vehicle with one of his own engines. He was granted a patent for his motorwagen on January 29, 1886.
14/ What kind of motorcycle did Arnold Schwarzenegger ride in the movie Terminator 2?
Answer: Harley-Davidson Fat Boy
15/ When AMC were designing the P10 engine a reed valve was proposed as a crankcase breather. Why was this idea rejected?
Answer: In 1965 when AMC chief designer Horace Watson and ex-Velocette engineer Charles Udall presented the 800cc twin prototype it was rejected by the embarrassed directors because on turning over the engine before starting it up the reed valve made a noise like a fart. ('Motorcycle Apprentice: Matchless - in Name and Reputation-. By Bill Cakebread)
16/ What band released the biker anthem ‘Born to be Wild’?
Answer: Steppenwolf.
17/ What is the name of the trophy Mike Hailwood was awarded that has also been held by Richard Branson, Amy Johnson and Donald Campbell?
Answer: Segrave Trophy.
18/ Jawa motorcycles are made in which country?
Answer: Czechoslovakia
19/ Who was the commander of H.M.S. Troutbridge?
Answer. Captain Povey. BBC comedy, ‘The Navy Lark’.
20/ What is the ideal air/fuel ratio for a petrol engine?
Answer: 14.7 : 1 (Allow 14 to 16).
21/ Why does a milking stool have only 3 legs?
Answer: Because it will never rock on an uneven parlour floor.
22/ Who was forced to resign from the Norton Company in 1948 after designing the Norton Dominator engine?
Answer: Bert Hopwood. Joe Craig, Head of the Development & Racing Department declared Hopwood’s engine underpowered, delayed production and forced Hopwood to resign. He joined BSA in ’48 and in 1955 when Hopwood re-joined Norton he took the opportunity to re-look at the Joe Craig ‘revised’ design, finding that no alterations had been made.
23/ Which was the first T.V. variety show to be transmitted in colour?
Answer: It was the Black and White Minstrels in 1967 on BBC 2.
The first Black and White Minstrels was shown in 1957 in black and white when the black-face makeup was actually red as black did not show up on film very well.
24/ What was the most popular name for baby boys in England and Wales in 2017?
Answer: Muhammud, which beat Oliver to the top spot.
(Combining the 14 different spellings included in the ONS data they total 7,307 boys, which is more than 1,000 ahead of Oliver).
25/ How long is the M25?
Answer: 117 miles.
26/ Who was the designer who left Velocette to take up the position of Chief Engineer at AMC?
Answer: Charles Udall
27/ Canadian children’s author Michelle Duff was also a grand prix championship runner-up.
Answer: True, competing as Mike Duff she was 2nd in the 1965 World Championship
28/ Who was the designer of Triumphs first 650cc vertical twin engine in 1933?
Answer: Val Page designed the engine, however, despite being a sound design it was very short lived and soon replaced by Edward Turner’s Speed Twin
29/ Who manufactured bikes at Grosvener Street, Bradford ?
Answer: Scott
30/ Which Japanese manufacturer formed their race team specifically to win at the TT?
Answer: Honda. In September 1958 and entered in 1959 as the OkuraTrading Company as they thought that if they applied to go to a motorcycle race as members of a company that didn't even do any exporting they wouldn't receive either exit visas or permission to take out foreign currency from the Japanese Government. Therefore they borrowed the name of Okura Trading Co., which had helped them out with machinery imports. Interesting read here: https://global.honda/heritage/episodes/1958manttrace.html
31/ A third TT course made its debut in 1954 and held its last TT race in 1959, what was the name of this course?
Answer: The Clypse Course
32/ How long is the modern TT course? (Imperial)
Answer: Thirty seven and three quarter miles.
33/ The first motorcycle TT in the IOM was held in 1907 on the St Johns course. It later transferred to the Mountain Course. In what year did this happen?
Answer: 1911
34/ At the first IOM TT in 1907 who won the single cylinder race?
Answer: The single-cylinder class race was won by Charles R. Collier riding a 3 1/2hp (431cc) Matchless in 4 hours, 8 minutes and 8 seconds at an average race speed of 38.21 mph. His prize was a trophy and £25. His brother Harry Collier, also riding a Matchless, had problems with an engine seizure on lap 2 and eventually retired on lap 9.
35/ AMC designer Bill Cakebread joined the Institute of Patentees and Inventors, but after doing so why did he refuse to add the initials to his name?
Answer: Because the initials for Members of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors were M.Inst.P.I. which meant his name would have read Bill Cakebread Minced Pie. (‘Motorcycle Apprentice: Matchless - in Name and Reputation’. By Bill Cakebread)
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