I've got to compile 50 transport related trivia Q&A's before the weekend for a charity event we're doing.
So far I've been at this since 3.30am today and have managed 10 of them so some help would be appreciated.
HGV related would be a bonus but not essential, road/manufacturer related will do too.
Humorous if possible please and as silly as you like as long as they're factual.
Thanks in anticipation:)
Pat
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What are the 10 yoos have managed so far?
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Q. Where is the M96?
A. At the Fire Service College near Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire
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That's a good one, thanks:)
Pat
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So far
1) What year was the first ever Scania lorry registered?
A) 1911 in Denmark and it could carry 4 tons
2) What year was the first Volvo lorry registered?
A)1928 and it was the LV Series
2)What year did the Dartford Tunnels open?
A) 1963 and 1980
4) Which Motorway Service Area in Great Britain is named after a historic battle?
A) Sedgemoor
5) How long is the A1?
A) 410 miles
6) Where were the first cat’s eyes manufactured?
A) Halifax in 1935
7) Statistically which is the most dangerous road in the UK?
A) A537 otherwise known as the Cat & Fiddle
8)Watford Gap was the first Motoway services to open in 1959,what was the second one?
A) Newport Pagnell in 1960
9) Why is a fifth wheel called a fifth wheel?
A) Because it carries a fifth of the total weight of the trailer
10) What does UTC stand for?
A) Universal Time Co-ordinated
Pat
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UTC was on Only Connect this week and the delectable Victoria told us it didn't actually stand for anything. Because the English speakers wanted UCT and the French speakers wanted CUT, so we compromised on UTC, which actually stands for nothing.
Even if that isn't true, someone is bound to have seen Only Connect and challenge you.
How about -
What's the name of Eddie P Stobart's wife? (Nora)
What year was Leyland Motors Ltd formed (1907)
In what decade was the first electric car made (1820s)
What would you use lava stone for? (Spreading on roads)
In 2015, how many miles of road did the Government estimate there to be in Great Britain (245.9 thousand)
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Well done Crankcase and thank you, a virtual kiss from me!!
UTC is the time all tachographs show so that when you travel across borders with a different time zone the records are kept correctly.
Pat
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What was a Heinkel 150?
A bubble car
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Q/ When was the driving test introduced?
A/ 1935
Q/ In what year was the law changed so that passing a test in an automatic no longer entitled you to drive a manual?
A/ 1970
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Brilliant thanks both, I've got more done in 15 minutes on here than I had all day!
We still have 31 questions to go yet:)
Pat
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What happened to the first traffic light in London, in December 1868? (It was gas powered and exploded, killing a policeman).
Who were Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert? (Designers of the font used on UK roadsigns, called "transport".)
Where might you see the words Pitman, Ackermann, caster and worm? (Steering systems)
A bit dull, but you could pull a million questions from here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_superlatives
Last edited by: Crankcase on Wed 7 Sep 16 at 16:07
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What year did Britain's first motorway, the M1 open?
~ 1959
What was the first maximum road speed limit introduced in the UK c1861
~ 10 MPH
:)
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>>What year did Britain's first motorway, the M1 open?
~ 1959>>
Sorry, but the first motorway opened in 1958, known then as the Preston bypass...:-) Became part of the M6.
www.madeinpreston.co.uk/Road/M6.html
The M1 was Britain's first full length motorway.
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"The first section of motorway was the Preston Bypass in Lancashire, which opened in 1958 (now part of the M6 motorway).
The M1 was Britain's first full-length motorway and opened in 1959"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_motorway
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But the Preston Bypass was the first motorway (albeit a section and not called the M6 at the time).
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Now about this 'ere Brexit.
;-)
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>> Now about this 'ere Brexit.
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>> ;-)
Let's kept to cheese eh?
:-)
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The term, 'full length' is misleading as the M1 wasn't finished until (perhaps) 1999. For a complete motorway, ie one that stops and starts where it's meant to from the off, the M10 is perhaps the winner. (Opened on the same day as the incomplete M1). The M10 is no longer a motorway having been recently been downgraded. As far as I can tell, the Preston bypass in the early days wasn't called a motorway.
Unless one knows the subject, reads the article and gives the warning 'on today's date, due to it being a wiki, Wikipedia is not an authoritative source. Even the BBC has been caught out in the past by incorrect 'facts'.
Probably correct, and quite funny, this website is an interesting read:
www.pathetic.org.uk/
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>>As far as I can tell, the Preston bypass in the early days wasn't called a motorway.>>
But it WAS the UK's first motorway and was just over eight miles long. It's always been acknowledged as such as well. See:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_By-pass
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It was a motorway section and therefore you could argue it was the first.
But Wikipedia is not the best source if you want to trust it. Anyone can edit/contribute.
How about the AA as a source?
www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/history-of-motorways.html
Last edited by: rtj70 on Thu 8 Sep 16 at 16:33
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>>It was a motorway section and therefore you could argue it was the first.>>
I understand your reticence with regard to Wikipedia, but you might not have noticed that I mentioned another link (also listed by another C4P member) a bit earlier in the thread.
However, I worked in Preston for 27 years and know full well the pride in the area that the Preston bypass represented the UK's first motorway.
This link provides even more conclusive evidence about its relevance and importance in the history of the British motorways:
www.policecaruk.com/PrestonBypassM6/PrestonBypassM6.html
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The Preston Bypass was built to motorway standards, and is part of two motorways now, but what was it called at the time? May well have been called a motorway, but was it, and if so, what was it called?
That was the thought behind what I said.
As I and others have pointed out, Wikipedia is not authoritative and should never be held out as the truth. Others echo it these days and are thus unreliable too. It's a minefield for a serious journalist.
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>>but was it, and if so, what was it called?
That was the thought behind what I said.>>
If you read the link, you'll discover the answer...:-)
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>> The term, 'full length' is misleading as the M1 wasn't finished until (perhaps) 1999.
The M1 was completed in the seventies including the Leeds Urban Motorway section. The later addition, probably in the nineties, was the link to the M1. This left the truncated urban section as the M621.
The link was long in gestation. An earlier proposal linked Kirkhamgate on the M1 with Dishforth on the A1 and would have passed Leeds Bradford airport as closely as the M1 does to East Midlands.
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What has Falcon doors. (that is NOT a Ford Falcon!!)
A Tesla model X ( two sets of hinges per door )
Which car killed the most Nazis?
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/11632594/The-car-that-destroyed-Nazis.html
Which vehicle has a frunk ?
Tesla S ( maybe other models ?)
it is describing a front truck.
Yes other cars have a carrying capacity at the front but not called a frunk
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Q/ What model was named after one of Henry Ford's sons?
A/ Edsel
Q/ What was the first car to drive at 100mph?
A/ 15-liter Gobron-Brillié (103.56mph in 1904)
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Tatra is a wonderful machine. I really wish I could afford one.
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Name a 4 wheel production car that can be driven with one road wheel removed
Citoen DS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujxPaV-R0eI
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What post war car had tandem seating ?
Messerschmitt motor k2
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Britains shortest motorway ?
A635(M)
Forms a small part of the Mancunian Way for 0.3 miles before becoming the A57(M).
It isn't signposted and is the UK's smallest motorway
My guess was the A308(M) just off the M4 but that is 0.6 miles long
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>> My guess was the A308(M) just off the M4 but that is 0.6 miles long
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THat's the shorted signposted motorway
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>> What post war car had tandem seating ?
>> Messerschmitt motor k2
Also the Hunslet Scootacar
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You would need to allow any hydro-pneumatic Citroen of that sort of period in the answers for that one. I did it once with our GS, not on the public roads before anyone says :-)
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MS. Thanks for the clarification. I suspected some other Citroens had a similar capability.
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Q. What was James Bond's first car?
A. Sunbeam Alpine Series II - (Dr No 1962)
Q. what was George Lazenby before he became an actor?
A. Car Salesman and Mechanic.
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Year driver licences were introduced in the Uk - 1903
Cost of the first Highway Code - 1d (that's one old penny, for you whippersnappers !)
Year - 1931
First person to pass a driving test - Mr. Beere (Kensington, can't find his age)
First year that drivers did not have to demonstrate hand signals - (May) 1975
(Mine was a "left" turn IIRC)
First year metered cabs used in London - 1907
Licences for Lorry drivers introduced - 16-02-1934
Try this link ?
www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/motoring_firsts
Provisional licences were brought in for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers. - 1937
Year Centralised licensing system was set up at Swansea - 1965
2 July 1968 - The test fee was increased to £1 and 15 shillings (£1.75p) [Up from £1.00?]
No relevance at all to your post, but maybe an indication of my luck! - i took my test in September (and i was earning £4.10s [£4.50] per week, so basically half a weeks wage to take (and potentially fail !) my driving test, concentrated the mind somewhat !
Safety helmets were made compulsory for moped and motorcycle riders. The top speed for mopeds was set at 30mph. - 1973
Australia has the largest and heaviest road-legal vehicles in the entire world. And while many of "our" (copied from USA site) longest road trains have been part of breaking records, every single of the world’s largest road train records belong to Australia. So far, the world’s longest road train was an Australian truck that had 112 semi-trailers and ran a length of 1,474.3 metres.
Hope these help, but i also hope that too difficult questions don't reduce your charity donations.
What colour was Noddy's car ???
One last one - (Honest - gotta go - i have stuff to do !)
The first motor truck was built in 1896 by the German automotive pioneer Gottlieb Daimler. Daimler's truck had a four-horsepower engine and a belt drive with two forward speeds and one reverse. It was the first pickup truck.
Oh, sorry for going on, and now really gotta go, but this final one caught my eye - article reproduced nearly in full, so edit as see fit.
"The second half of the 1890s was a significant period for motorised transport in this country: in 1895 the first motoring offence was registered; the following year the first pedestrian was killed by a horseless carriage; and in 1898 the first driver – at the controls of a vehicle doing the crazy speed of 17mph – was killed. It was to stop such mad behaviour that speed restrictions had been brought into force.
Their first victim was a Mr Arnold from East Peckham, spotted travelling at a heady 8mph – four times the legal limit - in his Benz automobile by a vigilant constable in Paddock Wood. The constable chased down the lunatic speedster on his bicycle, a five mile pursuit sadly never to be seen on TV.
Arnold was fined 1s by Tonbridge magistrates. One wonders what fine or jail sentence a speed of four times the limit – say 280mph on a motorway - would lead to now?
"Mr Arnold" - "A" - "AC" ? - Nah, couldn't be ?? :-)
Actually, apart from that i would be dead by now, i would love to have been either Mr. Beere, or Mr, Arnold, pioneers and / or boundary pushers both, and fame forever !!
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>> 7) Statistically which is the most dangerous road in the UK?
>> A) A537 otherwise known as the Cat & Fiddle
I wonder if it is since they have the fixed speed cameras to spoil all the fun. One of the roads I use to 'demo cars'.
... I wonder what I'll get next week when mine is serviced. I hope it's an Audi TT and not an A1!
Just a thought Pat... might anyone going to the charity event read this thread? Might spoil their fun.
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What an interesting bunch of factoids there are here. Best thread in a while. In my humble.
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In World War II, what killed more Americans than the Germans?
The Willys Jeep.
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This seems an unlikely statistic. 420,000 Americans were killed in WW2.
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Many many thanks to you all, I am so very grateful and should have it completed today now.
Special thanks to Stan for effort and the link :) Would you like to do it for me Stan for now the fun starts persuading Word to put questions and answers into the places in a document I want them to be.
.......Just a couple more 'silly' questions like Stan's Noddy car one for fun.
Don't think anyone will see this thread and as the quiz is to be held at Truck Festival called SwedeFest (Scania v Volvo) at Stonham Barns in the evening on 17th September, I think it's safe to say alcohol will be involved so memories won't be too good!
Pat
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James Hunt's personal Ferrari taunting personal transport ?
An A35 Van.
Which birds did James Hunt not make love to ?
His budgerigars
www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/track-antics-james-hunts-road-cars
"....Take the Austin A35 van that the World Champion famously drove around Wandsworth in South London (he said he loved to overtake Ferraris through the Wandsworth roundabout at night, in the wet), ideal for transporting his budgerigars to shows."
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>>Just a couple more 'silly' questions like Stan's Noddy car one for fun.
who better to ask than a G/child! ;-)
Q. why can you start your engine with a piece of brown cloth?
A. cos it's Khaki! (car-key)
Q.What three-letter word can turn a car into a vegetable?
A. Rot (car rot )
Doh! .........
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>> .......Just a couple more 'silly' questions
Q. What happened with the wooden car with wooden wheels, wooden seats, and a wooden engine?
A. It wooden go.
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You can have some about the shortest (signposted motorway) - the A308(M) at 0.6 miles and the only motorway junction with dual junction numbers J8/9 on the M4
www.pathetic.org.uk/current/a308m/
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What's the National Speed Limit for a roundabout on a dual carriageway?
(A roundabout is regarded as not dual carriageway, so for cars, the NSL drops from 70 to 60 - I don't know about trucks).
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You could have a few based on THrust SSC - who was the driver, speed it set, where to see it etc
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThrustSSC
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>> You could have a few based on THrust SSC
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What is the fastest speed a car with a Jaguar engine has achieved ?
Or maybe what is the planned speed ?
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Q. How is the original Severn bridge connected to the 1977 film Star Wars?
A. The sound of lasers was made by striking one of the bridge’s suspension wires.
How many of us knew that...? I didn't.
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Q. When was the first powered road vehicle manufactured?
1769,
1779,
1789,
or 1799?
A. 1769
Q. And for a bonus point who invented it?
A. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. A self propelled steam powered 3 wheeled vehicle (military tractor) for the French army.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot
Q. Who, in 1858 opened a cigarette factory in London using mostly smoke-cured Latakia leaf from Turkey?
A. Philip Morris. (Morris cars)
Q. In sport, which game has the largest playing pitch?
A. Polo (VW)
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>>When was the first powered road vehicle manufactured?
It broke down within 17 minutes on the test run - French you say? well fancy that.
:)
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Why was the Mitsubishi Starion called the Starion?
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A mispronouncation wasn't it?
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>> Why was the Mitsubishi Starion called the Starion?
Japanese pronunciation difficulties.
They meant to call it Stallion but ended spelling it the way Japanese pronounce it.
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Why can't you sell mitsubishi pajeros and Ford Pintos in some countries?
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Pajero = one who performs the tug-o'-war with Cyclops (Spanish)
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Pajero colloquially means "person who masturbates frequently" in some Spanish speaking countries. Correctly it means "Straw seller" but that kind of gets lost in the excitement. (Pardon the pun).
Pinto, I don't know.
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Thought Pinto was a drunkard?
Mariposa is butterfly, and colloquially used for a homosexual - overhead some Spanish schoolkids using it as a term of abuse on holiday once.
The missus teaches French'n'Spanish, she knows all the good ones.
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>>The missus teaches French'n'Spanish, she knows all the good ones.
'Spect I know better ones.
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MR2 is a rude word in French. (They chopped off the 2 bit for cars sold in France).
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Motoring Trivia - Dog
