Welcome to Day 6 of the Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz today’s questions will be about sports cars from the 60’s to 80’s.
Each day from December 26th until January 2nd there will be a new round of questions subjects covered to date are Films and TV , Formula One, NASCAR, Indycar, and, Ferrari, the remaining rounds will cover Sports Cars, see below, Concours d’Elegance and Automobiliart making eight rounds in total.
There will be a total of 50 questions which break down into 120 segments. Some segments will require more than one piece of information to score a point. Only full points will be counted.
Enter your answers into the Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz Prize where the outright winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards. Entry details at the end of the questions below.
Wishing you all good luck and happy quizzing.
Click on the link ’11 12 31 A:G S Q Ans P 6:8′ above and you’ll be taken to another page from which the entry form can be down loaded. Don’t forget to add your name to the bottom of the answer sheet.
Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz Day 6 – Sports Cars
Question 33 2 pts
a) What is the #23 being driven by Simon Ashworth model name and motor ?
b) To which country was the #23 above allegedly ‘exiled’ for fear the car would be impounded after the engine manufacturer found out what was going on ?
2 pts
Question 34
a) Who was the original owner of this E-Type Jaguar registration FPL 660 C ?
b) What was his best known sporting exploit, with whom did he share the cockpit and in what sort of car?
2 pts
Question 35
a) What type of car is depicted above (manufacturer, model and suffixes)
b) Which two designers were responsible for the design ?
2 pts
Question 36
a) What is the full name of the vehicle carrying the #55 above (manufacturer, model and variant suffix/number) ?
b) Which three drivers drove the #55 above in the race depicted ?
c) Where did the #55 finish the race overall and in class ?
d) What were the names of the three Australian drivers entered for the same race in the #74 ?
4 pts
Question 37
a) What type of vehicle is being driven by Dave & Chris in The Cross Trophy above (manufacturer, model and variant) ?
b) What type of engine was originally fitted to the vehicle above (Manufacturer, and suffixes) ?
2 pts
Question 38
a) What type of GMC is depicted in the photo above (model) ?
b) What sports car did Road & Track pit this model against for a road test and found the truck quicker of the two away from the lights (Manufacturer model number and suffixes)
2 pts
Click on the link ’11 12 31 A:G S Q Ans P 6:8′ above and you’ll be taken to another page from which the entry form can be down loaded. Don’t forget to add your name to the bottom of the answer sheet.
The overall winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards from the five sets of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards, further details of which can be seen at the end of this blog. THERE WILL BE NO CASH ALTERNATIVE in the event the winner declines to claim his or her prize.
Each day a .doc answer sheet will be available for download from the blog
once you have completed the answers please forward your entries to the e-mail address at the bottom of the answer sheet.
Terms & conditions
1. The winner of the prize will be the person who scores most points from all eight days of the competition.
2. In the unlikely event of a draw, a tie breaker round will be held on Monday 16th of January to find an outright winner.
3. The answers to all 8 rounds of the quiz will also be published on Monday 16th January.
4. The overall winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards from the five sets of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards, further details of which can be seen at the http://automobiliart.blogspot.com/2011/11/racing-history-greeting-cards.html. THERE WILL BE NO CASH ALTERNATIVE in the event the winner declines to claim his or her prize.
5. It is regrettable that knowledge is not an exact science, by submitting an entry you accept in good faith that the judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the answers or the prize either with GALPOT or Automobiliart.
6. Closing date for Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz entries is Sunday January 8th midnight GMT.
The Automobiliart GALPOT Seasonal Quiz.
December 26th – January 2nd
Win a set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards
Set 1 Sports & GT Cars
Set 2 Phil Hill World Drivers Championship 50th Anniversary Edition
Set 3 1934 Season
Set 4 Grand Prix Engines of the 1950’s
or
Set 5 Mike Hawthorn’s Race Cars
The Automobiliart GALPOT Seasonal Quiz will comprise 8 categories.
Overall winner chooses one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards from the five sets shown above.
The cards measure 15.24cm x 11.43cm, come in packs of 12 with 3 copies of 4 designs in each set, plus A6 envelopes.
Which set will you choose ?
Wishing everyone in the GALPOT family readers and contributors alike a Happy New Year ! Don’t forget to come back for Day 7 – Concours d’Elegance tomorrow !
