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[ronmac]

HI...Rons Quiz Number 12..Get your Computers...Books...Magazines...Brains...Encyclopedias...and Parrots ..ready.!!
All Welcome...(Could be fun) Some say ...Pigs Might Fly.....But Enough About Police In Helicopters...!!!
Part One Due In 24 Hours..From Now...Good Luck..

[ronmac]

RESULTS of Rons Quiz Number 11...
Tim..................15 (Polly )
Carl...................8..
David.................8..
GD.66................4..
P.Leversedge......2..
Gavin.................2..
E.Pix..................2..
Ray.B................ 1..
d.coupe..............1..
...................................

[David McKinney]

Unless you really do post at the promised time, I won't see it for several hours (and will therefore be bottom of the class)
(I'm going out just after that time)

[ronmac]

HI David...I hear what you are saying..I.m sure that you noticed the first reminder was dead on 7.00 pm aus time..
to the minute...Because Ray Bell pointed out that it was usually at his evening dinner time..I put it back one hour..so that he
did.nt miss his pudding..!!..I did check all the local times of the usual contenders.. ( as I am a thoughtful..son of a gun ) and
found n.z. ...10..pm Aus....7.pm Uk...10..am USA....3 to 5 am (sorry ) NSW...8..pm.... If you can suggest a better time I am too happy to oblige.. Looking forward to your reply..All the more the merrier..I might sneak it in a bit before time..!!!

[Ray Bell]

I seem to miss out anyway... I'll be somewhere away from my computer tonight, I expect...

But that's the way it goes.

[ronmac]

HI Ray ...We.ll be sad to miss you..Try to make it...And all these questions about Australian races and drivers too !!
Have a thought for E1.Pix....Freezing his ............off at 3 in the morning..in the middle of winter.!!.How sad is that...

[David McKinney]

I wasn't asking for any special favours. Possibly

[ronmac]

HI ALL......................part ONE....
Q 1...What is motor racing driver S.Moss.s full name.......................//
Q 2...Who was the 1970 Australian Touring Car Champion
.....................A...Driver
.....................B What race car...
Q...3...How did the name of the singing group..Bee Gees come about....??
Q...4...What team does Marcos Ambrose drive for..A
.............................B..Name 2 major sponsors.Painted on car..
.............................C..Points after Las Vegas......
.............................D..Placing at Las Vegas........??
Q...5...Who is the only GP or F1 race driver to win a Championship race with a race car of his own construction ???
Q...6...Who was known as Stirling Moss.s ......ACE MECHANIC...???
Q...7.what car does.. Stanley Norman Fletcher drive ...If so what car...??
..........................................If not why not.....??
Q...8..If a car race is run using FORULA LIBRE FORMAT...What does this mean....?? 3..Rules..??
Q...9..AT the N.Z. Ohakea 1955 Main Event..How many cars lined up on the FRONT ROW.....??
Q...10..Which town or city does Lady and Sir Jack Brabham curretly live in....??
..Q...11..Race driver G. Hill died Nov 1975..What was his full name....?????

[Tim Murray]

Q1. Stirling Craufurd Moss

Q3. Brothers Gibb

Edited by Tim Murray, 23 March 2011 - 08:58.

[Tim Murray]

Q5. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren

Q6. Alf Francis

Q11. Norman Graham Hill

Edited by Tim Murray, 23 March 2011 - 09:01.

[GD66]

9: 15 cars

7: No car, he's doing porridge...

4: a Richard Petty Motorsport
b Stanley Tools, DeWalt
c 76 points (17th)
d Fourth (you bewdy !)

8: Free Formula, no rules...

Edited by GD66, 23 March 2011 - 09:17.

[David McKinney]

1. Stirling Crauford Moss
2. Norm Beechey (Holden Monaro)

5. Is this a trick question? (see Tim's answer)

8. Free formula - anything goes - run what y'brung
9. 15 (whoops - scooped!)

Edited by David McKinney, 23 March 2011 - 09:07.

[dcoupe]

Q2
a. Norm Beechey
b. Holden Monaro

Q10. Brisbane

Edited by dcoupe, 23 March 2011 - 09:13.

[Tim Murray]

1. Stirling Crauford Moss

Having just re-read the potted history of the Craufurd clan in the Robert Edwards biography, I'm sticking with Craufurd.

[ronmac]

HI......PART TWO..........
Q...12...Who won the Le Mans 24 Hour Race...in 1953...?? (2 Drivers )AND which race car ...??
Q...13.. Race driver...B.Mc Laren died June 1970....What was his full name...??
Q...14...What is the U.S. Controlling body for stock car racing...??
Q...15...Where in New Zealand were motor races held on a beach BEFORE world war ONE...??
Q...16...What PRISON was race driver TONY ROLT sent to.....??
Q...17...How many race cars were entered for the1955 OHAKEA TROPHY RACE...??
Q...18..WHO was the Australian Touring Car Champion in................
A.....1964.....
B.....1965
C....1966
D....1967
E.....1968
F.....1969
Q...19... Who won the 1961 Oulton Park Gold Cup...A...DRIVER..??
B RACE CAR..??
Q..20...TOM SULMAN died during a car race.A..Which race track....B...What section of track...C..Which race car..??.

[dcoupe]

Q14. NASCAR....National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

Q18 a 1964. Ian Geoghegan
...... b 1965 Norm Beechey
.......c 1966 Ian Geoghegan
.......d 1967 Ian Geoghegan
.......e 1968 Ian Geoghegan
.......f 1969 Ian Geoghegan

[Thought I had better tidy that up!!]

Edited by dcoupe, 23 March 2011 - 15:05.

[Tim Murray]

Q12. Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt - Jaguar C-type
Q13. Bruce Leslie McLaren
Q19. Stirling Moss - Ferguson P99

[bill p]

HI......PART TWO..........
Q...13.. Race driver...B.Mc Laren died June 1970....What was his full name...??
Q...16...What PRISON was race driver TONY ROLT sent to.....??
Q...19... Who won the 1961 Oulton Park Gold Cup...A...DRIVER..??
B RACE CAR..??

Q 13 Bruce Leslie McLaren
Q 16 Colditz Prison - prison camp World War II
Q 19 a Stirling Moss
b Ferguson P99

EDIT - well done Tim, pipped at the post whilst pushing buttons on my lap-top!!

Edited by bill p, 23 March 2011 - 09:37.

[Tim Murray]

Q16. Tony Rolt’s PoW prisons included Laufen, Biberach, Posen, Warburg, Eichstätt and finally Oflag IV-C in Colditz Castle.

[ronmac]

HI......PART THREE...... (FINAL )
Q...21..At the Mildenhall Speedway..What class is described as ..INCREDIBLE RACING...!!!
Q...22...When was the FIRST Lady Wigram Trophy Race..(YEAR ) ??A....
B...Who Won...??
C...What race car...??
Q...23...Who won the NEW ZEALAND MOTOR CUP...
A...In 1926...??
B...In 1927..??
C...In 1928..??
D...What Race CAR..??
Q...24...What is race driver J Brabhams full name..???
Q...25...In 1965..Who was the Australian Touring Car Champion....A...
Driving what car...............................B...
Q...26...Who won the 1971 Australian Grand Prix.......A..Driver..??
........B..Race Car..??
Q...27...Where can you usually see the Stan Jones Maybach 3 Race Car...??
...Q...28...Who Won the 1953 Australian Grand Prix A..Driver.......B..What Race Car ...? C..Nickname of the Race Car...??
Q...29...Which American Race Driver drove a Fergusun race car for TWO SEASONS...??

[Tim Murray]

Q20. Tom Sulman died on 30 March 1970 driving his Lotus XI in the Sir Joseph Banks Trophy at Mount Panorama (Bathurst). His car slowed between the two humps on Conrod Straight and was hit by another car which rolled Sulman’s car into a gatepost.

Q24. John Arthur Brabham

Q26a. Frank Matich
Q26b. Matich A50-Repco Holden

Edited by Tim Murray, 23 March 2011 - 09:45.

[dcoupe]

Q25
a. Norm Beechey
b. Mustang

[wenoopy]

Q 23 Bob Wilson 1926-27-28 in a Stutz

[wenoopy]

Q 28 AGP - 1953 - 1st Doug Whiteford - Lago Talbot (or Talbot- Lago for the pedants) - Nickname - Dunno, but there's TNFers who wrote a book...

[wenoopy]

Q22 Lady Wigram Trophy - 1951 - 1st - Les Moore - Alfa-Romeo-( previous 2 races were called NZ Road Racing Championship.

[Tim Murray]

Q22. The first Lady Wigram Trophy was run in 1949 and was won by Maurie Proctor driving a Riley 9. The first International Lady Wigram Trophy was run in 1954 and was won by Peter Whitehead driving a 750S-engined Ferrari 500.

[wenoopy]

Gee Whiz - Doesn't anybody want to play any more?

[dcoupe]

Its after 11pm in my neck o the woods, time for a quick Rum N Coke to numb the grey matter so I can get some shuteye...

[wenoopy]

Q22. The first Lady Wigram Trophy was run in 1949 and was won by Maurie Proctor driving a Riley 9. The first International Lady Wigram Trophy was run in 1954 and was won by Peter Whitehead driving a 750S-engined Ferrari 500.

The first 2 races were run by the Canterbury Car Club. "The Motor Racing Club" was formed on 25 October 1950. The club history states for 1951 that "In giving permission for this Trophy to be named after her, Lady Wigram expressed the hope that the race and trophy presentation would be annual events.."

[Tim Murray]

Yep, you're absolutely right. Perhaps someone should tell the Canterbury Car Club, though:

http://www.canterbur...Lady_Wigram.php

[GD66]

Q29 Bobby Unser

Q27 York Motor Museum, WA

Edited by GD66, 23 March 2011 - 10:52.

[wenoopy]

Yep, you're absolutely right. Perhaps someone should tell the Canterbury Car Club, though:

Later perhaps, when they have rebuilt the city.

Edited by wenoopy, 23 March 2011 - 10:54.

[ronmac]

HI TIM..HI GD66..HI DAVID..HI D COUPE..HI BILL P..HI WENOOPY..
Yes Wenoopy...I think I must have tired them all out..I.ve been busy writing it all down to keep a check on it all..
Time to work out a few points now..before I get too tired myself...
TIM...1...I got same as David (CRAUFORD )
....2...Wot I found was 1 Barry Gibb (and 2 others )
....5...Yes I only read BRABHAM.. (forgot the others ) A POINT>
HI GD 66...9...Yes 15...
7...Correct In Prison..
4...A ..Correct..Petty Team.
B..Correct..Stanley...De Walt
C..Correct 76 Points
D..4 TH Correct (Double Yay )
8...Yes but what 3 main Items ???
Hi David....1...Stirling Crauford Moss...Correct.(by my book )
....2...Beechey...YES
....B...Monaro.....YES..
5...Point for Tim. (my error )
8...O.K. For GD 66................Q9.....Too Late...

[ronmac]

HI..d.Coupe,,,,,...2...Beechey..Monaro (Too Late )
10...Brisbane (NO ) But Close..
Tim...................1..Daid and I got CRAUFORD..(Who can we check with ???)
d Coupe...........14.. NASCAR..What is the full name in words ??
Tim...................12..D.Hamilton....Tony Rolt..A
Jaguar C Type...
13..yes..Bruce LeslieMclaren
19..A...(why do I have a different driver ?? ) I.ll recheck.!!
B...Yes Ferguson P99.
bill..P..................13 (McLaren Too Late )
16...Colditz Yes
19...I.m checking !!
Tim....................16..( 6 Prisons ) Colditz was enough.
Tim...................20..Yes Mt Panorama..A
Con Rod Straight B.
24..JOHN ARTHUR BRABHAM ..Yes
26.A..Frank Matich..yes
B..Matich A 50...yes.

[ronmac]

HI..d coupe......25...A Beechey..yes......B.....Mustang....yes...
Wenoopy...........23. A. Bob Wilson...Yes
..............................B..Bob Wilson...Yes
..............................C..Bob Wilson...Yes.
..............................D..Stutz............Yes.
Wenoopy................28..A Doug Whitford..YES.
...................................B.Lago Talbot......YES.
...................................C(No Nickname yet ?? )
Wenoopy................22..(Perhaps I should not have put this question in !!! )
TIM........................22..Proctor YES
...................................Riley YES
GD 66....................29..Unser YES
.............................27..York Motor Museum ( I.m Checking )

[Tim Murray]

Tim...................1..Daid and I got CRAUFORD..(Who can we check with ???)

Well, m'lud, my case rests on these crucial pieces of evidence:

It's spelt Craufurd in Stirling Moss, the authorised biography by Robert Edwards

It's spelt Craufurd in All But My Life by Stirling Moss and Ken W Purdy

It's spelt Craufurd here:

http://www.geneall.n...e.php?id=558220

Now over to m'learned friend Mr McKinney for the defence, but, as in all quizzes, it's not whether you've got the right answer that matters, it's whether your answer agrees with the quizmaster's.

[Tim Murray]

Wenoopy................22..(Perhaps I should not have put this question in !!! )
TIM........................22..Proctor YES
...................................Riley YES

I'm now quite sure that Wenoopy is right on this - the correct answer is 1951.

[ronmac]

HI TIM Would you believe in the Guiness Book Of WORLD RECORDS 2012..In the Northern Henisphere it is spelt
..........CRAUFURD ...and in the Southern Hemisphere it is spelt.........CRAUFORD......!!!!!!

[Pete Stowe]

Q15 - New Brighton, Christchurch (1912)

(& I'll agree with Tim on Craufurd)

[bradbury west]

Q...8..If a car race is run using FORULA LIBRE FORMAT...What does this mean....?? 3..Rules..??

Allowing for the omission of the M in Formula above, such a class does not exist. It is either Formula Libra, or Formule Libre, so it was a trick question, otherwise any near-enough answer to any of the questions can claim to be correct. David McKinney has clarified this FL point previously. Questions should be unambiguous in detail to elicit the accurate answers.
Roger Lund

[RStock]

Q...14...What is the U.S. Controlling body for stock car racing...??

That would depend on what your definition of a "stock car" is. There are plenty of sanctioning bodies not under NASCAR's control.

[David McKinney]

I told you I was gpoing out just after 9am...

I bow to Tim on Sir Stirling's second name

But the quizmaster is wrong about Morrie Proctor winning the Lady Wigram Trophy: as wenoopy pointed out, the 1949 race (which Proctor won) was not the Lady Wigram Trophy

Pre-WW1 beach venues, in addition to Brighton: Waikanae Beach (Gisborne), Warrington Beqach (Dunedin)

Edited by David McKinney, 23 March 2011 - 19:11.

[wenoopy]

But the quizmaster is wrong about Morrie Proctor winning the Lady Wigram Trophy: as wenoopy pointed out, the 1949 race (which Proctor won) was not the Lady Wigram Trophy

Does anybody have the trophy or a photo of it? What is the first name on it?

[Ray Bell]

Don't tell me there's still one for me!

Large Tablet.

Thank you, Ron.

[bradbury west]

Having just re-read the potted history of the Craufurd clan in the Robert Edwards biography, I'm sticking with Craufurd.

His mother's maiden name is thus spelled on his birth record on Ancestry dot..
Roger Lund

[ronmac]

PETE STOWE..Q15..The info I have is Sumner Beach..but David will say Brighton..Waikanae..and Warrington Beach..
BRADBURY WEST (roger Lund ) Q8...Formula (Fromula..Fmrolma) Sorry for the sad spelling mistake..I am so ashamed (NOT )
I was appalled when I saw that David ( our icon of info ) has made 2 spelling errors..What is this site coming to..!!
D.COUPE..Yes NASCAR..Please give me the wording in FULL for a point .
DAVID..It appears that I am out of my depth with the LADY WIGRAM question..I am trying to get hold of Ron Rutherford.(Past President
of the Motor Racing Club ) to see what he says.
In this instance I cannot reach out and see what it says on MY TROPHY..!! (What.s with these spelling mistakes..go to the back of the
class ....with me...O the shame !!!
RE the pre WW 1 beach races..I only read the one beach..I.ll check where that came from..
RAY BELL...Q..29..C..Yes...Large Tablet..(I did.nt think anyone would get that !! )
Question 21..Not Answered..About Mildenhall Speedway...Anyone ??
Question 6..Who was known as stirling Moss.s.....ACE MECHANIC...?? Anyone..??
(Time out for lunch )

[David Shaw]

Question 6..Who was known as stirling Moss.s.....ACE MECHANIC...?? Anyone..??
(Time out for lunch )

See post #10 from Tim Murray

[Andrew Fellowes]

10...Brisbane (NO ) But Close.

Q.10 Robina Qld. 4226

[Ray Bell]

Everyone knows that...

Alf Francis. But Tim Wall was also in there with him, wasn't he?

John Medley would certainly have know the 'Large Tablet' nickname, Ron, and I'm surprised DMcK didn't beat me to it.

[Tim Murray]

See post #10 from Tim Murray

Thanks, David.

Q21. Reliant Robin racing