Automotive Quiz: 25 Questions For Petrol Heads

Coventry University Automotive Journalism/ Automotive Design M136ID End of term quiz
Andrew Noakes M136ID
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Where does the Mercedes brand name come from?
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2
How many hours does it take to build an average mass-market car?
3
Which engineer gave his name to the rotary engine, as used by Mazda and NSU?
4
How many Ford Model T cars were built, to the nearest million?
5
What is the name of the driver who currently holds the World Land Speed record?
6
What is does stoichiometric mean?
7
What are the 10 biggest car makers (by production volume)?
8
Give three reasons why disc brakes are better than drum brakes on a performance car.
9
Which car brand introduced the safety cell and crumple zones in 1959? What was the car known as?
What is this chemical, and what is its signicance in car engines?

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How many World Rally Championship manufacturers titles did Lancia win in the 1980s and 1990s?
12
Which is the biggest? 1kW 1bhp 1PS
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What is this car, and who designed it?

14
What are tyre companies planning to use in place of oil-based rubber in car tyres?
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Which 1970s Ford car was famous for its lack of crash safety?
16
In the Toyota Production System what does muda mean?
17
If you divide the volume in the cylinder at bottom dead centre by the volume at top dead centre, what do you get?
18
What is the Porter hypothesis?
19
What was the name of the car company BMW bought in 1929? And what car was its products based on?
20
What is special about a swing plant?
21
Give one drawback of biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol.
22
What is this, and where might you nd an example of one in a car?
23
Electric cars using current battery technology are heavy for the amount of energy they can store. This is called low _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
24
When a car is painted, which of these makes the paint cure? A. A coat of lacquer B. Dipping in a phosphate acid bath C. Heating to around 170C
25
What was signicant about the 2007 SSC Ultimate Aero?
Answers
1
Where does the Mercedes brand name come from? Mercedes Jellinek, daughter of Daimlers French importer
2
How many hours does it take to build an average mass-market car? 15
3
Which engineer gave his name to the rotary engine, as used by Mazda and NSU? Wankel (extra point for his rst name - Felix)
4
How many Ford Model T cars were built, to the nearest million? 15 million
5
What is the name of the driver who currently holds the World Land Speed record? Andy Green
6
What is does stoichiometric mean? The chemically correct ratio of air and fuel for combustion
What are the 10 biggest car makers (by production volume)? 1 Toyota 2 GM 3 Volkswagen 4 Hyundai/Kia 5 Ford 6 Nissan 7 Honda 8 PSA 9 Suzuki 10 Renault
Give three reasons why disc brakes are better than drum brakes on a performance car. 1 Resistance to fade 2 Unsprung weight 3 Ease of maintenance
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Which car brand introduced the safety cell and crumple zones in 1959? What was the car known as? Mercedes-Benz on the Fintail/Heckosse
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What is this chemical, and what is its signicance in car engines?
H H H H H H H H | | | | | | | | HCCCCCCCCH | | | | | | | | H H H H H H H H
Octane - knock rating standard

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How many World Rally Championship manufacturers titles did Lancia win in the 1980s and 1990s? 6
12
Which is the biggest? 1kW 1bhp 1PS 1kW
13
What is this car, and who designed it?

Lamborghini Miura - Marcello Gandini at Bertone (3pts)
14
What are tyre companies planning to use in place of oil-based rubber in car tyres? Biomass - sugar, grains, dandelions
15
Which 1970s Ford car was famous for its lack of crash safety? Ford Pinto
16
In the Toyota Production System what does muda mean? Waste
17
If you divide the volume in the cylinder at bottom dead centre by the volume at top dead centre, what do you get? Compression ratio
18
What is the Porter hypothesis? Developing green technologies gives companies a competitive advantage
19
What was the name of the car company BMW bought in 1929? And what car was its products based on? Dixi - based on Austin Seven
20
What is special about a swing plant? A manufacturing facility which can be easily redeployed to make a different type of car
21
Give one drawback of biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol.
1 Feedstock crops compete with food crops 2 Corrosive - may need fuel system changes
22
What is this, and where might you nd an example of one in a car? Epicyclic (or planetary) gear train - in an automatic transmission
23
Electric cars using current battery technology are heavy for the amount of energy they can store. This is called low power density
24
When a car is painted, which of these makes the paint cure? A. A coat of lacquer B. Dipping in a phosphate acid bath C. Heating to around 170C
25
What was signicant about the 2007 SSC Ultimate Aero? Fastest production car in the world (at the time)

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Coventry University Automotive Journalism/ Automotive Design M136ID End of term quiz

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

What is this chemical, and what is its signicance in car engines?

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

What is this car, and who designed it?

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Coventry University 10 Dec 2013

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

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Octane - knock rating standard

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

What is this car, and who designed it?

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

Andrew Noakes M136ID

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