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Autotrivia Quiz – Friday June 22 – June 28, 2012
Last week I asked which father took his daughter’s name to sell the cars he was racing in the early 1900’s? Any Mercedes-Benz enthusiast...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday June 15 – June 21, 2012
Last week I wrote of an American visionary who built a road-going sports car which was very advanced for its day. Like Colin Chapman’s...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday June 8 – June 14, 2012
Last week I asked what is the visual connection between Bologna sausage and Maserati? Easy for the sausage eaters - Bologna’s logo is the...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday June 1 – June 7, 2012
Last week I asked what is the connection between a famous perfumery and Reliant cars in the UK? Ogle built a privately commissioned car...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday May 25 – May 31, 2012
Last week I mentioned that Count Louis Zborowski built aero engined cars. One he drove at Brooklands only once and then it was used...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday May 11 – May 17, 2012
Last week I informed you that in 1912 a manufacturer built cars alongside domestic appliances. I asked what was the manufacturer and how many...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday May 4 – May 10, 2012
Last week I asked what did British Leyland have to do with Hyundai in the mid-70’s? It was a BL executive called George Turnbull...
Autotrivia Quiz-Friday April 27 – May 3, 2012
Last week I asked why did the Doctor’s Coupe’s of the 1920’s have high rooflines? That was too easy. It was so that the...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday March 30 – April 5, 2012
Last week I asked which racing driver won a 10 mile scratch race, collected $1,000 and promptly retired, saying “Once is enough.”? It was...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday March 23 – March 29, 2012
Last week I asked what rare French car was associated with a hump? Lateral thinking was needed here! It was the Citroen Mehari,...
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