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Title: Quiz
Post by: guest146 on February 19, 2010, 07:20:20 PM
A few of the motorcycle question from our VMCC quiz







1 Which make of motorcycle was made at Graisely Hill Wolverhampton

 

2 Who bought Sunbeam in 1928

 

3 What did royal Enfield call their range of faring equipped bikes

 

4 What sport was the Norton 500T made for

 

5 How many cylinders did the Coventry Eagle Flying Eight have

 

6 What  colour was the Calthorpe

 

7 Which Sunbeam had the big wide tyres

 

8 Which animal did AJW name many of their bikes after

 

9 Which animal was the trademark of Ariel

 

10 Where did Lewis Hamilton win his first Grand Prix

 

11 Which car engine did Borough Superior use

 

12 Who manufactured the Indian Brave

 

13 Who is president of the VMCC

 

14 What did Greeves manufacture before motorcycles

 

15 What was unusual about one of the Royal Enfield factories during the war

 

16 What current does a dynamo produce

 

17 Which popular scooter did Douglas make under licence

 

18 Which make of motorcycle were known as Trusty and used that name as their telegram address

 

19 Norton won the first TT race in 1907 but what make of engine did they use

20 The stylised N of the Norton name is reputed to represent what?


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Title: Re: Easy Quiz
Post by: guest40 on February 20, 2010, 01:31:33 AM
A few of the motorcycle question from our VMCC quiz
1 Which make of motorcycle was made at Graisely Hill Wolverhampton
Woverine!

2 Who bought Sunbeam in 1928
Someone in Mildura (Victoria, on the Murray river)to market raisens under the Sunbeam Brand name

3 What did royal Enfield call their range of faring equipped bikes
OOOOH Duckie , "The Fairey Penguin"

4 What sport was the Norton 500T made for
The two miler handicap

5 How many cylinders did the Coventry Eagle Flying Eight have
9 including the key barrel

6 What  colour was the Calthorpe
Red gold and green, with a touch of yellow and blue. These were great machines and were used extensively by travelling circuses for the music.

7 Which Sunbeam had the big wide tyres
The one with the ultra wide wheels

8 Which animal did AJW name many of their bikes after
A Jabberwockie
 

9 Which animal was the trademark of Ariel
The butterfly, which she occaisionally sprinkled with Fairy Dust... See the RE question above
 

10 Where did Lewis Hamilton win his first Grand Prix
At the racetrack
 

11 Which car engine did Borough Superior use
A borrowed Morris Minor

 

12 Who manufactured the Indian Brave
Squaw and Buck

 

13 Who is president of the VMCC
HMMM not Dubbleya!

 

14 What did Greeves manufacture before motorcycles
Headstones

 

15 What was unusual about one of the Royal Enfield factories during the war
They weren't worth bombing

 

16 What current does a dynamo produce
The most likely current for your area would have to be the Gulf Stream, which is produced by the great weather dynamo of the Carribean.. betcha you didn't know that one!

 

17 Which popular scooter did Douglas make under licence
I didn't know Doug had his licence, but I spose it would have had to have been a Vee moto







1 Which make of motorcycle was made at Graisely Hill Wolverhampton

 

2 Who bought Sunbeam in 1928

 

3 What did royal Enfield call their range of faring equipped bikes

 

4 What sport was the Norton 500T made for

 

5 How many cylinders did the Coventry Eagle Flying Eight have

 

6 What  colour was the Calthorpe

 

7 Which Sunbeam had the big wide tyres

 

8 Which animal did AJW name many of their bikes after

 

9 Which animal was the trademark of Ariel

 

10 Where did Lewis Hamilton win his first Grand Prix

 

11 Which car engine did Borough Superior use

 

12 Who manufactured the Indian Brave

 

13 Who is president of the VMCC

 

14 What did Greeves manufacture before motorcycles

 

15 What was unusual about one of the Royal Enfield factories during the war

 

16 What current does a dynamo produce

 

17 Which popular scooter did Douglas make under licence

 

18 Which make of motorcycle were known as Trusty and used that name as their telegram address

 

19 Norton won the first TT race in 1907 but what make of engine did they use

20 The stylised N of the Norton name is reputed to represent whatee moto

 

18 Which make of motorcycle were known as Trusty and used that name as their telegram address

 

19 Norton won the first TT race in 1907 but what make of engine did they use

20 The stylised N of the Norton name is reputed to represent what
Title: Re: Quiz
Post by: guest40 on February 20, 2010, 01:37:50 AM
18 Which make of motorcycle were known as Trusty and used that name as their telegram address
It was a simple honest little bike, reliable and cheap... A MuZ

 

19 Norton won the first TT race in 1907 but what make of engine did they use
Internal combustion engine

20 The stylised N of the Norton name is reputed to represent
It was actually going to be named Morton, but the printer made a mistake and all the emblems were cast as Norton, so they used N instead of M
There seems to be a problem with this program, it repeats itself!
 

18 Which make of motorcycle were known as Trusty and used that name as their telegram address

 

19 Norton won the first TT race in 1907 but what make of engine did they use

20 The stylised N of the Norton name is reputed to represent what 
 
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Title: Re: Quiz
Post by: themoudie on February 20, 2010, 11:22:15 AM
It's OK folks 'ees just gone 'walkabout'! ;D

Pass the man a tinnie!

G'day.
Title: Re: Quiz
Post by: guest40 on February 20, 2010, 03:37:18 PM
Did I win???????