TORQUIZ - Tathva '14 AutoQuiz Prelims by Subin.

1. THE PRELIMS

2. RULES
30 Questions in the prelims
38 points in total
There are 5 starred (*)
questions(6,19,20,21,28) in
the prelims which comes
handy in case of a tie
Top 6 teams to the finals

4. The X Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-
Württemberg. and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It
opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of an event that happened in late 19th
century.
The route also leads to one of the most attractive scenic regions in Germany,
the wine region Baden.
The town pharmacy in Wiesloch a village on the route, referred to as the “ first
___ in the world“ due to something that X obtained from there.
ID X. AND THE EVENT

5. 2
The _____ are Berber people with a
traditionally nomadic pastoralist lifestyle.
They are the principal inhabitants of
the Saharan interior of North Africa. Most
____ live in the Saharan parts of Niger, Mali,
and Algeria. Being nomadic, they move
constantly across national borders.
Which SUV takes its name from this group
of nomads?

6. 3
He holds a degree in Transportation Design from the Art
Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, U.S. He
worked at the Design Centre for General Motors USA. He also
started his own auto accessory business. In 2006, he
announced ___, tie-up between Eximstar and X Design Pvt
Ltd. The company, to be set up in Dubai, will customize cars
and other vehicles to suit customers' requirements.He has
designed Vanity Van for many stars such as Sanjay
Dutt, Shah Rukh Khan.
Id him and his most famous work that shot to fame in 2002

7. 4
The Fountain of Neptune
by Giambologna ( a
sculptor famous for works
like Rape of Sabine
Women ). Explain the
automobile connection

8. 5
The overall layout and project was designed by architect Raj
Rewal,who also designed some key buildings such as the
Hall of Nations.It was inaugurated on 3 November 1972 by
then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on the eve of the
International Trade Fair called Asia 72. The name literally
means Progress Field or Field of Progress. It is a huge
complex of buildings spread across acres of land sprinkled
with many lawns. The complex houses many pavilions like
the Nehru Pavilion, the Defense Pavilion, the Indira Pavilion,
and the Son of India Pavilion.
Id the location and the automobile connection

9. *6
Born in Paris in 1878, he was the 5th and last child of Jewish parents.
The family moved to Paris from Amsterdam in 1873. Upon arrival,
the diaeresis was added to the name and the name means ‘Lemon’ in
Dutch .It is reputed that he was inspired by the works of Jules
Verne and had seen the construction of the Eiffel Tower for the World
Exhibition, making him want to become an engineer.
He was a graduate of the École Polytechnique in 1900. In that year he
visited Poland, the birthland of his mother, who had recently died.
During that holiday he saw a carpenter working on a set of gears with
a fish-bone structure. These gears were less noisy and more efficient.
He bought the patent for very little money. Leading to the invention
that is credited to him: double helical gears.
Id the automotive legend? His interest in double helical gears is
believed to be the reason behind what?

11. 7 Sally Windmüller founded the company in 1899 under the
name Westfälische Metall-Industrie Aktien-
Gesellschaft (WMI) to produce ball horns and candles and
kerosene lamps for carriages.
The name first appeared in 1908 as a trademark
for acetylene headlights. The name was included in the
company name in 1986. The most likely explanation for
the name of the brand is attributed to Sally Windmüller:
He wanted to honour his wife, and also wanted to use the
playful association between this name and the German
word for bright.
Which brand having more than 50 years of presence in
India?

12. 8
Perry McCarthy is a British racing driver, who drove
in Formula One before moving into sportscars,
including driving in the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times
between 1996 and 2003. However he is known for being
the original X. The name X came from the name given
to new boys at Repton School,Derbyshire . Some of X’s
characteristics include:He has no face, The drinks in
his cabinet contain 15 different types of custard, Never
blinks, Naturally faces magnetic north, All of his legs
are hydraulic, Two sets of knees, Heart ticks like a
watch etc.
ID X

13. 9
The description of the character in the work goes like :
A ____ is an animal living in a three dimensional world—in
this case our world—but really belonging to a fourth
dimensional world. Here's what happened. A number of
___ life cells were somehow forced through the dimensional
barrier into our world. They combined at a favorable time
with free life cells of the African Hooey Hound. The electrical
vibrations of the Hooey Hound cell and the foreign cell were
the same. They were kindred cells. In fact, all things are, to
some extent, relative, whether they be of this or some other
world, now you see. The extremely favorable conditions of
germination in Africa caused a fusion of these life cells. So
the uniting of kindred cells caused a transmutation. The
result, a mysterious strange animal.
It was "small, able to move between dimensions
and could solve seemingly impossible problems.“.
Id and provide the automobile connect

14. 10
The word in fact came from Scottish for
"brimless hat for men," ultimately from the
shortening of Late Latin abonnis a kind of cap“. This
painting The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet depicts
women wearing the garment. This eventually found its
way to the world of automobiles. Which word?

15. 11
The ___ are a mountain range that form a natural
border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the
highest mountain range in the Carpathian
Mountains.
Ignác Šustala founded this brand in 1850 as
Schustala & Company. Later it was renamed after
the mountain range mentioned above. The
company is the third oldest car maker after Daimler
and Peugeot.
ID

16. 12
Simple.Connect

17. 13
The company has its marque on non-automotive
products as well. In the 1930s and 1940s, they
manufactured radios, cameras, and electrical
products such as a razor. They made a
marine binocular called the BIMAR for the
Kriegsmarine during World War II, some of which
were sold on the civilian market after the war.
The ____ Sogno was a half-frame Leica-like camera
which is now a collector's item.
Which company?

19. 14
Biopic of Burt Munro who once broke the land speed
record at Bonneville Salt Fields. Id the movie or the
legendary brand in the title

21. 15
The publication was launched by Iliffe and Sons Ltd "in the
interests of the mechanically propelled road carriage" on 2
November 1895 when, it is believed, there were only six or
seven cars in the United Kingdom.
It claims to have invented the road test in 1928 when it
analysed the Austin 7 Gordon England Sunshine Saloon. In
1988, it absorbed its long-time rival The Motor magazine. It has
scored many firsts in its history including the first full road
tests and independent performance tests of the Jaguar
XJ220,McLaren F1, and the Porsche 911 GT1. It was also the
first magazine to produce independently recorded performance
figures for the Bugatti Veyron, which were published in the
31 May 2006 issue.ID

22. 16
Frederick Morrell Zeder, Owen Ray Skelton,
and Carl Breer. These three men would later
become the core engineers that started
the Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler surrounded
himself with the finest engineers available when
he started Chrysler Corporation and they were
such people
They were famous in the automobile world under
what nickname?

24. 17
The man is Shri Janki Das Kapur .
His venture had modest beginning in
an improvised shed at Sonepat. This
was transformed into a 25 acre
factory complex in a record period of
12 months in 1951.The became
India’s largest producer in their
respective field. The company is
also know due to their association
with the IXth Asiad, at Delhi in 1982.
Id the firm

25. 18
This is the drogue parachute, designed to be deployed from a rapidly moving
object in order to slow the object, to provide control and stability, or as a pilot
parachute to deploy a larger parachute. It was invented by Giovanni X who
started the company X which was later wholly owned by Finnmeccanica. It
merged with another subsidiary Y to form XY in 2000. Id this MNC that was in the
news.

26. *19
W, one of the early pioneers of the automotive industry,
claimed to have built his first steam car as early as
1894, and his first gasoline–powered car in 1896. The
basic concept of a revolutionary invention is credited
to W who used it for producing his company Y’s
famous product ‘Curved Dash’. But this claim was
overshadowed by X who perfected the it so that it
could do the similar task in ninety-three minutes.
Other than Y, there is a brand Z which gets its name
from W’s initials. Z shot to international fame when a
group formed in 1960s took its name from one of Z’s
products. Id ALL (W-X-Y-Z)

27. *20
The firm was started by Battista ____
an Italian automobile designer, a name associated
with many of the best-known postwar sports cars.
His nickname being the first part of the company’s
name referred to his being the youngest baby of
the family. Other product designs by the firm
include the 2006 Winter
Olympics torch, cauldron and medals, as well
the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine.
His much famous nephew sharing the same
surname is the first ___ in history when he
achieved the distinction in 1950. Identify the
company and the owner’s famous nephew

28. *21
Much similar to how Ferrari adapted the prancing
horse symbol from Francesca Baracca, this
manufacturer adopted their mascot statuette atop
the radiator from emblem painted on the side of a
fighter aircraft that had been flown by the World
War I French ace Georges Guynemer.
This prestigious firm’s patents had a great
demand. For instance, for many years Rolls Royce
installed power brakes designed by this company
in its vehicles.
The name comes from Spanish for the two
countries being the nationalities of the owner and
the chief engineer. ID

30. 22
In his book Death in the Afternoon, Ernest
Hemingway wrote:
There are certain strains of bull with a marked
ability to learn from what goes on in the arena ...
faster than the actual fight progresses which
makes it more difficult from one minute to the next
to control them ... these bulls are raised by Don
Eduardo X's sons from old fighting stock...
X is famous in automobile world for a different
reason. Identify X

31. 23
The main dedication is all in upper case and reads:
“Erected by public subscription to the memory of the Honourable
____, third son of Lord and Lady Llangattock as a tribute of
admiration for his great achievements in motoring ballooning and
aviation. He was a pioneer in both scientific and practical motoring
and aviation and the first to fly across the channel from England to
France and back without landing. He lost his life by the wrecking of
his aeroplane at Bournemouth July 12, 1910. His death caused world
wide regret and deep national sorrow.”.Id

33. 24
The flexible, stretchable water resistant translucent man-made
fabric skin – polyurethane-coated Spandex, with which it is made,
is resilient and durable. It resists high or low temperatures.The
body changes its shape according to exterior conditions and
speeds, and it also allows the driver to change its shape at will.
The fabric is stretched over a moveable frame;essential shapes
are formed beneath the skin by an aluminium wire structure,
though at points where movement is needed (ducts, door
openings, spoiler) flexible carbon struts are used.The shape of the
frame is controlled by many electric and hydraulic actuators; for
example, the headlights are revealed when small motors pull the
fabric back in an eyelid like fashion. As the fabric is translucent
the taillights shine through it.
What is being described?

34. 25 It was sold in an auction in October 2014 for $1.35
million (£840,000). According to some reports, being
sold at that price, it now becomes the most expensive
of its kind in the world. It was designed and built by two
African-American builders, Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy.
Four of these were created. Three of the four were
stolen and sold for parts.The one auctioned was
created from the wreckage of the fourth one
Auctioneers' boss Joseph Maddalena commented after
the auction
"It personifies the Sixties, all of the good and the bad
that decade brought. This is the only original ___ in
existence. This is without doubt the world's most
famous _____. It influenced the entire industry”
Identify (Be Very Specific)

35. 26
The ____ were a Gallic tribe who established themselves in the
Massif Central area including Haute-vienne, Creuse, Corrèze and
Charente territories in France and the province takes its name
from the tribe. Their capital was Durotincum (Villejoubert). The
name means “conquerors with the elm”.
Famous products of the province such as the Aubusson
tapestries and enamels and porcelains are made in the capital city
of Haute-Vienne. A part from these products, beef cattle have been
raised here for many years and, the shepherds who began the
tradition of raising this leading breed of cattle in Europe wore a
long cloak .The shepherds used the cloaks to protect themselves
from the rain and from the cold
Explain why this story is here in this auto quiz.

36. 27
By 1996, the event had grown to 8,000 attendees
and unrestricted driving was becoming a major
safety hazard. To implement a ban on driving and
re-create the event as a pedestrian/bicycle/art-car-
only event. This event became one of the
most famous and innovative art car display
venue.
Id the event in the question which had an
attendance around 65,000 in 2014.

40. *28
Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant or IZHMASH (ИЖМАШ) based
in Izhevsk, founded in 1807 at the decree of Tsar Alexander I,
and is now one of the largest corporations in its field.
The first IZh motorcycle was 1928's IZh 1, a 1200cc across-the-frame
V-twin with shaft drive. In the 1970s and 1980s, these
motorcycles were sold in Britain under the Cossack and Neval
brands.The company is the largest Soviet motorcycle maker.
The first IZh automobiles were approved for manufacture in
1965. Currently, IZh produces one Kia model and
two Lada models.
Identify their most famous product, which is also depicted in
their logo.

41. 29
The series____was launched in 1994 by Editora
Abril but was cancelled in the same year after a
purticular incident. It was relaunched in 2008.
Whom is this comic based on?

42. 30

43. ANSWERS FOLLOW…

44. The X Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-
Württemberg. and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It
opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of an event that happened in late 19th
century.
The route also leads to one of the most attractive scenic regions in Germany,
the wine region Baden.
The town pharmacy in Wiesloch a village on the route, referred to as the “ first
___ in the world“ due to something that X obtained from there.
ID X. AND THE EVENT

45. THE ANSWER IS..

46. BERTHA BENZ - WORLD'S
FIRST LONG
DISTANCE ROAD TRIP

47. 2
The _____ are Berber people with a
traditionally nomadic pastoralist lifestyle.
They are the principal inhabitants of
the Saharan interior of North Africa. Most
____ live in the Saharan parts of Niger, Mali,
and Algeria. Being nomadic, they move
constantly across national borders.
Which SUV takes its name from this group
of nomads?

48. THE ANSWER IS..

49. VW TOUAREG

50. 3
He holds a degree in Transportation Design from the Art
Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, U.S. He
worked at the Design Centre for General Motors USA. He also
started his own auto accessory business. In 2006, he
announced ___, tie-up between Eximstar and X Design Pvt
Ltd. The company, to be set up in Dubai, will customize cars
and other vehicles to suit customers' requirements.He has
designed Vanity Van for many stars such as Sanjay
Dutt, Shah Rukh Khan.
Id him and his most famous work that shot to fame in 2002

51. THE ANSWER IS..

52. DILIP CHHABRIA
ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH FROM DIE ANOTHER DAY

53. 4
The Fountain of Neptune
by Giambologna ( a
sculptor famous for works
like Rape of Sabine
Women ). Explain the
automobile connection

54. THE ANSWER IS..

55. MASERATI LOGO

56. 5
The overall layout and project was designed by architect Raj
Rewal,who also designed some key buildings such as the
Hall of Nations.It was inaugurated on 3 November 1972 by
then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on the eve of the
International Trade Fair called Asia 72. The name literally
means Progress Field or Field of Progress. It is a huge
complex of buildings spread across acres of land sprinkled
with many lawns. The complex houses many pavilions like
the Nehru Pavilion, the Defense Pavilion, the Indira Pavilion,
and the Son of India Pavilion.
Id the location and the automobile connection

57. THE ANSWER IS..

58. PRAGATI MAIDAN – VENUE OF
AUTO EXPO

59. *6
Born in Paris in 1878, he was the 5th and last child of Jewish parents.
The family moved to Paris from Amsterdam in 1873. Upon arrival,
the diaeresis was added to the name and the name means ‘Lemon’ in
Dutch .It is reputed that he was inspired by the works of Jules
Verne and had seen the construction of the Eiffel Tower for the World
Exhibition, making him want to become an engineer.
He was a graduate of the École Polytechnique in 1900. In that year he
visited Poland, the birthland of his mother, who had recently died.
During that holiday he saw a carpenter working on a set of gears with
a fish-bone structure. These gears were less noisy and more efficient.
He bought the patent for very little money. Leading to the invention
that is credited to him: double helical gears.
Id the automotive legend? His interest in double helical gears is
believed to be the reason behind what?

61. THE ANSWER IS..

62. CITROËN
THE GEARS INSPIRED THE LOGO

63. 7 Sally Windmüller founded the company in 1899 under the
name Westfälische Metall-Industrie Aktien-
Gesellschaft (WMI) to produce ball horns and candles and
kerosene lamps for carriages.
The name first appeared in 1908 as a trademark
for acetylene headlights. The name was included in the
company name in 1986. The most likely explanation for
the name of the brand is attributed to Sally Windmüller:
He wanted to honour his wife, and also wanted to use the
playful association between this name and the German
word for bright.
Which brand having more than 50 years of presence in
India?

64. THE ANSWER IS..

66. 8
Perry McCarthy is a British racing driver, who drove
in Formula One before moving into sportscars,
including driving in the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times
between 1996 and 2003. However he is known for being
the original X. The name X came from the name given
to new boys at Repton School,Derbyshire . Some of X’s
characteristics include:He has no face, The drinks in
his cabinet contain 15 different types of custard, Never
blinks, Naturally faces magnetic north, All of his legs
are hydraulic, Two sets of knees, Heart ticks like a
watch etc.
ID X

67. THE ANSWER IS..

68. THE STIG (FROM TOPGEAR)

69. 9
The description of the character in the work goes like :
A ____ is an animal living in a three dimensional world—in
this case our world—but really belonging to a fourth
dimensional world. Here's what happened. A number of
___ life cells were somehow forced through the dimensional
barrier into our world. They combined at a favorable time
with free life cells of the African Hooey Hound. The electrical
vibrations of the Hooey Hound cell and the foreign cell were
the same. They were kindred cells. In fact, all things are, to
some extent, relative, whether they be of this or some other
world, now you see. The extremely favorable conditions of
germination in Africa caused a fusion of these life cells. So
the uniting of kindred cells caused a transmutation. The
result, a mysterious strange animal.
It was "small, able to move between dimensions
and could solve seemingly impossible problems.“.
Id and provide the automobile connect

70. THE ANSWER IS..

71. EUGENE THE JEEP
THE MOST PROBABLE SOURCE BEHIND THE WORD
‘JEEP’

72. 10
The word in fact came from Scottish for
"brimless hat for men," ultimately from the
shortening of Late Latin abonnis a kind of cap“. This
painting The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet depicts
women wearing the garment. This eventually found its
way to the world of automobiles. Which word?

73. THE ANSWER IS..

74. BONNET

75. 11
The ___ are a mountain range that form a natural
border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the
highest mountain range in the Carpathian
Mountains.
Ignác Šustala founded this brand in 1850 as
Schustala & Company. Later it was renamed after
the mountain range mentioned above. The
company is the third oldest car maker after Daimler
and Peugeot.
ID

76. THE ANSWER IS..

78. 12
Simple.Connect

79. THE ANSWER IS..

80. TYPES OF CAR DOORS
Gull-Wing
Sliding
Butterfly
Scissors
Suicide

81. 13
The company has its marque on non-automotive
products as well. In the 1930s and 1940s, they
manufactured radios, cameras, and electrical
products such as a razor. They made a
marine binocular called the BIMAR for the
Kriegsmarine during World War II, some of which
were sold on the civilian market after the war.
The ____ Sogno was a half-frame Leica-like camera
which is now a collector's item.
Which company?

83. THE ANSWER IS..

84. DUCATI

85. 14
Biopic of Burt Munro who once broke the land speed
record at Bonneville Salt Fields. Id the movie or the
legendary brand in the title

87. THE ANSWER IS..

89. 15
The publication was launched by Iliffe and Sons Ltd "in the
interests of the mechanically propelled road carriage" on 2
November 1895 when, it is believed, there were only six or
seven cars in the United Kingdom.
It claims to have invented the road test in 1928 when it
analysed the Austin 7 Gordon England Sunshine Saloon. In
1988, it absorbed its long-time rival The Motor magazine. It has
scored many firsts in its history including the first full road
tests and independent performance tests of the Jaguar
XJ220,McLaren F1, and the Porsche 911 GT1. It was also the
first magazine to produce independently recorded performance
figures for the Bugatti Veyron, which were published in the
31 May 2006 issue.ID

90. THE ANSWER IS..

92. 16
Frederick Morrell Zeder, Owen Ray Skelton,
and Carl Breer. These three men would later
become the core engineers that started
the Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler surrounded
himself with the finest engineers available when
he started Chrysler Corporation and they were
such people
They were famous in the automobile world under
what nickname?

94. THE ANSWER IS..

95. THE THREE MUSKETEERS

96. 17
The man is Shri Janki Das Kapur .
His venture had modest beginning in
an improvised shed at Sonepat. This
was transformed into a 25 acre
factory complex in a record period of
12 months in 1951.The became
India’s largest producer in their
respective field. The company is
also know due to their association
with the IXth Asiad, at Delhi in 1982.
Id the firm

97. THE ANSWER IS..

98. ATLAS CYCLES

99. 18
This is the drogue parachute, designed to be deployed from a rapidly moving
object in order to slow the object, to provide control and stability, or as a pilot
parachute to deploy a larger parachute. It was invented by Giovanni X who
started the company X which was later wholly owned by Finnmeccanica. It
merged with another subsidiary Y to form XY in 2000. Id this MNC that was in the
news.

100. THE ANSWER IS..

102. *19
W, one of the early pioneers of the automotive industry,
claimed to have built his first steam car as early as
1894, and his first gasoline–powered car in 1896. The
basic concept of a revolutionary invention is credited
to W who used it for producing his company Y’s
famous product ‘Curved Dash’. But this claim was
overshadowed by X who perfected the it so that it
could do the similar task in ninety-three minutes.
Other than Y, there is a brand Z which gets its name
from W’s initials. Z shot to international fame when a
group formed in 1960s took its name from one of Z’s
products. Id ALL (W-X-Y-Z)

103. THE ANSWER IS..

104. W- RANDOM E OLDS
X-HENRY FORD
Y- OLDSMOBILE
Z-REO SPEEDWAGON
THE CONCEPT BEING THAT OF MODERN ASSEMBLY
LINE

105. *20
The firm was started by Battista ____
an Italian automobile designer, a name associated
with many of the best-known postwar sports cars.
His nickname being the first part of the company’s
name referred to his being the youngest baby of
the family. Other product designs by the firm
include the 2006 Winter
Olympics torch, cauldron and medals, as well
the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine.
His much famous nephew sharing the same
surname is the first ___ in history when he
achieved the distinction in 1950. Identify the
company and the owner’s famous nephew

106. THE ANSWER IS..

107. PININFARINA
& GIUSEPPE "NINO" FARINA – THE FIRST F1
WORLD CHAMPION

108. *21
Much similar to how Ferrari adapted the prancing
horse symbol from Francesca Baracca, this
manufacturer adopted their mascot statuette atop
the radiator from emblem painted on the side of a
fighter aircraft that had been flown by the World
War I French ace Georges Guynemer.
This prestigious firm’s patents had a great
demand. For instance, for many years Rolls Royce
installed power brakes designed by this company
in its vehicles.
The name comes from Spanish for the two
countries being the nationalities of the owner and
the chief engineer. ID

110. THE ANSWER IS..

111. HISPANO-SUIZA
(FROM SPANISH FOR “SPANISH-SWISS”)

112. 22
In his book Death in the Afternoon, Ernest
Hemingway wrote:
There are certain strains of bull with a marked
ability to learn from what goes on in the arena ...
faster than the actual fight progresses which
makes it more difficult from one minute to the next
to control them ... these bulls are raised by Don
Eduardo X's sons from old fighting stock...
X is famous in automobile world for a different
reason. Identify X

113. THE ANSWER IS..

114. The name Miura is best known outside the
world of bullfighting thanks to Lamborghini, and
its classic Miura sports car. A number of
Lamborghini cars have been named for Miura
bulls and the world of bullfighting in general; it
was a visit to the Miura ranch that inspired
Ferruccio Lamborghini, a Taurus himself, to
make a bull the symbol of his industrial empire.
MIURA(LAMBORGHINI)

115. 23
The main dedication is all in upper case and reads:
“Erected by public subscription to the memory of the Honourable
____, third son of Lord and Lady Llangattock as a tribute of
admiration for his great achievements in motoring ballooning and
aviation. He was a pioneer in both scientific and practical motoring
and aviation and the first to fly across the channel from England to
France and back without landing. He lost his life by the wrecking of
his aeroplane at Bournemouth July 12, 1910. His death caused world
wide regret and deep national sorrow.”.Id

117. THE ANSWER IS..

118. CHARLES ROLLS

119. 24
The flexible, stretchable water resistant translucent man-made
fabric skin – polyurethane-coated Spandex, with which it is made,
is resilient and durable. It resists high or low temperatures.The
body changes its shape according to exterior conditions and
speeds, and it also allows the driver to change its shape at will.
The fabric is stretched over a moveable frame;essential shapes
are formed beneath the skin by an aluminium wire structure,
though at points where movement is needed (ducts, door
openings, spoiler) flexible carbon struts are used.The shape of the
frame is controlled by many electric and hydraulic actuators; for
example, the headlights are revealed when small motors pull the
fabric back in an eyelid like fashion. As the fabric is translucent
the taillights shine through it.
What is being described?

120. THE ANSWER IS..

121. BMW GINA

122. 25 It was sold in an auction in October 2014 for $1.35
million (£840,000). According to some reports, being
sold at that price, it now becomes the most expensive
of its kind in the world. It was designed and built by two
African-American builders, Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy.
Four of these were created. Three of the four were
stolen and sold for parts.The one auctioned was
created from the wreckage of the fourth one
Auctioneers' boss Joseph Maddalena commented after
the auction
"It personifies the Sixties, all of the good and the bad
that decade brought. This is the only original ___ in
existence. This is without doubt the world's most
famous _____. It influenced the entire industry”
Identify (Be Very Specific)

123. THE ANSWER IS..

124. HARLEY DAVIDSON – CAPTAIN AMERICA

125. 26
The ____ were a Gallic tribe who established themselves in the
Massif Central area including Haute-vienne, Creuse, Corrèze and
Charente territories in France and the province takes its name
from the tribe. Their capital was Durotincum (Villejoubert). The
name means “conquerors with the elm”.
Famous products of the province such as the Aubusson
tapestries and enamels and porcelains are made in the capital city
of Haute-Vienne. A part from these products, beef cattle have been
raised here for many years and, the shepherds who began the
tradition of raising this leading breed of cattle in Europe wore a
long cloak .The shepherds used the cloaks to protect themselves
from the rain and from the cold
Explain why this story is here in this auto quiz.

126. THE ANSWER IS..

127. THE ORIGIN OF LIMOUSINE
THIS COVERED COMPARTMENT PHYSICALLY
RESEMBLED THE RAISED HOOD OF THE CLOAK
WORN BY THE SHEPHERDS THERE

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By 1996, the event had grown to 8,000 attendees
and unrestricted driving was becoming a major
safety hazard. To implement a ban on driving and
re-create the event as a pedestrian/bicycle/art-car-
only event. This event became one of the
most famous and innovative art car display
venue.
Id the event in the question which had an
attendance around 65,000 in 2014.

132. THE ANSWER IS..

133. THE BURNING MAN

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Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant or IZHMASH (ИЖМАШ) based
in Izhevsk, founded in 1807 at the decree of Tsar Alexander I,
and is now one of the largest corporations in its field.
The first IZh motorcycle was 1928's IZh 1, a 1200cc across-the-frame
V-twin with shaft drive. In the 1970s and 1980s, these
motorcycles were sold in Britain under the Cossack and Neval
brands.The company is the largest Soviet motorcycle maker.
The first IZh automobiles were approved for manufacture in
1965. Currently, IZh produces one Kia model and
two Lada models.
Identify their most famous product, which is also depicted in
their logo.

135. THE ANSWER IS..

136. AK-47. (KALASHINIKOV)

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The series____was launched in 1994 by Editora
Abril but was cancelled in the same year after a
purticular incident. It was relaunched in 2008.
Whom is this comic based on?

138. THE ANSWER IS..

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141. THE ANSWER IS..

144. END OF THE
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