Under the Elixir panel, The BITS Goa Quiz Club in collaboration with SAE BITS Goa, bring to you Torque N Trivia Torque N Trivia (TNT) is all things automobile, from history to workings and everything else. The quiz is hosted by Parshav Jain Theme: Automotives Date: 26th March Venue: LT1 Time: 2PM Team sizes should be 1-3 members. Competition is open to all with on spot registration available as well. Gear up coz exciting prizes are at stake!!

1. Torque N Trivia

2. Round - 1
D R I E S

3. Q. 1
On 2nd October 1945, Malik Ghulam Muhammad along with his business partners
Jagdish and Kailash X set up a company under their names. That would go on to
become a very large conglomerate with it’s largest business being car manufacturing,
but Muhammad subsequently left the company and his name was also dropped from
the name of the company.
He went on to take up Pakistani citizenship after the partition and also subsequently
became the Finance minister for the country among many other things.
ID the company?

4. Safety Slide

5. Answer
Mahindra & Mahindra (it was earlier named Mahindra & Mohammed)

6. Q. 2
DJ deadmau5 or Joel Zimmerman did something to his Ferrari 458 and took it to a
rally across Europe which resulted in legal action from the company and him having to
undo his modifications to his car.
This attracted large press coverage and other car manufacturers offering to do the
same for him from the factory.
What did he do to his Ferrari?

7. Q. 2

8. Safety Slide

9. Answer
Nyan Cat theme

10. Q. 3
This particular car X was introduced to India in 1985 by Maruti Suzuki. They
slightly changed the name from the name that was internationally used. This
particular car is very popular with police and armed forces. Though this car has
been discontinued in 2018 their assembly lines are still going for the armed forces.
ID X?

11. Safety Slide

12. Answer
maruti suzuki gypsy

13. Q.4
X team from F1 in the year 1999 was struggling with finances when a Nigerian prince, Malik
Ado Ibrahim with t-minus which offered to buy 25% shares in the company and be a major
sponsor. T-minus did not make anything, and after one season prince Malik was nowhere to
be found also. team X went bankrupt soon after in 2002.
ID X.

14. Q.4
X team from F1 in the year 1999 was struggling with finances when a Nigerian prince, Malik
Ado Ibrahim with t-minus which offered to buy 25% shares in the company and be a major
sponsor. T-minus did not make anything, and after one season prince Malik was nowhere to
be found also. team X went bankrupt soon after in 2002.
ID X.

15. Safety Slide

16. Answer
Arrows

17. Q. 5
The company X was started founded in 1906 by a French automobile firm , with some
Italian investors earlier named anonima lombarda fabbrica automobili in Milan. It’s logo
contains A red cross, a big snake swallowing a child.
ID X?

18. Safety Slide

19. Answer
Alfa Romeo

20. Q. 6
This X has been replaced for better technology in petrol cars. Diesel cars
never had it to begin with, It’s name literally means "to combine with
carbon”.
ID X?

21. Safety Slide

22. Answer
Carbeurator

23. Round - 2
Written round

24. Q. 1
This is taken from the french word which means “to cut” in french, indicating
that the car is shorter than standard and usually has the rear seats taken
out. What is the category.

25. Q. 2
The term X reflects the original purpose of transporting people and
luggage between country estates and train terminals. the body style is
called an "estate car" or the rather well-known term X.

26. Q. 3
The cars that come under category X have a singular rear door which is
hinged at the top of the car. These cars are usually smaller in size.

27. Q. 4
The Japanese government created the X category in 1949, and the regulations have been
revised several times since. These regulations specify a maximum vehicle size, engine
capacity, and power output, so owners may enjoy tax and insurance benefits. These are the
smallest legal road cars available, meant for congested cities, some even have motorcycle
engines and can’t go backwards.

28. Q. 5
A X is a car classification that combines elements of road-going
passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised
ground clearance and four-wheel drive. In the past decade or so these
have gained massive popularity in the car market.

29. Q. 6
A X is an open two-seat car with an emphasis on sporting appearance or
character. Initially, an American term for a two-seat car with no weather
protection, usage has spread internationally and has evolved to include
two-seat convertibles.

30. Safety Slide

31. Answer time
1. Coupé
2. Station Wagon
3. Hatchback
4. KEI cars/Microcars
5. SUV
6. Roadster/Spider

32. Round - 3
Back to dries we go

33. Q. 1
The danish company X is the largest tyre manufacturer in the world by a very
significant margin. They themselves produce about 300 million tyres a year even
though, worldwide car production stands at around 80 million cars.
ID X

34. Safety Slide

35. Answer
LEGO

36. Q. 2
Elon Musk initially wanted to name the car model 3 from tesla X. Ford held the copyright to
the name X and even after negotiations was not willing to give it up.
ID X.

37. Safety Slide

38. Answer
Model E

39. Q. 3
A popular videogame mechanic was introduced as a power-up to formula-e in 2019. It was
inspired by popular racing games like Mario kart. It is only possible because you can deliver
extra power to the wheels of electric cars instantaneously at any given moment and the
power-up is only available at specific parts of the track.
Identify this power-up from formula-e.

40. Safety Slide

41. Answer
Attack Mode (Power up ramps)

42. Q. 4
In America, X is used to refer to something that might have several manufacturing
defects or very less value. A play on a very popular french race, “24 hours of X”. Teams
of at least two drivers compete for up to 24 hours in race-prepared cars with a price limit
of no more than US$500 (not including safety equipment) for cars.
These races set themselves apart from the typical road race by their severe price limit
imposed on the contestants' vehicles, their unusual penalties and punishments meted
out by judges, and their blatant disregard for traditional motorsport politicking.
ID X.

43. Safety Slide

44. Answer
24 hours of LeMons

45. Q. 5
This type of engines have long been replaced by piston engines, still used for some
planes and heavy industrial applications.
Japanese car manufacturer Mazda is still trying to revive this technology as they are
more smooth and quiet. They have already had several production cars with this engine
and plan to produce more.
ID the technology?

47. Safety Slide

48. Answer
Rotary Engines

49. Q. 6
The X is an electric sports car manufactured by Y. Several Sources claim including the
company themselves that X is the fastest accelerating production car in the world.
Y is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with roots in the Italian car design. Earlier Y
was just an automobile design firm named after its founder. They have designed cars
for Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Cadillac and Rolls Royce among many other companies. In 2015
Y was acquired by Indian conglomerate Mahindra group.
ID X & Y

50. Safety Slide

51. Answer
X= Battista Y=Pininfarina

52. Round - 4
A concept artist from Jaipur, Anirudh Singh Shekhawat fascinated by robots
and science fiction after seeing a Transformer toy at a local shop and decided
to make an Indianised version of the movie characters.
Identify which cars and the manufacturers are being referred to in the
subsequent pictures

53. Q1

54. Q2

55. Q3

56. Q4

57. Q5

58. Safety Slide

59. Answers
1. Maruti Omni/Ecco
2. Premier Padmini
3. HM Ambassador
4. Bajaj/Piaggio Auto
5. Mahindra scorpio

60. Round - 5
And dries again

61. Q. 1
In December 2008, largely due to the global financial recession Honda pulled the plug on
its F1 team. At the last minute, the team principal Ross brawn, bought the team and
renamed it Brawn. Together with the team Braun, strapped for cash, found a loophole X.
They performed very well in the 2009 Australian grand prix, winning the best time and the
constructer’s championship.
They later were bought out by another team Y, to this day Brawn is credited for Y’s
achievements.
ID X & Y.

62. Q. 1

63. Safety Slide

64. Answer
X=double diffuser Y= Mercedes AMG Patronas

65. Q. 2
Mercedes-Benz and BMW are rivals as they primarily target the same
market segment. India is the only car market where both of them source
their engines from the same company. Started in 1958 as a joint venture
between Bachraj trading co (Bajaj) and the german company tempo,
they also produce vehicles of their own. What is the current name of
this company?

66. Safety Slide

67. Answer
Force motors

68. Q. 3
This equipment X forces more air through the engine increasing the power output of the
engine and giving it greater mileage. FIA banned X altogether in 1988 before they could
develop into driver-killing machines due to “insanely high speeds”. Cars with X in their
engines won every single F1 race since 1983 until their ban in 1988.
Today X is used in most performance cars and even in some budget cars given their
benefits.
ID X?

69. Safety Slide

70. Answer
Turbocharger

71. Q. 4
Project Graham is a lifelike figure depicting what a human would look like if they
evolved a certain way. Created by Australian Transport Accident Commission
(TAC), What was this meant to symbolise.

72. Safety Slide

73. Answer
what a human would look like if the species evolved to survive car
crashes.

74. Q. 5
X is a government car safety program tasked with evaluating new automobile designs
for performance against various safety threats. They rate passenger cars in terms of 5
stars for adults and passenger safety respectively.
ID X

75. Q. 5

76. Safety Slide

77. Answer
NCAP(New Car Assessment Program)

78. Q. 6
Volkswagen currywurst is a brand of X manufactured by the car maker since 1973. It is
manufactured at the company's Wolfsburg plant for its six German factories. The currywurst
are also sold externally and given away to Volkswagen customers. X is branded as a
"Volkswagen Original Part" and has been given the part number 199 398 500 A.
The product is the most produced of any of Volkswagen's parts with 6.81 million X being
manufactured in 2018. In recent years, the company has produced more X than cars.
what is X?

79. Safety Slide

80. Answer
sausages

81. The End.