Another weird quiz

Another weird quiz

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Great Dane

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Tuesday 13th January 2015
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1: How many changes of direction are there in the Ford chicane?
2: Many people shop in Carrefour. But what does the name mean?
3: When is ‘Happy Hour’?
4: If you stop 1km into the Mulsanne straight, what brand of cars can you buy?
5: Where would you find the ‘Granny Annexe’ ?
6: The Deltawing was restricted in length – why?
7: What is the frequency of Radio Le Mans?
8: What rather morbid tradition has this radio station prior to the start of every 24h race?
9: Why is the Expo camping so special?
12: What does an adult GA ticket cost on the gate?
13: What is the highest speed recorded approximately?
14: Where is ‘Chapel Curve’ situated? – Not its real name!
15: What car manufacturers give name to parts of the circuit?
16: Where would you go for a fast Chinese meal?
17: Why is the kart circuit’s name rather ironic?
18: How many laps did the two Aston Martin P1 prototypes do in total in the 2011 race?
19: What does the term ‘heading for the beach’ mean?
20: Where was the hairpin situated?
21: Why was the Le Mans start dropped?
22: How many night laps do you have to do before you are allowed to race?
23: Why was young Alessandro Latif so busy during qualifying in 2014?
24: Name the three most numerous spectator nationalities?

Great Dane

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2,725 posts

167 months

Friday 16th January 2015
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: How many changes of direction are there in the Ford chicane? correct
2: Many people shop in Carrefour. But what does the name mean? correct
3: When is ‘Happy Hour’? Dawn on Sunday morning
4: If you stop 1km into the Mulsanne straight, what brand of cars can you buy? Audi
5: Where would you find the ‘Granny Annexe’ ? correct
6: The Deltawing was restricted in length – why? Length of pit box
7: What is the frequency of Radio Le Mans? correct
8: What rather morbid tradition has this radio station prior to the start of every 24h race? correct
9: Why is the Expo camping so special? correct
12: What does an adult GA ticket cost on the gate? correct
13: What is the highest speed recorded approximately? 400k
14: Where is ‘Chapel Curve’ situated? – Not its real name! correct
15: What car manufacturers give name to parts of the circuit? correct
16: Where would you go for a fast Chinese meal? correct
17: Why is the kart circuit’s name rather ironic? Correct
18: How many laps did the two Aston Martin P1 prototypes do in total in the 2011 race? 5 I think
19: What does the term ‘heading for the beach’ mean? Hugh Chamberlain used the expression for a very early retirement. You could go on holiday after that.
20: Where was the hairpin situated? Correct
21: Why was the Le Mans start dropped? Safety... John Wolfe died in a the first lap crash as he hadn't strapped himself in.
22: How many night laps do you have to do before you are allowed to race? 10
23: Why was young Alessandro Latif so busy during qualifying in 2014? Sitting exams in Paris during the day- commuting with TGV
24: Name the three most numerous spectator nationalities? correct

Great Dane

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Sunday 18th January 2015
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This is about as much as I can do about without getting into the questions like "Who set the fastest lap in 1982?" - so there will be no more for the moment.