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#1 ·
We started a trivia thread over at another forum and it has been a lot of fun.

Here are the ground rules. It starts with one question. The first reply with the right answer gets the floor for a new question. It continues like that unless, A) the person who has the floor doesn't ask a new question, or B) no one gets the correct answer. In that case, the person with the floor asks a new question. No more than one question on the floor at a time, and discussion/clarification is welcome until the floor is taken over by a new question.

See this thread for an example of how it goes: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/trivia/1454/page1/

First question: In the 1952 Indy 500, what type of fuel was burned in the record-setting pole-position #28 car? Hint: it won pole position by a full 4 mph over the second-place Ferrari
 
#1,852 ·
trivia

joeford said:
"Disc-style brakes development and use began in England in the 1890s. The first caliper-type automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham, UK factory in 1902 and used successfully on Lanchester cars. However, the limited choice of metals in this period, meant that he had to use copper as the braking medium acting on the disc. The poor state of the roads at this time, no more than dusty, rough tracks, meant that the copper wore quickly making the disc brake system non-viable (as recorded in The Lanchester Legacy). It took another half century for his innovation to be widely adopted.

Modern-style disc brakes first appeared on the low-volume Crosley Hotshot in 1949, although they had to be discontinued in 1950 due to design problems.[1] Chrysler's Imperial also offered a type of disc brake from 1949 through 1953, though in this instance they were enclosed with dual internal-expanding, full-circle pressure plates. Reliable modern disc brakes were developed in the UK by Dunlop and first appeared in 1953 on the Jaguar C-Type racing car. The Citro�n DS of 1955, with powered inboard front disc brakes, and the 1956 Triumph TR3 were the first European production cars to feature modern disc brakes.[2] The first production car to feature disc brakes at all 4 corners was the Austin-Healey 100S in 1954.[3] The first British company to market a production saloon fitted with disc brakes to all four wheels was Jensen Motors Ltd with the introduction of a Deluxe version of the Jensen 541 with Dunlop disc brakes.[4] The next American production cars to be fitted with disc brakes were the 1963 Studebaker Avanti[5] (optional on other Studebaker models), ...."
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Sorry Joe that is not the answer I was looking for. :nono:

Bob

If your not living edge you're taking up too much ground. :thumbup:
 
#1,853 ·
the word posh

do yall amerrycans use the word posh to say someone has money.Without googling do you know what it means.Its actually p.o.s.h

when you work it out its all clear???

later gator
russ
;)

btw, im not posh, im just a below average guy with above average family and friends


am i allowed to ask this here? or need moving???
 
#1,854 ·
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whinny said:
do yall amerrycans use the word posh to say someone has money.Without googling do you know what it means.Its actually p.o.s.h

when you work it out its all clear???

later gator
russ
;)

btw, im not posh, im just a below average guy with above average family and friends


am i allowed to ask this here? or need moving???
This is a trivia thread about cars, I have the floor, and that is the wrong answer. :nono: :nono:

35terraplane

If you are not living on the edge, you 're taking up to much ground. :thumbup:
 
#1,855 ·
Posh

And, since that is not a valid question, my answer won't result in me having to think up a question - and I am all outta questions

WAY back when, the upper class of the world, when sailing to the middle east, would always want to be on the shady (cooler) side of the ship - which meant being on the Port side when heading east through the Mediterranean and on the Starboard side when heading back west. So the letters for Port Out, Starboard Home (P.O.S.H.) appeared on the luggage. Only the wealthy could affrod this special treatment, so they became known as the POSH set.

And no, I will not ask the next question as we are still awaiting the correct answer on 35Terraplane's disc brakes one.
 
#1,856 ·
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Dave57210 said:
And, since that is not a valid question, my answer won't result in me having to think up a question - and I am all outta questions

WAY back when, the upper class of the world, when sailing to the middle east, would always want to be on the shady (cooler) side of the ship - which meant being on the Port side when heading east through the Mediterranean and on the Starboard side when heading back west. So the letters for Port Out, Starboard Home (P.O.S.H.) appeared on the luggage. Only the wealthy could affrod this special treatment, so they became known as the POSH set.

And no, I will not ask the next question as we are still awaiting the correct answer on 35Terraplane's disc brakes one.
Thanks Dave, Well I would have been on the otherside, Could you say those away from the sun were on the dark side. :D

Bob

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up to much ground. :thumbup:
 
#1,858 ·
You need to read thru the rules and regulations of the Triva game here on Hotrodders.
(clickhere)

Section 21.7884 paragraph #45 clearly states that only automobile related questions are allowed. And section 14.7851 paragraph 21 states that after someone has answered a question and the question poster has agreed to the answer the person who answered the question is then given the floor to ask his question. :nono:

Brian :rolleyes:
 
#1,859 ·
trivia

MARTINSR said:
You need to read thru the rules and regulations of the Triva game here on Hotrodders.
(clickhere)

Section 21.7884 paragraph #45 clearly states that only automobile related questions are allowed. And section 14.7851 paragraph 21 states that after someone has answered a question and the question poster has agreed to the answer the person who answered the question is then given the floor to ask his question. :nono:

Brian :rolleyes:
And if we all had to read them, you must too! :thumbup: :spank:


Bob


If you're not living on the, edge you're taking up to much ground. :thumbup:
 
#1,865 ·
Disc brakes

I thought that I knew the answer, but Joeford had the suggestion I would have made included in his answer (his was a direct quote from a wikipedia article). I was gonna say the ' 49 Crosley, but he already said it so I guess I would have been wrong anyway.....

So we wait for someone else to come up with it
 
#1,866 ·
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Dave57210 said:
I thought that I knew the answer, but Joeford had the suggestion I would have made included in his answer (his was a direct quote from a wikipedia article). I was gonna say the ' 49 Crosley, but he already said it so I guess I would have been wrong anyway.....

So we wait for someone else to come up with it
You both are wrong by quite a bit. :nono: I was going to give a clue, but I will wait. :D

Bob
 
#1,869 ·
This is what I know and was able to find:

Disc-style brakes development and use began in England in the 1890s. The first caliper-type automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham, UK factory in 1902 and used successfully on Lanchester cars. However, the limited choice of metals in this period, meant that he had to use copper as the braking medium acting on the disc. The poor state of the roads at this time, no more than dusty, rough tracks, meant that the copper wore quickly making the disc brake system non-viable (as recorded in The Lanchester Legacy). It took another half century for his innovation to be widely adopted.

Modern-style disc brakes first appeared on the low-volume Crosley Hotshot in 1949, although they had to be discontinued in 1950 due to design problems.[1] Chrysler's Imperial also offered a type of disc brake from 1949 through 1953, though in this instance they were enclosed with dual internal-expanding, full-circle pressure plates. Reliable modern disc brakes were developed in the UK by Dunlop and first appeared in 1953 on the Jaguar C-Type racing car. The Citroën DS of 1955, with powered inboard front disc brakes, and the 1956 Triumph TR3 were the first European production cars to feature modern disc brakes.[2] The first production car to feature disc brakes at all 4 wheels was the Austin-Healey 100S in 1954.[3] The first British company to market a production saloon fitted with disc brakes to all four wheels was Jensen Motors with the introduction of a Deluxe version of the Jensen 541 with Dunlop disc brakes.[4] The next American production cars to be fitted with disc brakes were the 1963 Studebaker Avanti[5] (optional on other Studebaker models).
 
#1,870 ·
trivia

Chris Kemp said:
This is what I know and was able to find:

Disc-style brakes development and use began in England in the 1890s. The first caliper-type automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham, UK factory in 1902 and used successfully on Lanchester cars. However, the limited choice of metals in this period, meant that he had to use copper as the braking medium acting on the disc. The poor state of the roads at this time, no more than dusty, rough tracks, meant that the copper wore quickly making the disc brake system non-viable (as recorded in The Lanchester Legacy). It took another half century for his innovation to be widely adopted.

Modern-style disc brakes first appeared on the low-volume Crosley Hotshot in 1949, although they had to be discontinued in 1950 due to design problems.[1] Chrysler's Imperial also offered a type of disc brake from 1949 through 1953, though in this instance they were enclosed with dual internal-expanding, full-circle pressure plates. Reliable modern disc brakes were developed in the UK by Dunlop and first appeared in 1953 on the Jaguar C-Type racing car. The Citro�n DS of 1955, with powered inboard front disc brakes, and the 1956 Triumph TR3 were the first European production cars to feature modern disc brakes.[2] The first production car to feature disc brakes at all 4 wheels was the Austin-Healey 100S in 1954.[3] The first British company to market a production saloon fitted with disc brakes to all four wheels was Jensen Motors with the introduction of a Deluxe version of the Jensen 541 with Dunlop disc brakes.[4] The next American production cars to be fitted with disc brakes were the 1963 Studebaker Avanti[5] (optional on other Studebaker models).
And this is where the train wreck is going to start. That is not the year, nor is it the car.you are very close on the year, everything else is miles apart.
I didn't say that the inventor had a patent on them, but there is a clue in the question, and in the answer I just gave. I will tell you I found this question looking for the answer to the last one. :thumbup: :pain: :evil:

Bob
 
#1,871 ·
trivia

35terraplane said:
And this is where the train wreck is going to start. That is not the year, nor is it the car.you are very close on the year, everything else is miles apart.
I didn't say that the inventor had a patent on them, but there is a clue in the question, and in the answer I just gave. I will tell you I found this question looking for the answer to the last one. :thumbup: :pain: :evil:

Bob[/QUOTE

Another clue, the guy that invented used them on his own car in the fromt :D he also had eight different companys, he invented many things for ships and planes. :pain: :thumbup: :evil:

Bob
 
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