A set of 20 questions I ran as part of a quiz session over Zoom. The nation's under a lockdown thanks to Covid-19, but not quizzing!

1. A few questions on cars
Car Few Samanway Banerjee

2. ❖ 20 questions
❖ +10 on direct/bounce.
❖ +10/-5 on pounce.
❖ No questions on “mera pyaar, mera car, Taaarzan”

3. 1.
❖ Opened in 2008, this follows a 104 km route, taken 120 years back. This is
considered to be the world’s first of its kind, now frequently undertaken by
many.
❖ On the next slide is the image of the town pharmacy in Wiesloch, referred to
as the first ______ ______ in the world. This is because the said person had to
procure Ligroin.
❖ Who?
❖ What was the use of Ligroin?
❖ Alternatively, FITB.

6. Bertha Benz’s first long distance trip

7. Ligroin was used as fuel. This makes it the first filling station.

8. 2.
❖ The Locomotive Acts were a series of Acts of Parliament in the United
Kingdom regulating the use of mechanically propelled vehicles on British
public highways during the latter part of the 19th century.
❖ The most draconian restrictions and speed limits were imposed by the 1865
act (the “___ ____ Act”), which required all road locomotives, which included
automobiles, to travel at a mandated speed.
❖ Additionally, this required a man as well, to be stationed on the road.
❖ FITB with something, that found idiomatic usage over the years.

10. Red Flag

11. 3.
❖ On the next slide is a screenshot from the 2006 film ‘Cars’.
❖ Take a look at the entire image. Luigi’s license plate was carefully chosen,
coordinating with an establishment, up and running since the early 1940s.
❖ Put funda.

14. Latitude and Longitude of the Ferrari factory in Modena

15. 4.
❖ At the beginning of the twentieth century, the term was used to refer to a
dimwit, a defective product, a hustle, and an item that has lower value than
it appears.
❖ This was squeezed into the automobile sector, courtesy this notorious ad
from the 1960s.
❖ Word, please.

18. Lemon

19. 5.
❖ Most cars of yore commonly utilized a tiller steering mechanism which was
attached to a rear steering axle via a chain. By the 1910’s the steering wheel
had already established itself as superior to the tiller steering mechanism, but
some car companies continued to utilize tillers for marketing, rather than
practical, reasons. One of the most famous ones of this era was the Milburn
Light Electric, primarily directed at women.
❖ And things took a blatantly sexist turn, and a two word term thus went to
achieve a pejorative sense, persisting to the day.
❖ What am I talking of?

22. Backseat Driver

23. 6.
❖ Stock car racing would evolve into the National Association for Stock Car
Auto Racing, or NASCAR, in 1947. However, it was used during a particular
time for another purpose.
❖ The idea was fairly simple – the car had to look ordinary on the outside, the
engine had to be modified for greater speed, floor boards had to be removed
and for the same purpose extra suspension springs were to be installed.
❖ Which group of people employed such stock cars?
❖ While at it, why were the floor boards removed?

25. Bootleggers used them to evade the police.

26. The interiors were modified to store as many liquor cases as possible.

27. 7.
❖ There is something fishy when it comes to the origin of this in car anatomy.
Although GM design chief Harley Earl is credited with this, the actual
innovator was Franklin Hershey who saw an early production model of a
P-38 at Selfridge air base and decided to incorporate something.
❖ Mercedes-Benz called them “Peilstege” or “sight lines,” which ostensibly
aided in backing up.
❖ What am I talking of?
❖ Image of P-38 on the next slide.

30. Tailfins
❖ Hershey saw an early production model of a P-38 at Selfridge air base and
thought the twin rudders of the airplane would make a sleek design addition
to the rear of future modern automobiles.

31. 8.
❖ Harley Earl seen here
with the Buck Y-Job, in
1939.
❖ What two word term,
taking a cue from the
likes of H.C. Verma,
was first applied for
such an advanced
model?

33. Concept Car

34. 9.
❖ On the next slides are screengrabs from the 1959 film ‘It Started with a Kiss’
starring Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford. As seen, the Ford model, Lincoln
______ was quite ahead of its time.
❖ The model shares its name with a 1927 release that was extensively
marketed as capturing the spirit of modernity, using the slogan "the [] of
today and tomorrow”.
❖ In 1966, it got its fresh lease, thanks to auto customizer George Barris.
❖ Which Ford model?
❖ How was it remodelled in 1966?

37. Lincoln Futura; Batmobile

38. 10.
❖ In 1963, Esquire published an article under the title "There Goes (Varoom!
Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline
Baby (Rahghhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)…"
centered on the custom car philosophy of George Barris.
❖ A couple of years later, the author came up with his first collection of essays,
this time, rather simply titled “The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake
Streamline Baby.”
❖ Who?

40. Tom Wolfe

41. 10.
❖ American automobiles had been created at such a rapid rate in the roaring
20s that second hand cars were often shipped to Canada and Mexico, both
nations lacking the same auto production as the US. Many of these cars were
put on ships and transported to Mexico’s port in the state of Veracruz, then
transported to the capital of the state.
❖ Upon arriving there, these cars were repaired and sold into the Mexican
market. These shiploads happened so frequently that the ship clerks and dock
workers began calling these cars by a slang name.
❖ What is the good word?

43. Jalopy from Jalapa

44. 11.
❖ In 2017, Kinoscope published an article called ‘Man and the Machine.’
❖ The 1950s biopic of which 1920s Chevrolet jalopy was the subject of the
article?

46. Ajantrik

47. 12.
❖ Ford is the oldest publicly listed American automakers.
❖ Founded by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, which is the
second?
❖ #kolstylz

49. Tesla Motors
❖ GM went bankrupt - and now, its stock is only four months younger than
TSLA. Also, Chrysler is not publicly listed. It went bankrupt as well.
Chrysler, however, is still a private company.
❖ Elon Musk is not the founder of Tesla. He joined very early in its history.

50. 13.
❖ During World War II, General Eisenhower wrote that most senior officers
regarded it as one of the five most important pieces of equipment used to win
the war, the other four being the bulldozer, the amphibious "Duck" truck, the
2½-ton 6x6 truck, and the C-47 airplane.
❖ What, dubbed ”America’s greatest contribution to modern warfare” by
George Marshall?

52. Jeep

53. 14.
❖ When the Imperial Japanese Army occupied the Philippines in 1941, they found an
American Jeep and promptly sent it to Japan. The Japanese military authorities
ordered Toyota to produce a similar vehicle but to alter the appearance.
❖ Later in 1941, the Japanese government instructed Toyota to produce a light truck
for Japan's military. In 1942, Toyota developed the AK10 prototype.
❖ In June 1954, they were compelled to find a new name. This was because of the
company whose ad you see on the next slide.
❖ The then Director of Technology Hanji Umehara had to come up with a name that
would not sound less dignified, especially when compared to an English
competitor.
❖ Which model be this, that was first used by Studebaker from 1934 to 1954?

56. Willys had trademarked ‘Jeep’.

57. Land Cruiser
❖ Competitor being Land Rover.

58. 15.
❖ The Studebaker ______ is a personal luxury coupe manufactured between
June 1962 and December 1963. It was marketed as "America's only four-
passenger high-performance personal car.”
❖ However, the name got a renewed interest in this part of the world, almost a
decade back from now.
❖ FITB.

61. Avanti
❖ Its name was based on the Studebaker Avanti. It was unveiled at the 2012
Auto Expo in New Delhi.

62. 16.
❖ The last ruler of a particular dynasty was a significant shareholder of
Mercedes during his heydays. It was thanks to his suggestion that The G-
class was developed as a military vehicle.
❖ On the next slide is an exhibit from the National Car Museum in Karaj.
❖ Who?
❖ In 1980, a European country took delivery of a specially made G-Wagen
outfitted with a clear thermoplastic top, for a specific use.
❖ What did it serve as?

65. Shah of Iran; Popemobile

66. 17.
❖ The 2009 Tamil film “TN 07 AL 4777” starring Pasupathy, Ajmal Ameer &
Simran Bagga was the remake of which 2006 film, which in turn is inspired
from a 2002 Hollywood film called ‘Changing Lanes’?

68. Taxi No. 9211

69. 18.
❖ Steven Butcher located over 2,000 classic, vintage cars for the production,
filling up city streets and parking lots in order to get the look just right.
Butcher was 11-years-old growing up in LA in 1969 and has been working on
cars on films for 30 years, and he says the average film that uses somewhere
between 300-500 films doesn’t come close to the challenge he faced in this film.
❖ Things became easier when two main models turned out to be deja vu, in the
context of the director’s ouevre.
❖ Which fairy tale was Butcher called in for?
❖ From the cars next slide, identify the respective films they were used in.
[2+4+4]

72. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

73. Reservoir Dogs

74. Kill Bill

75. 19.
❖ The BMW Art Car Project was introduced by the French racecar driver and
auctioneer Hervé Poulain, who wanted to invite an artist to create a canvas
on an automobile.
❖ In 1975, Poulain commissioned American artist and friend Alexander Calder
to paint the first BMW Art Car.
❖ On the next slides are two such artworks.
❖ ID the respective artist in each case.

79. Roy Lichtenstein; Robert Rauschenberg

80. 20.
❖ This heartthrob for his generation had to wear a stiff back brace because he
tore a muscle in his back during a sex orgy at his office. The seemingly rigid,
upright posture that can be seen in many photos and films of his public
appearances was a result of that brace. Hence during a motorcade, he was
unable to indulge in the reflex action one would believe him to.
❖ Needless to say, this did not end well for him.
❖ A one parter to end the session, who is this chap?

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