PreWarCar.com Christmas Quiz 2020 – Answers and the winner

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A tough end to a tough year. 2020 has been extremely challenging, as was our annual Christmas Quiz, it would seem. Although there were ‘only’ 35 questions and 7 mystery photos, it did not prove to be at all easy.

Not one participant was able to get all answers correct, but we did get a lot of good answers. And we have a top 3! First, the questions and the answers.

Answers PreWarCar.com Christmas Quiz 2020

Questions Day 1

1a) Which make was known for having its headlamps set into the mudguards? Pierce-Arrow

1b) Which cars were most important in the movie Genevieve? Darracq 10/12HP and Spijker 14/18 HP  (make alone is enough)

1c) Which make that founded the Auto Union group started selling cars first, and in what year? Horch in 1900/1901 (both years are good)

1d) Who was the chief engineer of the company that is the predecessor of the Cadillac Automobile company? Henry Ford (we also accept Henry Leland as correct)

1e) Which make was never a make in the ordinary sense of the word as there wasn’t a company or factory with that name, but was instead named after a magazine? English Mechanic

1f) Which make do we see in the lead photo? Mystery Photo Doble

Questions Day 2

2a) What is the actual bhp output of the Sunbeam 1000HP landspeed record car? Circa 870bhp

2b) Name 2 companies that used a Rolls Royce-style radiator for their pre-war cars. Examples are: Sizaire-Berwick, Moon, Roamer, Belga Rise, Beverley-Barnes, Alsace

2c) Which make fitted solid tyres on their passenger cars in the 1920s? Trojan

2d) Who built the first Wolseley cars? Herbert Austin

2e) Which American PreWarCar was the first car to have a St. Christopher medal on its dashboard as standard equipment? The Wasp car

2f) Which make do we see in the lead photo? Mystery Photo De Dion Bouton

Questions Day 3

3a) Which make was the first to use the name ‘Voiturette’ for its car? Léon Bollée

3b) What was the original model by the designer of the SextoAuto? Reeves Motocycle

3c) Which make changed the colour of the letter of the radiator emblem when one of the founders died and what was the original colour? Rolls Royce, red

3d) Which car was the worlds first production car to have fully independent suspension? The Sizaire Frères Type 4 RI from 1923

3e) Which make built 50 cars in 1907 and a year later took them all back to give the new 1908 model out for free? Regal Motor Car Co

3f) What make do we see in the lead photo, and also name the coachbuilder? Mystery Photo Minerva, Binder body (1927 Minerva Landaulet de Ville with Binder body)

Questions Day 4

4a) How often was the original Mille Miglia organized? 24 times, between 1927 and 1957

4b) When was the first motoring-event on Pebble Beach held and what was it? Pebble Beach Concours and the Road Races in 1950 (Del Monte Trophy) (we also accept the 17 Miles Drive in 1907 as correct)

4c) In which city did the Emancipation run end in 1900? Southsea

4d) What make was the winner of the first Monte Carlo Rally? Turcat-Méry in 1911

4e) Who won the Paris-Bordeaux race in 1898? R. de Knyff

4f) Which event do we see in the lead photo? Mystery Photo 1898 Paris-Amsterdam

Questions Day 5

5a) What was the first car that was bought by Winston Churchill? Mors (1901)

5b) Name a Russian company that accommodated automobile production at its railway factory? Examples are: Russo Baltique, Yakolev & Freze, Leninrad L1

5c) Name 4 Dutch coach builders. Examples are: Van Rijswijk, Pennock, Akkermans, Nefkens, Schutter & van Bakel, Van Leersum, Veth & Zoon, De Ley

5d) Who drove the first motor Tricycle in Western Australia, and in what year? Both Armand Bargigli in a Leon Bollée Voiturette and Anthelmina Serpolette on a motor Tricycle are accepted as correct. Year is 1898.

5e) Which make broke the world record for the fastest diesel car in 1939? Hanomag

5f) Which make and type do we see in the lead photo? Mystery Photo Hispano-Suiza H6B

Questions Day 6

6a) What car was used by the Gypsy Coeds when they made summer trips around 1934? 1926 Ford Model T

6b) Who was known as The Bugatti Queen? Hellé Nice/ Mariette Hélène Delangle

6c) Name two car makes that were founded by Ransom Eli Olds. Oldsmobile and REO

6d) What was David Brown Ltd's first road vehicle venture? Valveless car

6e) Who said that the Bentley is ‘Le camion plus vite du monde’? Ettore Bugatti

6f) Who are the people sitting in the little car, shown in this mystery photo (1 point per person)? Mystery Photo Josef Ganz and Paul Jaray

Questions Day 7

7a) Which American brands were assembled both in Poland and Romania before WW2? Ford and Chevrolet

7b) Which make was founded by Charles B. King and Jonathan Maxwell? Northern

7c) Who was the driver that broke the Land Speed Record with the Œuf de Pâques in 1902, and by whom was the earlier record held? Leon Serpollet, Camille Jenatzy

7d) In which year was the Hungarian Grand Prix held, before WW2? 1936

7e) Which German make was building cars from 1904 to1909 and became more well-known last year than it had ever been before? Corona

7f) What car (make and model) do we see in the lead photo? Mystery Photo 1898 Mors Voiture Fermee

The winners

Out of all the participants, no-one was flawless. However, there were a lot of correct answers. Also answers that increased our knowledge. Thank you for that.  Our judges Laurens Klein of PreWarCar.com and Pal Negyesi had a hard time to come to a conclusion but a winner of the 2020 PreWarCar.com Christmas Quiz has been chosen. The winner not only has the opportunity to brag all year about being the winner, but also receives a subscription to The Automobile magazine for a year.

The winner for 2020 is Neil Beadle!

Runner up, and winner of a year's subscription to the magazine ‘Rare & Unique Vehicles’ is: Gerd Klioba!

Third place, and thereby who the PreWarCar.com T-shirt goes to, is: Phil Seed!

Thank you all for participating in the quiz and congratulations to the winners.

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