Junkman Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 1, 2 and 3 are easy, but the rest beats the shit out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 I don't want to discourage you, but I reckon 3 is probably the hardest question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoda_fan Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Like everyone else so far, it would appear, my brain has turned to mush. What I do know is that I now want to own every car pictured! Incidentally, just looking at your sig list, Mr B, you must certainly win the prize for "most eclectic and interesting fleet"! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I went to a village-hall quiz on Monday. I didn't do very well and moaned to the rest of my "team" that there should have been some car questions. These are all car questions and I have no answers. None at all. Perhaps I should go get a Yaris on PCP. Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w00dy Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I used to think I knew a bit about cars, but not now. Who knew Google wouldn't be able to help me when searching for "car with a widow's peak". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I thought I had a reasonably broad knowledge of cars... It appears not. That's mega hard. I'm happy to appreciate the effort that's gone into it and look at the pictures though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_am_Diesel Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I feel inadequate and a failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
406V6 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Impressive quiz. I thought I knew a bit about cars but I've struggled on all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I don't want to discourage you, but I reckon 3 is probably the hardest question...Worryingly 3 is the only one I can come up with an answer for. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 This is too hard for my feeble intellect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 The day of reckoning draws ever nearer. So far response has been... disappointing. Have a go, even if you only get a couple right you're still very much on with a chance. C'mon, don't let me have put all that effort in for nothing yellowperil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Bump. Not much time left to get those entries in. I have realised that not only was this unsolvable by anyone but myself, it was also offputtingly (not a word) difficult, so sorry about that. It would be a shame if FIVE YEARS of planning went down the toilet though yeh, so at least have a crack at it, ya miserable bunch of cunts Sir Snipes, garethj, yellowperil and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I would love to... I just don't have a clue. Will stare at pictures some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I shall forward my feeble attempt forthwith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I would love to... I just don't have a clue. Will stare at pictures some moreMore or less this. GLWTSQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I've come back to this a few times and I am still clueless. I just don't know enough, which is pretty poor for someone who grew up surrounded by Motor Sport magazines in year-high piles going back to 1946 and Autocar back to when the mice had chewed them beyond reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I saw you'd had a pretty poor response so thought I'd have a bash.I've not even sent you my answers as it became clear I'm an utter dunce with interesting old cars and have spent far too long concentrating on which models of Astra F came with electric front windows, year on year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Clue: one of the answers has been discussed, since I posted this, in some depth on a popular 89 page thread elsewhere on the forum... loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandersnatch Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 While I thank you for taking the time to set this fiendish quiz I is idiot stupid head and I can’t answer any of them. Very poor I know. One’s too many, ten’s not enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Have also had a bash, sketchily completed answer should be on its way. Thanks for all your effort in devising it, just answering a fraction of it has left me shattered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I am the weakest link, good bye. somewhatfoolish and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Is there going to be a reveal anywhen, or can't you meanwhile reconstruct the answers yourself anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Yes, I need to tot up the scores first and then I'll unleash a mass groan with the answers... soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Right, here's the moment you've all been waiting for! I haven't had a spare second to tot the scores up yet, but just to put everyone out their misery: Round one: odd one out The odd one out is D. Skoda, Izh and Hotchkiss were all manufacturers of guns. The Mitsubishi Colt is only named after one Round two: hiding in plain sightThese are all Citroen 2cvs. A - Charbonneaux, B - Akkermans, C - Allemano and D - Dagonet, further modified by a monsieur Pascal Round three: odd one outThe odd one out is C. All the other cars use a Triumph Herald engine. That isn't a Triumph Herald, it's a Herald-Climax, powered by an 1100cc Coventry Climax unit. Apparently this conversion was offered commercially but I'm not sure by whom. Sorry, I'm a cunt. Round four: find the themeAll these cars are unsuccessful revivals of old marques. A - Allard, B - Lea Francis, C - Pegaso, D - Vanwall, E - Lea Francis again, F - Duesenburg, G - Frazer Nash, H - Invicta Round five: Music roundThe odd one out is B. The Austin Maxi and Volvo estate are both name checked in songs by The Fall. The Corsa's UK TV ad campaign used The Fall's 'Touch Sensitive' as its soundtrack Round six: find the themeAll three cars formed the basis of Monteverdis. Yeah. Round seven: hiding in plain sightThe connection is all four are Rolls-Royces, although without the trademark radiator. A - Poberejsky, B - Binder, C - Hooper for Nubar Gulbenkian D - Labourdette Vutotal Round eight: pairing upCar 1 matches with car C - the OTI microcar was built in the old Bugatti factoryCar 2 matches car B - both designed by Gabriel VoisinCar 3 matches car D - old coachbuilders Gill, who built the all weather tourer body on that Rolls, went on to build the Gill Getabout postwarCar 4 matches car A - both ACs Round nine: taxi!A - Italdesign Alfa from 1978B - Michelotti Triumph from 1965C - Renault, based on a Juvaquatre, 1948ishD - Some soviet thing the name of which escapes me. That's right, this quiz is so difficult I've forgotten the answer to my own question Round ten: find the themeThey all use doors from other manufacturers. Austin 3 Litre (Landcrab, Maxi et al), Frazer Nash Continental (Porsche 356), Ginetta G12 (MGB), Bond Equipe (Triumph Herald) Round eleven: pairing upA and 2 - Opel and DKW MonzaB and 1 - Allard and Trident ClipperC and 4 - Lanchester and Riley SpriteD and 3 - Rochdale and Riley Riviera Round twelve: find the themeDoggos! A - Terrier Mk2, B - Willys Whippet, C - Siva Saluki and D - AC Greyhound Well, there you go. I hope you found that as uninteresting as I did. Wassail! puddlethumper, loserone, DSdriver and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Good game, good game lots of fun. Thankless task but thank you anyway, like I said it made me look at some books I had almost forgotten I owned..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I would have got Question 3 sort of right, too. Well, I guessed it was a Herald thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 It was devilish, though - I clearly over-thought some of my answers..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Well, I reckon I got a grand total of 0 correct answers. Which is to be expected. This quiz was fiendishly obscure throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingjehovahs Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 This was very difficult and I got zero. However, can’t deny the hard work that went into it, this was seriously well researched and pulled together. Top marks man Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 I'm not used to looking at car stuff and being completely baffled so much of the time. Excellent work, Barrett! loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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