Hope you have made a swift recovery from last nights celebrations, welcome to Day 7 of the Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz today’s questions will be about Concours d’Elegance featuring cars from the 1930’s to 1960’s.
Each day from December 26th until January 2nd there will be a new round of questions subjects covered to date are Films and TV , Formula One, NASCAR, Indycar, Ferrari, Sports Cars and Concours d’Elegance, see below,the remaining round will cover and Automobiliart making eight rounds in total.
There will be a total of 50 questions which break down into 120 segments. Some segments will require more than one piece of information to score a point. Only full points will be counted.
Enter your answers into the Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz Prize where the outright winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards. Entry details at the end of the questions below.
Wishing you all good luck and happy quizzing.
Click on the link ’12 01 01 A:G S Q Ans P 7:8′ above and you’ll be taken to another page from which the entry form can be down loaded. Don’t forget to add your name to the bottom of the answer sheet.
Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz Day 7 – Concours d’Elegance
Photo Courtesy Geoffrey Horton
Question 39
a) What is the car in the above photograph seen at the Peterson Collection (full name) ?
b) Which world champion learned to drive in the car above ?
c) what happened when this car was entered at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance after it had been restored by the erstwhile learner and his brother ?
3 pts
Question 40
a) What is the surname name of the Brothers who designed and built the car above ?
b) It was originally built in Italy but what is the part of Italy in which it was originally built now called ?
c) What is Mr Fusi of the ALFA Romeo Museum reported to have told Colin Crabbe when he found this car in New York ?
3 pts
Photo Courtesy Geoffrey Horton
Question 41
a) What is the full name of the vehicle of this vehicle seen at Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance (manufacturer, model, suffix) ?
b) Who designed the vehicle in the photo above ?
c) How many miles did this car complete on a fruitless promotional drive ?
3 pts
Question 42
a) What is the full name of the vehicle depicted in the photo above (manufacturer, model number and variant) ?
b) How many others of this exact type are known to exist ?
2 pts
Question 43
a) Who was the manufacturer and what is the model of the vehicle depicted above ?
b) What is the name of the company that in 2011 bought the Brand Name of the manufacturer of the above vehicle ?
2 pts
Question 44
a) What make model and Variant is the vehicle registered TRP 271 F above ?
b) Apart from being fast and based on a racing car what was it’s claim to fame when it was launched ?
2 pts
Click on the link ’12 01 01 A:G S Q Ans P 7:8′ above and you’ll be taken to another page from which the entry form can be down loaded. Don’t forget to add your name to the bottom of the answer sheet.
The overall winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards from the five sets of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards, further details of which can be seen at the end of this blog. THERE WILL BE NO CASH ALTERNATIVE in the event the winner declines to claim his or her prize.
Each day a .doc answer sheet will be available for download from the blog
once you have completed the answers please forward your entries to the e-mail address at the bottom of the answer sheet.
Terms & conditions
1. The winner of the prize will be the person who scores most points from all eight days of the competition.
2. In the unlikely event of a draw, a tie breaker round will be held on Monday 16th of January to find an outright winner.
3. The answers to all 8 rounds of the quiz will also be published on Monday 16th January.
4. The overall winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards from the five sets of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards, further details of which can be seen at the http://automobiliart.blogspot.com/2011/11/racing-history-greeting-cards.html. THERE WILL BE NO CASH ALTERNATIVE in the event the winner declines to claim his or her prize.
5. It is regrettable that knowledge is not an exact science, by submitting an entry you accept in good faith that the judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the answers or the prize either with GALPOT or Automobiliart.
6. Closing date for Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz entries is Sunday January 8th midnight GMT.
The Automobiliart GALPOT Seasonal Quiz.
December 26th – January 2nd
Win a set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards
Set 1 Sports & GT Cars
Set 2 Phil Hill World Drivers Championship 50th Anniversary Edition
Set 3 1934 Season
Set 4 Grand Prix Engines of the 1950’s
or
Set 5 Mike Hawthorn’s Race Cars
The Automobiliart GALPOT Seasonal Quiz will comprise 8 categories.
Overall winner chooses one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards from the five sets shown above.
The cards measure 15.24cm x 11.43cm, come in packs of 12 with 3 copies of 4 designs in each set, plus A6 envelopes.
Which set will you choose ?
Wishing everyone in the GALPOT family readers and contributors alike a Happy New Year ! Don’t forget to come back for the final Day 8 – Automobiliart tomorrow !



















































