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List of land speed records
  • 1. What does LSR stand for in the context of the text?
A) Land speed record
B) Long span racing
C) Local speed regulation
D) Light supersonic run
  • 2. Which two organizations made a 1964 agreement regarding the absolute land speed record?
A) AIACR and FIM
B) AAA and FIA
C) AIACR and SCTA
D) FIA and FIM
  • 3. What category do all subsequent LSRs belong to after 1963?
A) FIA Category C
B) AIACR Category D
C) FIM Category B
D) FIA Category A
  • 4. Which engine classes are typical for modern FIA Category C LSR vehicles?
A) Diesel or gasoline internal combustion
B) Steam engine or electric motor
C) Hybrid or pedal powered
D) Jet engine or rocket powered
  • 5. What are the standard lengths for a speed measurement course for FIA LSRs?
A) 5 kilometres or 10 miles
B) 1 kilometre or 1 mile
C) 100 metres or 5 miles
D) 500 metres or 2 miles
  • 6. Within what time limit must the two runs in opposite directions be completed?
A) 30 minutes
B) One hour
C) Two hours
D) 15 minutes
  • 7. By what percentage must a new record mark exceed the previous one to be validated?
A) At least five percent
B) At least ten percent
C) At least half a percent
D) At least one percent
  • 8. Until what year was the fastest land transport powered by horses?
A) 1964
B) 1829
C) 1947
D) 1902
  • 9. Which club proclaimed itself arbiter of the automobile record around 1902?
A) Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
B) Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus
C) Southern California Timing Association
D) Automobile Club de France
  • 10. In what year did the AIACR introduce new regulations requiring two passes in opposite directions?
A) 1924
B) 1829
C) 1947
D) 1963
  • 11. What was the maximum gradient allowed for the racing surface under the 1924 AIACR regulations?
A) 2 percent
B) 0.5 percent
C) 1 percent
D) 5 percent
  • 12. Into what organization did the AIACR evolve in 1947?
A) FIA
B) SCTA
C) AAA
D) FIM
  • 13. Why was the Spirit of America not recognized by the FIA in 1963?
A) It was too slow
B) It did not complete the return run
C) It was a three-wheeler and not wheel-driven
D) It used a piston engine
  • 14. Where are record runs frequently conducted in the U.S. and Australia?
A) Dirt roads
B) Salt flats
C) Asphalt tracks
D) Frozen lakes
  • 15. Why does the FIA not recognize separate men's and women's land speed records?
A) Logistics make separate records too difficult
B) Speed limits are identical for both
C) Records use motorized vehicles rather than muscle-powered ones
D) There are not enough female drivers
  • 16. Which organization does recognize gender-based land speed records?
A) Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
B) Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
C) Automobile Club de France
D) Guinness World Records
  • 17. Who seemingly started the unofficial women's land speed records in 1906?
A) Kitty O'Neil
B) Jessi Combs
C) Dorothy Levitt
D) Paula Murphy
  • 18. Where did Dorothy Levitt set her 1906 record?
A) Bonneville Salt Flats, USA
B) Paris, France
C) Blackpool, England
D) Alvord Desert, USA
  • 19. What sobriquet was given to Dorothy Levitt?
A) The Rocket Woman
B) The Salt Flat Legend
C) The Fastest Girl on Earth
D) The Queen of Speed
  • 20. What car did Dorothy Levitt drive in 1906?
A) A Studebaker Avanti
B) A jet dragster Avenger
C) A six-cylinder Napier motorcar
D) SMI Motivator
  • 21. Who drove a Studebaker Avanti at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1963?
A) Betty Skelton
B) Lee Breedlove
C) Kitty O'Neil
D) Paula Murphy
  • 22. In whose jet dragster Avenger did Paula Murphy raise her record in 1964?
A) Walt Arfons
B) Craig Breedlove
C) Art Arfons
D) Andy Granatelli
  • 23. Which tire company backed Betty Skelton when she drove Art Arfons's Cyclops?
A) Michelin
B) Dunlop
C) Goodyear
D) Firestone
  • 24. Whose car did Lee Breedlove pilot to set a record in 1965?
A) Craig Breedlove's Spirit of America – Sonic I
B) SMI Motivator
C) Walt Arfons's Avenger
D) Art Arfons's Cyclops
  • 25. According to author Rachel Kushner, why did Craig Breedlove talk Lee into taking the car out?
A) To break the absolute overall speed record permanently
B) To test a new type of rocket fuel
C) To monopolize the salt flats and block a competitor
D) To fulfill a contractual obligation with Goodyear
  • 26. Who set the women's absolute record in 1976 at the Alvord Desert?
A) Kitty O'Neil
B) Lee Breedlove
C) Jessi Combs
D) Paula Murphy
  • 27. What vehicle did Kitty O'Neil use for her 1976 record?
A) Spirit of America – Sonic I
B) SMI Motivator
C) Cyclops
D) North American Eagle Project
  • 28. What percentage of her car's power was Kitty O'Neil restricted to using due to her contract?
A) 80 percent
B) 100 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 50 percent
  • 29. On what date did Jessi Combs raise the women's four-wheel land speed class record?
A) August 27, 2019
B) September 1965
C) October 9, 2013
D) June 2020
  • 30. Which project was Jessi Combs driving for when she set her records?
A) Spirit of America Project
B) North American Eagle Project
C) SMI Motivator Project
D) Avenger Dragster Project
  • 31. When was Jessi Combs tragically killed during an attempt to raise the four-wheel record?
A) October 9, 2013
B) September 1976
C) June 2020
D) August 27, 2019
  • 32. What speed was Jessi Combs posthumously credited with by the Guinness Book of Records in June 2020?
A) 496.492 km/h (308.506 mph)
B) 632.40 km/h (392.954 mph)
C) 825.127 km/h (512.710 mph)
D) 841.338 km/h (522.783 mph)
  • 33. Where did Donald Campbell's Bluebird CN7 post its 1964 speed record?
A) Bonneville Salt Flats, USA
B) Lake Eyre, Australia
C) Lake Eyre, New Zealand
D) Black Rock Desert, USA
  • 34. Whose time became the official FIA LSR in July 1964, despite the driver being disappointed?
A) Henry Segrave
B) Donald Campbell
C) Craig Breedlove
D) Malcolm Campbell
  • 35. When did the FIA and FIM meet in Paris to resolve the confusion regarding land speed records?
A) September 1963
B) July 17, 1964
C) October 1964
D) December 11, 1964
  • 36. Where did the meeting between the FIA and FIM take place on December 11, 1964?
A) London
B) Paris
C) Sydney
D) Geneva
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