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