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