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  • 1. What does LSR stand for in the context of the text?
A) Local speed regulation
B) Light supersonic run
C) Land speed record
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) AIACR and FIM
D) AAA and FIA
  • 3. What category do all subsequent LSRs belong to after 1963?
A) FIA Category C
B) FIM Category B
C) FIA Category A
D) AIACR Category D
  • 4. Which engine classes are typical for modern FIA Category C LSR vehicles?
A) Diesel or gasoline internal combustion
B) Hybrid or pedal powered
C) Steam engine or electric motor
D) Jet engine or rocket powered
  • 5. What are the standard lengths for a speed measurement course for FIA LSRs?
A) 500 metres or 2 miles
B) 1 kilometre or 1 mile
C) 100 metres or 5 miles
D) 5 kilometres or 10 miles
  • 6. Within what time limit must the two runs in opposite directions be completed?
A) 30 minutes
B) One hour
C) 15 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 ten percent
C) At least five percent
D) At least half a percent
  • 8. Until what year was the fastest land transport powered by horses?
A) 1902
B) 1947
C) 1964
D) 1829
  • 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) 1947
B) 1829
C) 1924
D) 1963
  • 11. What was the maximum gradient allowed for the racing surface under the 1924 AIACR regulations?
A) 1 percent
B) 5 percent
C) 0.5 percent
D) 2 percent
  • 12. Into what organization did the AIACR evolve in 1947?
A) SCTA
B) FIA
C) AAA
D) FIM
  • 13. Why was the Spirit of America not recognized by the FIA in 1963?
A) It used a piston engine
B) It was too slow
C) It did not complete the return run
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) Salt flats
C) Frozen lakes
D) Dirt roads
  • 15. Why does the FIA not recognize separate men's and women's land speed records?
A) Speed limits are identical for both
B) Logistics make separate records too difficult
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) Guinness World Records
B) Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
C) Automobile Club de France
D) Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
  • 17. Who seemingly started the unofficial women's land speed records in 1906?
A) Paula Murphy
B) Dorothy Levitt
C) Kitty O'Neil
D) Jessi Combs
  • 18. Where did Dorothy Levitt set her 1906 record?
A) Paris, France
B) Bonneville Salt Flats, USA
C) Blackpool, England
D) Alvord Desert, USA
  • 19. What sobriquet was given to Dorothy Levitt?
A) The Salt Flat Legend
B) The Queen of Speed
C) The Fastest Girl on Earth
D) The Rocket Woman
  • 20. What car did Dorothy Levitt drive in 1906?
A) A Studebaker Avanti
B) SMI Motivator
C) A six-cylinder Napier motorcar
D) A jet dragster Avenger
  • 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) Craig Breedlove
B) Walt Arfons
C) Art Arfons
D) Andy Granatelli
  • 23. Which tire company backed Betty Skelton when she drove Art Arfons's Cyclops?
A) Firestone
B) Michelin
C) Goodyear
D) Dunlop
  • 24. Whose car did Lee Breedlove pilot to set a record in 1965?
A) Walt Arfons's Avenger
B) Craig Breedlove's Spirit of America – Sonic I
C) Art Arfons's Cyclops
D) SMI Motivator
  • 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) Lee Breedlove
B) Paula Murphy
C) Kitty O'Neil
D) Jessi Combs
  • 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) 50 percent
B) 100 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 60 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) Spirit of America Project
C) Avenger Dragster Project
D) SMI Motivator 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) September 1976
D) June 2020
  • 32. What speed was Jessi Combs posthumously credited with by the Guinness Book of Records in June 2020?
A) 825.127 km/h (512.710 mph)
B) 841.338 km/h (522.783 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) Black Rock Desert, USA
B) Lake Eyre, New Zealand
C) Bonneville Salt Flats, USA
D) Lake Eyre, Australia
  • 34. Whose time became the official FIA LSR in July 1964, despite the driver being disappointed?
A) Henry Segrave
B) Craig Breedlove
C) Malcolm Campbell
D) Donald 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) December 11, 1964
D) October 1964
  • 36. Where did the meeting between the FIA and FIM take place on December 11, 1964?
A) Paris
B) Geneva
C) London
D) Sydney
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