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Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:26 pm
by MadKaw
robracer wrote:Rome
Dave Simmonds in 1969 when they won the 125cc World Championship
3 years
No
Yes (who was his mechanic then..

)
No.
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:29 pm
by ZXRobyn
MadKaw wrote:Some more easy ones then..
1. What country has the worlds largest McDonalds.?
2. What was Kawasaki's first world title, what year and who was the rider (for bonus points who was the mechanic).?
3. How long has the Halls Gap bash been going.?
a1. Orlando Florida - in a building decorated to look like a large bag of fries.
a2. Dave Simmonds 1969 - 125cc - Kawasaki mechanics
a3. 4 years - because it was the 4th annual shebang?
How'd I go Dave?

Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:37 pm
by robracer
Rusia
No idea of the Mechanic... wiki doesnt know either
4 years
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:45 pm
by MadKaw
Robyn got in first... I would have taken China for the Mcdonalds Q as well. There is an arguement over who has the biggest..
BTW, Dave Simmonds Mechanic was .......
Dave Simmonds, he fixed it between races himself...
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:48 pm
by robracer
Piped at the post

Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:24 pm
by ZXRobyn
Q1. Who is Cyndy Violette and what is she famous for?
Q2. My bike has been tested at 108db (at 5,500rpm)....
(without using hearing protection), how many hours of exposure can be tolerated without hearing loss?
Q3. Which KSRC member has made the most posts and how many has he/she made?
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:36 pm
by Benno
ZXRobyn wrote:Q1. Who is Cyndy Violette and what is she famous for? Female Poker Champ
Q2. My bike has been tested at 108db (at 5,500rpm)....
(without using hearing protection), how many hours of exposure can be tolerated without hearing loss? About 3 mins (109 - 2 mins, 106 - 4 mins
Q3. Which KSRC member has made the most posts and how many has he/she made? Neka - 13452 (But more were made prior to ksrc on the ezeboards which aren't shown!)
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:39 pm
by photomike666
Q1) She is a bonafide "World Series of Poker"champion bracelet winner,
and she did it before the game became "all the rage" the world over.
Q2) Can damage hearing after 1 hour exposure per day (
http://www.abelard.org/hear/hear.htm#how-loud)
Q3) Neka 13452 posts as of 7:38PM Mon 07 April - probably many more by the time you read this.
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:57 pm
by ZXRobyn
Again.... sorry Benno

I'm gonna have to hand it over to photomike. Q2 was 1hr and due to the lack of detail in your response to Q1. Good effort tho
Good stuff Mike, congrats - now over to you!!

Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:03 pm
by Benno
You'd be rooting my ex too wouldn't ya mike

Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:48 pm
by photomike666
Benno wrote:You'd be rooting my ex too wouldn't ya mike

Only if she was the result of a Yahoo search

Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:07 pm
by photomike666
OK, Back to the questions
1) DJ Fat Boy Slim is also known as?
2) The worlds first production motorcycle was a 1500CC twin (about 1000 were made). But who made it and in what year. Bonus kudos for getting its HP and top speed?
3) What event caused Ronster to reduce his Signature to 'C'?
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:48 pm
by Six Addict
photomike666 wrote:OK, Back to the questions
1) DJ Fat Boy Slim is also known as?
2) The worlds first production motorcycle was a 1500CC twin (about 1000 were made). But who made it and in what year. Bonus kudos for getting its HP and top speed?
3) What event caused Ronster to reduce his Signature to 'C'?
1. born: Quentin Leo Cook known as: Norman Cook
2.Sylvester Howard Roper 1867.... it was a steam engined motorcycle... it did 32mph maxxed out and provided up to 225psi. not sure if that counts as power... ill keep looking for the power figure in BHP
3. NFI as im a newbie
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:54 pm
by Six Addict
alternatively for question 2 u have daimler building a motorcycle in 1885. it was a single cylinder with 0.5 HP @700 RPM and a top whack of 12km/h.
264cc bore of 58mm and a stroke of100mm.... im still trying to find this 1500cc twin ur talking about.....
Re: KSRC Trivia Competition..
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:55 pm
by Six Addict
looks like that Roper bike was a twin clinder but i cant confirm the 1500cc..... so ill stick with the roper bike in 1876