Cars & Transport Trivia
Automakers and classic models, motor racing, trains, ships, airships and planes. This category covers how we get around — and the engineering stories behind it.
Type the make, the model or the term yourself. Each question comes with a short fact from transport history.
- 195questions
- 41easy
- 69medium
- 85hard
What's covered
- Automakers
- Classic cars
- Motor racing
- Trains
- Ships
- Aviation
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- easy
What term describes a car body style with a roof that can be folded down or retracted, allowing for open-air driving?
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Convertible
Many convertibles use a folding fabric soft-top, but some modern models instead have a retractable hard metal roof that stows itself in the trunk.
- easy
What is the name for the spinning overhead blade assembly that generates the lift allowing a helicopter to fly?
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Rotor
A helicopter's main rotor typically spins at 300 to 500 RPM (within the broader 300-600 RPM documented range for helicopters generally), pushing air downward to create the upward force that lifts the aircraft.
- medium
Which American aerospace company designed and manufactured the wide-body 747, the aircraft nicknamed the original 'jumbo jet'?
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Boeing
The 747 entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970, and was assembled at Boeing's Everett plant, the world's largest building by volume.
- medium
Which American tyre company's fleet of advertising airships, nicknamed blimps, has taken to the skies since the 1920s?
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Goodyear
Goodyear built its first commercial blimp, the Pilgrim, in 1925, and its airships have been beaming aerial shots of live sports on TV ever since.
- hard
How many interlocking circles appear in the logo of the German car manufacturer Audi, each representing one of the founding companies of Auto Union?
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Four
The circles originally stood for the four founding companies of Auto Union: Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer, which merged in 1932.
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