The Nul Point Quiz

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No DRS, no hints, no half points. The point of this quiz is that you don't get any right

Q1. What fact connects Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, apart from their association in F1?

Red Bull

Vettel was born in 1987, the same year that the first can of Red Bull was sold

Q2. Who was the first woman to appear on an F1 podium?

A Woman, how dare she!

Ginny Williams joined Mansell and Piquet on the podium at the 1986 British GP

Q3. What is Bernie Ecclestones first name?

Not Bernie!

Bernand NOT Bernard. Yeah, I didn't know either

Q4. Who started calling him Bernie?

Not me

Jochen Rindt

Q5. Who won the first ever Grand Prix?

Read the question

Hungarian Ferenc Szisz at Le Mans in 1906

Q6. Sebastian Buemi scored points at the 2009 Australian GP. Who was the last Swiss driver to do this before him?

Money in the (numbered) bank account

Marc Surer at the 1985 Italian GP

Q7. What flavour drink did Damon Hill used to have in his car during an F1 race?

Not Red Bull

Tea - as it used to get hot. How very British!

Q8. Which driver had the nickname Fletcher?

No, I don't know why

Jody Scheckter

Q9. What size are the stone in the gravel traps?

Yes, it is regulated and there is a range

Between 5 and 16mm diameter - no half points remember

Q10. Why are British racing cars supposed to painted British Racing Green?

But they're not are they? No! As they want to paint gaudy sponsors logos all over the bloody cars these days don't they!

The first British motor race took place in Ireland so green was chosen as a thank you to the Irish

If anybody gets more than one I shall be pissed off!

 

[F1Brits_90]

yes I got 1

Spoiler

I remember that a few drivers like coulthard use to have cold tea, like Malaysia as it heat up & is far nicer than hot syrupy lucosade or red bull

 

[cider_and_toast]

A big fat zero.

Didn't even come close to scoring a point.

 

[Incubus]

I got two points! (Q5 and 6)

sorry FB

 

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[F1Brits_90]

by the way sorry, i just realised i forgot to spoiler my reply

 

[Road of Bones]

I got one - bit of a fall to earth after the Baku quiz...

 

[FB]

I needed to know about Q8. Here's the answer courtesy of McLaren.com:

Interesting but pointless fact

In his formative years Jody Scheckter was as wild and unrestrained behind the wheel as he was brilliantly talented. The curly-haired South African was quickly afforded the nickname ‘Fletcher’ after the baby seagull in the book Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, who tried to fly when he was too young and kept on crashing into the cliff face.

 

[vintly]

Now I want to know why the seagull in the book was called Fletcher.

 

[gethinceri]

Piece of piss.
0.

 

[Titch]

Happy Days.
0

 

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I like to think of a quiz like this as being built on the Rethian principals: To Educate, Inform and Entertain.

 

[teabagyokel]

Zero.

 

[Andyoak]

I just want Scheckter to be nicknamed after Ronald Stanley Fletcher...

 

[teabagyokel]

Do you mean Norman Stanley Fletcher?

 

[Andyoak]

Hey, it was late and I was drunk

 

[Jos the Boss]

God bless that bird who flew too soon! 1!