Merry Christmas to all Race Department users! Happy Holiday, Jolly whatever-religious-denominational-celebration-you-celebrate, and enjoy the 25th of December if it isn't a celebration for you. To keep you awake during that weird week between Christmas and New Year, I have curated a quiz about 2017 in motorsport, gaming and on Race Department for you to try.
Below are 50 questions, split into 5 categories.
- 2017 Formula 1 season
- Other major series' in 2017
- 2017 Racing games, DLC's and updates
- What happened on Race Department in 2017
- Pictures Round
Please do not discuss your answers in the thread, or anywhere else until the competition closes. Use the thread to confirm that you have submitted an entry, or share questions you struggled with (something like "I know I got #35 wrong, did anyone else struggle with it?"). Just make sure you don't discuss the actual answers, or your process to finding it out.
Prizes will be given out to the winner(s). 1st prize is a full year of Premium membership, with 3 months for 2nd place, and 1 month for third place.
Good luck!
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Formula 1
1. Lewis Hamilton took the record for most Pole Positions this year. How many has he scored in his career?
2. How many drivers drove in a practice session but saw the car driven by someone else in the race?
3. Who was Daniel Ricciardo talking about when he said, “I like ‘em vulnerable”?
4. Which corner did Alfonso Celis Jr crash at during practice for his home Grand Prix?
5. Which circuit’s pole position lap was the fastest average speed of the season?
6. Which team dressed up their drivers as X-Wing pilots to promote Star Wars in Monaco?
7. How many race lap records were broken in 2017?
8. Which driver was awarded no penalties at all during the season?
9. Which team won Grill the Grid?
10. Add together every car number that drivers raced in 2017, what does it total?
Other Motorsports
11. How many laps did the first retiree from the 24 Hours of Le Mans complete?
12. How many drivers were awarded Fan Boost in Formula E in 2017?
13. Which tyre manufacturer won its first WRC rally in 2017?
14. Who lead the most laps at the Indy 500?
15. Who was the first person to lead the BTCC championship in 2017?
16. Which Formula 2 team were sponsored by Malbuner Pocket Sandwiches?
17. Which manufacturer started on pole for the Total 24 Hours of Spa?
18. FireKeepers Casino sponsored the NASCAR race at which speedway?
19. Which manufacturer won the most races in the DTM this season?
20. Who withdrew from the MotoGP British Grand Prix after crashing in the warmup session?
Racing Games and DLCs of 2017
21. Which engine for the Metalmoro AJR in Automobilista gives the highest top speed on default setup?
22. In F1 2017, which car do you have to do the Checkpoint Challenge around a wet Monaco Night in?
23. In the Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels expansion, what is the name of the island directly East of “Thrill City”, and south of “Spiral Summit”?
24. What percentage of the vote did my choice, the Ferrari 333SP, get in the 70th Anniversary Celebration Pack Assetto Corsa DLC vote, to the nearest whole number?
25. What date was the racetrack located in Avondale released for rFactor 2?
26. What is the most powerful car available in WRC 7?
27. You can find 5 different layouts of which circuit in Gran Turismo Sport?
28. “The Devil’s in the Detail” was the name of an update for which game?
29. Which track was released on the 29th of March for purchase on Race Room Racing Experience?
30. What year does the oldest DLC car in Project Cars 2 come from?
Race Department in 2017
31. Who was the first person to be Whammed?
32. Who won the fourth season of Formula FG’s Drivers Championship?
33. How many points did the last placed driver in the RDGTC score this year?
34. Who won a month of Premium for designing the best F1 layout of Sebring?
35. Who did Race Department vote for as their Driver of the Day in Hungary?
36. On which circuit was the first F1 2017 Club Race held on?
37. What number was the first counted down to in 2017 (GMT) [You either know what I’m talking about or you don’t]?
38. What was Race Department’s April Fools Day prank article?
39. What circuit were the drivers racing around when Joseph Wright uttered the words “I like you, let me touch your car”?
40. Who was adjudged to have rolled their car off a kerb the best?
Guess the…
For the first 5 images, I need to know the car or the driver. Make sure it's just one of the two, or it will be registered as a wrong answer, I can't get it to do that unfortunately.
For the second 5, I need to know which circuit it is.
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Submit your answers here.
Entries close on Jan 1st 2018 at 12:00GMT.
Enjoy the quiz, and MERRY CHRISTMAS from all of us at Race Department.
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