Cycling Quiz
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West Lothian Clarion held a quiz night last Friday, there have been a couple of requests to post the questions online... So here they are if you want to test yourself.
More information on the club here
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 4#15068644
Some of the questions relate to the club so only members will have a chance of knowing those answers but most are general cycling questions.
The winners managed 29/35, see if you can beat that without resorting to the web for assistance!
WLC CYCLING QUIZ SPONSORED BY ROBIN AT THE BIKE AND SKI CLININC
1. How long has the bike and ski clinic in Brightons been going?
2. When did the first Tour de France take place
3. Who won the 2008 women's world road race champs
4. What is Bill's record time for the Sea to Sky Challenge?
a 59.34
b. 1.09.34
c 2.19.34
5. When did Robert Millar win the KIng of the Mountains in the Tour
6. What is the distance by road of Lands end to John o groats
a 874 miles
b 974 miles
c 1074 miles
7. What is Gethin Butlers record for cycling on a conventional bke between Lands end and john ogroats
a, 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds
b. 66 hours 4 mins and 20 seconds
c 88 hours 4 mins and 20 seconds
8. Who is the British road race champion this year?
9. What was Greg Lemond's winning margin over Laurant Fignon in the 1989 Tour?
10. Who holds the record for the most green jersey wins in the tour?
11. How long was the 2008 Etape de caledonia
12. Who won the tour of britain this year
a Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld
b Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
c Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes – Ballan
13. Who is the brittish cyclist (and clarion member) with the most tour stages
14. What religeous celebration coincides with the clarion's easter meet
a. Passoever
b. Easter
c. Ramadam
15. Who is the British cyclings performance director
16. In How many disciplines did British cyclist get gold medals in at the Beijing Olympics
17. Who has won the most stage wins in the tour
18. When was the national clarion formed
19. What was Bernard Hinault's nick name
a The Badger
b The fox
c The wolf
20. Where does the word audax come from?
21. How many bikes does club member allan black have
a 8
b 10
c 16
22. when did graham obree first break the world hour record
23. What is the colour of the leaders jersey in the Tour of italy
24. According to the sun what is the circumference of chris hoy's thighs?
a 48cm
b 68cm
c 88cm
25. name one of the 3 riders to have won the Polka dot jersey 6 times
26. What are the colours of the world champions rainbow jersey
27. The brittish 10 TT record is 17.58 who holds this record
28. how long is meadowbank track
29. How many times has Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France
30. In which year did the first bike race take place
31. which scottish inventor is widley credited with inventing the pedal cycle
32. What is the highest PUBLIC road in th UK
33. Who won the 2008 paris roubaix
34 What did Jacques Anquetil say to his rival Raymond Poulidor on his death bed?
35 What position did the West Lothian Clarion come in the scottish 2008 TTT champs
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More information on the club here
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 4#15068644
Some of the questions relate to the club so only members will have a chance of knowing those answers but most are general cycling questions.
The winners managed 29/35, see if you can beat that without resorting to the web for assistance!
WLC CYCLING QUIZ SPONSORED BY ROBIN AT THE BIKE AND SKI CLININC
1. How long has the bike and ski clinic in Brightons been going?
2. When did the first Tour de France take place
3. Who won the 2008 women's world road race champs
4. What is Bill's record time for the Sea to Sky Challenge?
a 59.34
b. 1.09.34
c 2.19.34
5. When did Robert Millar win the KIng of the Mountains in the Tour
6. What is the distance by road of Lands end to John o groats
a 874 miles
b 974 miles
c 1074 miles
7. What is Gethin Butlers record for cycling on a conventional bke between Lands end and john ogroats
a, 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds
b. 66 hours 4 mins and 20 seconds
c 88 hours 4 mins and 20 seconds
8. Who is the British road race champion this year?
9. What was Greg Lemond's winning margin over Laurant Fignon in the 1989 Tour?
10. Who holds the record for the most green jersey wins in the tour?
11. How long was the 2008 Etape de caledonia
12. Who won the tour of britain this year
a Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld
b Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
c Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes – Ballan
13. Who is the brittish cyclist (and clarion member) with the most tour stages
14. What religeous celebration coincides with the clarion's easter meet
a. Passoever
b. Easter
c. Ramadam
15. Who is the British cyclings performance director
16. In How many disciplines did British cyclist get gold medals in at the Beijing Olympics
17. Who has won the most stage wins in the tour
18. When was the national clarion formed
19. What was Bernard Hinault's nick name
a The Badger
b The fox
c The wolf
20. Where does the word audax come from?
21. How many bikes does club member allan black have
a 8
b 10
c 16
22. when did graham obree first break the world hour record
23. What is the colour of the leaders jersey in the Tour of italy
24. According to the sun what is the circumference of chris hoy's thighs?
a 48cm
b 68cm
c 88cm
25. name one of the 3 riders to have won the Polka dot jersey 6 times
26. What are the colours of the world champions rainbow jersey
27. The brittish 10 TT record is 17.58 who holds this record
28. how long is meadowbank track
29. How many times has Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France
30. In which year did the first bike race take place
31. which scottish inventor is widley credited with inventing the pedal cycle
32. What is the highest PUBLIC road in th UK
33. Who won the 2008 paris roubaix
34 What did Jacques Anquetil say to his rival Raymond Poulidor on his death bed?
35 What position did the West Lothian Clarion come in the scottish 2008 TTT champs
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Is 14 a trick question ?0
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Nah, it was stuck in as a bit of fun to highlight the Clarion's Easter meet...
Everyone got the answer right
More details here
http://www.clarioncc.org/Ramsbottom.html
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