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Trivia Tuesday Round 11: British Racing Icons, Rolls-Royce to Bentley

Trivia Tuesday Round 11: British Racing Icons, Rolls-Royce to Bentley
BIDR Trivia Tuesday Round 11: British Racing Legends

BIDR's Trivia Tuesday: Round 11

British Legends Special — Caterham, BRM, Bentley, Rolls-Royce & More

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Long before gavel drama and bidding wars, there was a London lock-up where a man named Colin Chapman welded aluminum tubs by hand, a Mini out-driving Europe's finest through the Alps on ice, and a dark green BRM finally beating the Italians at their own game. Britain didn't just build cars — it built a scrappy, obsessive racing culture that punched miles above its weight.

This week's quiz runs through the marques, drivers, and record-breakers behind that reputation. And it's no coincidence we're running it now: live on BIDR right now is a 2025 Caterham Seven 620R — the direct descendant of Chapman's original Lotus Seven, still being hand-built in England, and still faster than most things on the road.

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QUESTION 1
In 1973, Lotus decided to discontinue a certain lightweight roadster. British dealer Graham Nearn bought the rights and kept building it under a new name: Caterham. What was the car originally called?
QUESTION 2
In 1962, British Racing Motors (BRM) won the only Formula 1 World Championship double in the team's history. Who was the driver?
QUESTION 3
The Mini Cooper S won the Monte Carlo Rally outright in 1964, 1965, and 1967 — but was controversially disqualified from what looked like a win in:
QUESTION 4
In 1964, Donald Campbell became the only person ever to set a world land speed record and a world water speed record in the same year — both in vehicles bearing the same name. What was it?
QUESTION 5
Jaguar's D-Type — its monocoque "tub" and tail fin shaped by aircraft engineer-turned-car-designer Malcolm Sayer — won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three years running. Which years?
QUESTION 6
Aston Martin's only outright victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans came in 1959, with the DBR1 driven by Carroll Shelby and:
QUESTION 7
Charles Rolls and Henry Royce signed the handshake agreement that created Rolls-Royce in:
QUESTION 8
Bentley won the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times in the 1920s and '30s, piloted by a group of wealthy British privateers nicknamed the "Bentley Boys." In which year did the Speed Six finish an astonishing 1-2-3-4?
QUESTION 9
In 1958, which British team became the first-ever winner of the Formula 1 Constructors' Championship, with Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks sharing driving duties?
QUESTION 10
Last one. Morgan Motor Company has built cars in Malvern, England since 1910 — and to this day still frames its car bodies using:

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