Trivia Quiz #206 - Racing Trivia Quiz

Racing Trivia - Questions and Answers

1. In horse racing, how long is the Breeder's Cup?
    
2. Winning a total of 20 races, how many total rides did South
   African-born Michael Roberts take in 1992 English horse racing?
    
3. Which of the triple Crown races is held on Long Island?
    
4. Herve Filion topped what sport with a record of 14,084 wins?
    
5. The Spa-Francorchamps motor racing track is in what country?
    
6. The British call it stock car racing... what do Americans call
   it?
    
7. Horse racing's Melbourne Cup is held in what month?
    
8. Racing's Niki Lauda born in which country?
    
9. What is the name of the song in which Stephen Foster encourages
   people to bet on de bay?
    
10. Bernie Ecclestone is associated with what multi million dollar
    sport?
     
11. Who is France's most successful racing driver of all time?
     
12. What is the last name of the racing brothers Emerson and Wilson?
     
13. Juan Manuel Fangio comes from what South American country?
     
14. Walter Cronkite was part of what car racing team that competed in
    the 1959 Sebring 12-hour race?
     
15. What riding practice did jockey Tod Sloan popularize in horse
    racing?
     
16. In horse racing what are the three big races only for fillies
    called?
     
17. What racing competition became a best-of-nine series in 1995?
     
18. What racing sport achieves the highest speeds?
     
19. What piece of equipment do recreational bikes have that racing
    bikes do not?
     
20. Where is the horse race known as the Japan Cup held?
     
21. In the season Damon Hill was racing's Formula One world champ,
    how many of his races did he win?
     
22. What do the initials BMX stand for in cross country racing?
     
23. Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. developed most of the rules of
    what sport in the United States?
     
24. The phrase "turning point" came from what ancient sport?
     
25. Where did the word furlong as used in horse racing come from?
     
26. Mike Hawthorn, a Formula One motor racing world champion, won how
    many of his 45 races?
     
27. In the 1990s, who was the first racing driver to win the opening
    formula one race and not end the season as the champion?
     
28. Ayrton Senna lost his life at which formula one racing circuit?
     

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #206 - Racing Trivia

1. 1 mile 1 furlong.
2. 1,068.
3. The Belmont.
4. Harness racing.
5. Belgium.
6. Demolition Derbies.
7. November.
8. Austria.
9. Camptown races.
10. Motor Racing.
11. Alain Prost.
12. Fittipaldi.
13. Argentina.
14. Lancia.
15. The "monkey crouch" position - knees tucked under chin, upper
    body lying along the horse's neck.
16. The Triple Tiara -  the Mother goose, Coaching Club-American
    Oaks, and the Acorn.
17. The America's Cup.
18. Airplane racing.
19. Brakes.
20. Tokyo.
21. Eight.
22. Bicycle moto cross.
23. Horse racing.
24. Chariot racing.  Turning points were the places where the
    chariot drivers turned at both ends of the stadium.
25. Back when a race was a furrow long... the length of a plowed
    field.
26. Three.
27. David Coulthard.
28. Imola (San Marino Grand Prix)