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The monthly newsletter of the Maverick Region of the Porsche Club of America
The monthly newsletter of the Maverick Region of the Porsche Club of America
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You can test your<br />
knowledge (or Google<br />
search ability) of all<br />
things Porsche by<br />
participating in the<br />
monthly trivia contest<br />
posted online at http://<br />
mav.pca.org/trivia.<br />
Answers are due by the<br />
last day of each month.<br />
The winner of the trivia contest receives a $25 gift<br />
certificate from our sponsor, Zims Autotechnik. In the case<br />
of ties, a random drawing determines the winner.<br />
Here are the questions and answers for the November<br />
2018 Trivia. We went with a Trivia that brings Q&A this<br />
month dealing with items from the early racing years.<br />
The winner this month is Tom Martin, getting 4 of the<br />
5 questions correct. Tom, please contact Aaron at Zims<br />
Autotechnik to collect your gift certificate.<br />
Answers: 1)a, 2)b, 3)c, 4)c, 5)b<br />
Maverick Trivia: Are you a Porschephile?<br />
Jerry DeFeo<br />
sponsored by Zims Autotechnik<br />
1. Porsche had a number of very special cars meant for<br />
competition only; they often had a “K” somewhere in their<br />
model designation. In what year did Porsche STOP using the<br />
“K” in the model number?<br />
a. 1960 b. 1961 c. 1962 d. 1963<br />
Source: Porsche: A Tradition of Greatness, by Richard M Langworth, p 161<br />
2. The Porsche Type 906 (aka the Carrera 6) first appeared for the<br />
________ racing season.<br />
a. 1965 b. 1966 c. 1967 d. 1968<br />
Source: Porsche: A Tradition of Greatness, by Richard M Langworth, p 154<br />
3. The 906 had a mid-engine 2-liter boxer 6 engine that could<br />
propel the car to speeds of ______ MPH.<br />
a. 165 b. 170 c. 175 d. 180<br />
Source: Porsche: A Tradition of Greatness, by Richard M Langworth, p 154<br />
4. The overall smooth body lines were created by none other than<br />
___________?<br />
a. Ferry Porsche b. Butzi Porsche c. Ferdinand Piech<br />
d. Carlo Abarth<br />
Source: Porsche: A Tradition of Greatness, by Richard M Langworth, p 154<br />
5. The 1960 Abarth-Carrera, based on the 356B, had a<br />
lightweight body of just 1800 lbs that was hand built by<br />
a. Carlo Abarth b. Carozzeria Zagato c. Horacio Pagani<br />
d. Vincenzo Lancia<br />
Source: Porsche: A Tradition of Greatness, by Richard M Langworth, p 153<br />
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