CHRISTMAS QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Pianos. 2. Silk. 3. Siegfried Bettmann. 4. 1916. 5. TE Lawrence. 6. Tina and Tigress. 7. Triumph Tiger, 1992. 8. Queens University Belfast, Dr Gordon Blair. 9. 1921 Zenith Bradshaw. 10. Stanger. 11. 1947.

12. DKW Germany. 13. Ernst Degner. 14. 80%. 15. Triumph Terriers. 16. Noel Pope. 17. Dave Bickers.

18. First unfaired motorcycle to exceed 200mph. 19. Velocette Venom. 20. Levis. 21. Alfred Angas Scott. 22. He bought each of the 12-strong stunt crew a Harley-Davidson. 23. Johnson Motors. 24. The nickname given by Harold Willis to the supercharged 349cc KTT Velocette which appeared in the 1931 TT.

25 (After difficulties with the engine in practice, he removed the supercharger and raced ‘Clara’ unsupercharged, finishing 11th in the Junior TT.) 26. Belgian. 27. Fabrique Nationale de Herstal or FN sent two inline four-cylinder shaft drive Model F to the Island, one finishing third in the multi-cylinder class. 28 Mike Corbin.

29 First speedway meeting in Great Britain. 30 Great Yarmouth.