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Ringers quiz 2002
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2002 24H (June)
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Trip 13 (Easter 2003)
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Trip 17 (July 2003)
Trip 18 (August 2003)
Trip 19 (August 2003)
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Trip 21 (November 2003)
Trip 22 (November 2003)
Trip 23 (November 2003)
Trip 24 (February 2004)
Trip 25 (March 2004)
Trip 26 (April 2004)
Trip 27 (April 2004)
Trip 28 (May 2004)
Trip 29 (May 2004)
Trip 31 (July/August 2004)
Trip 32 (August 2004)
Trip 33 (September 2004)
Trip 34 (October 2004)
Trip 35 (October 2004)
Trip 36 (October 2004)
Trip 37 (November 2004)
Trip 38 (November 2004)
Trip 39 (November 2004)
Trip 40 (March 2005)
Trip 41 (April 2005)
Trip 42 (April 2005)
Trip 43 (April 2005)
Trip 44 (May 2005)
Trip 45 (June 2005)
Trip 46 (July 2005)
Trip 47 (August 2005)
Trip 48 (August 2005)
Trip 49 (August 2005)
Trip 50 (August 2005)
Trip 51 (September 2005)
Trip 52 (October 2005)
Trip 53 (March 2006)
Trip 54 (April 2006)
Trip 55 (Easter 2006)
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Trip 59 (July 2006)
Trip 60 (August 2006)
Trip 61 (April 2007)
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Trip 66 (November 2007)
Trip 67 (May 2008)
Trip 68 (May 2008)
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Answers to Part Deux

The following are the correct answers, according to the author of the quiz. Some alternative answers are supplied in parentheses.

Part 1

Swallow’s tail: Schwalbenschwanz
Flying place: Flugplatz
Animal garden: Tiergarten
Defence valley: Wehrseifen
Foxhole: Fuchsröhre (Sabine’s gates to heaven)
Water mill: Ex Mühle
Little kettle: Kesselchen (the bit where I light a cigarette)
Convent valley: Klostertal (where are the penguins?)

What is the noise limit, in decibels? 95dB

What is the minimum speed a vehicle must be capable of to drive the Ring, in km/h? 60 km/h (180kph)

What make and model did Derek Bell do the fifth fastest lap ever in? Porsche 956
Who overtook Derek on that lap? Jacky Ickx

Name the driver of the Ruf Yellowbird in the video "Faszination auf der Nurburgring"? Stefan Roser (bollock scratcher)

What was the price of a full Jahreskarte in 2002 for car and bike? 560 euros/620 euros (I couldn’t afford it; I prefer not to remember)

The Ring has white distance marker signs along the circuit. Name the corner/section at the –

3km sign? Hocheichen
10 km sign? Ex Mühle
17 km sign? Pflanzgarten I
20km sign? Döttinger Höhe (Ooooooooooooh FUCK!(Richard R.); it could be Hohenrain but I guess Tiergarten)

Where is Sprunghugel? Pflanzgarten II

What date was the first foundation stone laid when construction began of the Ring? (1 point for the year; bonus point for the month) 27th Sept 1925

What is the name of the section between Hohe Acht and Wipperman? Hedwigshöhe

Who did the first ever "100 mph" lap of the Ring? What year? Jim Clark, 1965

Which vehicle won the 24 hrs race in 2002? Zakspeed Chrysler Viper

What bike did Helmut Dahne set his record lap on? What was the time of that lap? Honda RC30, 7'49"

Name six different points where a public road runs underneath the Ring? (point for each) Tiergarten, T13, Quiddelbacher Höhe, Breidscheid, start Döttinger Höhe, halfway along Döttinger Höhe

Part 2

P3
Schwedenkreuz
Adenauer Forst from Metzgesfeld (I fixed my Kadett here once)
Downhill between Eiskurve and Pflanzgarten

P4
Flugplatz
Metzgesfeld to Kallenhard
Eschbach

P5
Hocheichen (dunno but really bugging me)
Back to uphill after Fuchsröhre
Wehrseifen

P6
Klostertal
Wippermann
Wehrseifen

P7
Wehrseifen
Wipperman
Brünnchen (the last resting place of my 309)

P8
Towards Bergwerk from Kesselchen
Hohe Acht backwards
Tiergarten backwards

P9 Flugplatz (impossible)
Towards Karussel from Hohe Acht
Hocheichen exit

P10 Top of Pflanzgarten II back
Wipperman
Mutkurve (dunno but driving me nuts. Again)

P11
Hatzenbach towards T13
Top Flugplatz back
Pflanzgarten II

P12
Ex Mühle back
Eiskurve back
Karusell back from Hohe Acht

Hall of Fame

The maximum number of points that could be scored is 63 (I'll take your word for it, Euan). The winners were:
  1. Matthias, 59 points
  2. Laurens, 54 points
  3. Peeter Pahv, 46.5 points