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The First 50 Years Quizzes, Trivia and Puzzles
The First 50 Years Quizzes, Trivia

The First 50 Years Trivia

The First 50 Years Trivia Quizzes

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17 quizzes and 240 trivia questions.
1.
  Ultimate F1    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
This quiz covers the first 5 decades of Formula 1, from the golden age to the technical age, Enjoy!
Tough, 25 Qns, stressedsid, May 24 07
Tough
stressedsid
1125 plays
2.
  Home Victories: 1950-1999    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Winning one's home GP has never been anything other than special to a driver. Here are some questions about home wins in the 'modern era'. Only races known by the country's name are included in calculating home victories.
Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jul 19 13
Tough
spanishliz editor
456 plays
3.
  Motor Racing: Between the Wars    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Focusing primarily on European racing, this quiz will look at the development of motor racing, the personalities, and the machines from 1919-1939.
Tough, 10 Qns, minardifan, Nov 08 11
Tough
minardifan
160 plays
4.
  Tyres in Formula One    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Looking at the history of tyre companies in Formula One in 50 years of the great sport!
Tough, 10 Qns, minardifan, Aug 22 09
Tough
minardifan
222 plays
5.
  Formula One Timeline    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz about the history of Formula One: From 1950 to 1978.
Average, 15 Qns, tmsmyth14, Oct 19 09
Average
tmsmyth14
536 plays
6.
  Formula One Through the Years    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz will just test your knowledge of the first 50 years of Formula One. Prepare your mind for anything.
Difficult, 15 Qns, minardifan, Feb 15 04
Difficult
minardifan
714 plays
7.
  Formula One's Silliest Records    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The most embarassing records a Formula One driver can hold. Do you know who they are?
Tough, 10 Qns, fanaza, Jan 25 10
Tough
fanaza
306 plays
8.
  50 Years of Ferrari    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Ferrari have competed in Formula One since 1950 so their history is large and varied. Hopefully you'll enjoy this quiz on the most successful team in Formula One history.
Difficult, 20 Qns, minardifan, May 03 09
Difficult
minardifan
1014 plays
9.
  Formula 1 Brainbreaker    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
Here are 25 questions about the history of Formula 1 racing since 1950. Try to answer the questions without any help from books or the internet. Good luck.
Very Difficult, 25 Qns, lotus 79, Jul 24 04
Very Difficult
lotus 79
868 plays
10.
  For the Record: 1950s to 90s    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The first 5 decades: This quiz deals with basic F1 records to the end of the 2000.
Tough, 10 Qns, minardifan, Oct 19 09
Tough
minardifan
529 plays
trivia question Quick Question
1952: What car did Mike Hawthorn drive in the 1952 world championship, in which he finished joint 4th with Rudi Fischer?

From Quiz "Formula One Timeline"




11.
  Heroic Age of Grand Prix    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz looks at 1906 to 1914, the Heroic Age of Grand Prix Racing,
Difficult, 10 Qns, minardifan, Dec 13 09
Difficult
minardifan
423 plays
12.
  Formula 1 History    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is a trivia which goes back into the history of the Formula 1. Have fun.
Tough, 15 Qns, Tomf1, Mar 09 06
Tough
Tomf1
1087 plays
13.
  Formula 1: 1970s-1990s    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A broad array of F1 teasers, spanning 30 years and many important events.
Average, 20 Qns, chapmeister, Oct 19 09
Average
chapmeister
865 plays
14.
  Formula 1 Years    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is a mixture of general knowledge from the first five decades of F1.
Tough, 10 Qns, tmsmyth14, Feb 19 06
Tough
tmsmyth14
520 plays
15.
  History of F1    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz is about all things F1, beginning from the start in 1950.
Average, 15 Qns, TransitVan, Jan 19 08
Average
TransitVan
1069 plays
16.
  Formula One World Champions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about Formula One World Champions of the 20th century all the way back to 1950. There will be 2 questions about each decade.
Difficult, 10 Qns, f1_xpert, Feb 15 04
Difficult
f1_xpert
638 plays
17.
  Formula 1: The First 50 Years    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on the first 5 decades of Formula 1.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tmsmyth14, Dec 11 08
Difficult
tmsmyth14
383 plays

The First 50 Years Trivia Questions
1. How many companies supplied tyres to any competitor that competed in the first World Championship in 1950?

From Quiz Tyres in Formula One

Answer: 4

Dunlop, Pirelli, Firestone, and Englebert supplied tyres to various teams and competitors during that first season of Formula One in 1950. Pirelli took the plaudits of winning the very first World Championship Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1950, while Firestone won the 1950 Indianapolis 500, the American race being included in the World Championship until 1960.

2. 1950: Which car did 1950 World Champion Giuseppe Farina drive in his championship winning year?

From Quiz Formula One Timeline

Answer: Alfa

The top three drivers that year all drove Alfas: Farina, Fangio and Fagioli.

3. Who won the 1st Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix of the 1950s?

From Quiz Formula 1: The First 50 Years

Answer: Fangio

Monaco was the 2nd race of the championship, and Juan-Manuel Fangio got pole position, fastest lap, and won the race.

4. Who got pole position at the first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix, held at Silverstone in 1950?

From Quiz Formula 1 Years

Answer: Giuseppe Farina

Giuseppe Farina got the fastest lap, pole position and won the race.

5. Who was Italy's last World Champion of the 20th century?

From Quiz Formula One World Champions

Answer: Alberto Ascari

He was champion in 1952 and 1953 and was also Ferrari's first ever World Champion.

6. In which country was the first GP of the 'modern era' to produce a home winner held?

From Quiz Home Victories: 1950-1999

Answer: Italy

Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina won the Italian GP in 1950. It was his third victory of the season, from which he emerged as the first World Champion of the modern era.

7. Who designed the 1992 Andrea Moda car, when the team couldn't run the old Coloni C4B?

From Quiz Formula 1 Brainbreaker

Answer: Nick Wirth

Nick called the car: Moda S921. Later when he started the Simtek team, he called those cars with a similar name. (Simtek S941 and S951)

8. Who won the first ever Formula One World Championship?

From Quiz Ultimate F1

Answer: Giuseppe Farina

Giuseppe Farina won the first Formula One World Championship in 1950 by 3 points from Juan Manuel Fangio.

9. 14th July 1951: a famous day for Ferrari as they win their first GP at Silverstone. Which driver won that first race for the Prancing Horse?

From Quiz 50 Years of Ferrari

Answer: Jose Froilan Gonzalez

It has always been thought by many outsiders that Ascari won the first race for Ferrari, but they are wrong. It was Gonzalez, a big Argentinian man, who manhandled the Ferrari around the sweeping fast corners of the Silverstone circuit to beat countryman Fangio in a famous race to take victory, the first of many for Ferrari.

10. Who was Jordan's chief designer and technical director from their F1 debut to midway through the 1998 season?

From Quiz Formula 1: 1970s-1990s

Answer: Gary Anderson

Anderson designed Jordan's famous 'snakebite' chassis.

11. Who won the first official F1 Championship in 1950?

From Quiz History of F1

Answer: Guiseppe Farina

12. In which year was the Automobile Club de France formed?

From Quiz Heroic Age of Grand Prix

Answer: 1895

The ACF as it is commonly known was established to govern motor sport in general, as before then the only rule makers were the competitors in general.

13. Which driver was the first to have 65 Formula One pole positions?

From Quiz For the Record: 1950s to 90s

Answer: Ayrton Senna & Senna

Ayrton Senna has a record 65 pole positions to his credit. He eclipsed the old record held by Jim Clark way back at the American Grand Prix in 1989 and took his last pole at Imola in 1994, the same race he tragically died in.

14. Who won the first ever Grand Prix in Britain, 1950?

From Quiz Formula One Through the Years

Answer: Giuseppe Farina

Farina led an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3 in front of the Royal Family for the first ever Formula One race.

15. Who finished second in the 1981 World Drivers' Championship by just one point?

From Quiz Formula 1 History

Answer: Carlos Reuteman

Overal winner became Nelson Piquet with 50 points.

16. 1925 saw the introduction of the AIACR Manufacturers Championship along with a new Grand Prix, at Spa-Francorhcamps in Belgium. Who would win the very first World Championship?

From Quiz Motor Racing: Between the Wars

Answer: Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo were the very first World Champions in 1925. There were four events which counted towards the Championship, the French, Belgian, and Italian Grand Prix, and also the Indianapolis 500. Only three of the four events counted, so none of the European manufacturers attended or counted the Indianapolis 500. Alfa Romeo won the Belgian and Italian Grand Prix to win the title. Duesenberg won the Indianapolis 500 and finished fourth in Italy while Delage won the French Grand Prix but failed to attend the Italian Grand Prix. Alfa Romeo pulled out of Grand Prix racing at the end of the year. The death of Antonio Ascari at the French Grand Prix had a devastating effect on the team.

17. German tyre company Continental entered the Formula One World Championship in which year?

From Quiz Tyres in Formula One

Answer: 1954

Continental entered Formula One at the 1954 French Grand Prix, supplying tyres for the Mercedes-Benz team. Fangio would take Mercedes and Continental to victory on their debut and Continental would eventually go on to take 9 victories in only 13 starts between 1954 and 1955, while they made one final appearance at the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix, also winning that thanks to Stirling Moss.

18. 1952: What car did Mike Hawthorn drive in the 1952 world championship, in which he finished joint 4th with Rudi Fischer?

From Quiz Formula One Timeline

Answer: Cooper

Having impressed everyone in the underpowered Cooper that year, Hawthorn was offered a seat in the 1953 Ferrari. Fischer drove for Ferrari in the '52 season.

19. By how many points did Jim Clark win, in his first championship in 1963?

From Quiz Formula 1: The First 50 Years

Answer: 25

Jim Clark dominated the championship by winning 7 out of 10 races at-Belgium, Holland, France, Britain, Italy, Mexico, and South Africa. He scored 54 points, ahead of joint second place Graham Hill and Richie Ginther, both on 29 points.

20. What was Sterling Moss' first ever F1 team which he joined in 1951?

From Quiz Formula 1 Years

Answer: HWM

He didn't score a single championship point until his 4th season in F1 with Maserati. Also, in 1952 he changed teams 3 times-HWM, ERA and Connaught.

21. How old was Juan Manuel Fangio when he made his Formula One Debut?

From Quiz Formula One World Champions

Answer: 38

To be more accurate he was 38 years and 325 days old at the 1950 British Grand Prix where the entire grid was making its debut!

22. How many different British drivers won their home Grand Prix during the latter half of the twentieth century? (Drivers from Northern Ireland have been included for the purposes of this quiz.)

From Quiz Home Victories: 1950-1999

Answer: 11

Eleven drivers combined for nineteen home victories between 1950 and 1999, of which one was a shared win between Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks in 1957. Moss was the first to do the trick in 1955, followed by his shared win with Brooks, Peter Collins ('58), Jim Clark ('62, '63, '64, '65 and '67), Jackie Stewart ('69 and '71), James Hunt in 1977, John Watson in '81. Nigel Mansell won at home four times ('86, '87, '91 and '92) and Damon Hill ('94), Johnny Herbert ('95) and David Coulthard ('99) once each in the nineties. No other country produced as many home winners or victories. Brazil and France came next with seven home wins each, from four and two drivers respectively.

23. What car got the nickname "Black Beauty"?

From Quiz Formula 1 Brainbreaker

Answer: Lotus 79

The Lotus 79 was and is the most beautiful Grand Prix car ever built.

24. Who was Britain's first world champion?

From Quiz Ultimate F1

Answer: Mike Hawthorn

Mike Hawthorn became Britain's first world champion in 1958 to many people's surprise, as Stirling Moss was expected to win. Hawthorn beat Moss in the final round on the season. Sadly Hawthorn died shortly after in a road accident.

25. Alberto Ascari holds the record for the most consecutive victories (during the 50 years), all in a Ferrari. How many did he win in a row?

From Quiz 50 Years of Ferrari

Answer: 9

A record which remained unbroken at the end of the 20th century, Ascari won 6 races in 1952 (the Belgian, French, British, German, Dutch and Italian GPs) and 3 at the start of 1953 (Argentinian, Dutch and Belgian GPs). Ascari would win 11 races in his career, all with Ferrari.

26. Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost famously clashed at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix. Senna managed to keep going and get the chequered flag, but was later disqualified. Who got the maximum points?

From Quiz Formula 1: 1970s-1990s

Answer: Alesandro Nannini

27. Who replaced Ayrton Senna at Williams when he tragically died in 1994?

From Quiz History of F1

Answer: David Coulthard

He continued the next year at Williams, too.

28. The first ever Grand Prix was in 1906. Where was it held?

From Quiz Heroic Age of Grand Prix

Answer: Le Mans

The first ever Grand Prix was held on a very long track at Le Mans (let's just say twice to three times as long as the 24hour track now).

29. Who was the first driver to record 50 Grand Prix wins?

From Quiz For the Record: 1950s to 90s

Answer: Alain Prost & Prost

Prost took his 51st and final victory in Germany 1993. His first was way back in France 1981.

30. Which driver won a non-championship race at Reims in 1952 but would never win a proper World Championship Grand Prix?

From Quiz Formula One Through the Years

Answer: Jean Behra

Jean Behra is considered one of the unluckiest drivers of all time. The result above he achieved with the French Gordini team.

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