In the June 2020 edition of Smokebox, our members’ newsletter, we published the following quiz questions. How many can you answer correctly?
Here’s a link to the answers.
1. What disease did we lose the 2001 rally to? | |
2. What was the name of Jim Cooks showmans engine? | |
3. Who was our Society Chairman before Edward? | |
4. What year was the first rally at Onslow Park? | |
5. How many rallies were held at Walcot Hall? | |
6. Which town were Burrell engines made? | |
7. Which side is the steering on a Fowler? | |
8. What unit is the power rating of a traction engine measured in? | |
9. If a traction engine has two cylinders (a large and a small) what is it called? | |
10. What description is given to a traction engine that normally works on road haulage? | |
11. What two devices are used to put water into the boiler when it is in steam? | |
12. Name the short-threaded rods that strengthen a fire box? | |
13. Where did the first ever traction engine rally take place? | |
14. What year was our first rally? | |
15. What year was the first Bishops Castle rally? | |
16. What large firm never made a steam roller? | |
17. What year did our Rally first become two days? | |
18. Who was our founder member? | |
19. Who has given more than 50 slideshows at our Winter talks? | |
20. Name the engine that has been to more of our rallies than any other? | |
21. Which showmans round was Shrewsbury on? | |
22. What was the most unusual feature of the last four Fowler showmans engines ever built? | |
23. If a Sentinel is said to be a DG type, what does it stand for? | |
24. Name the Burrell showmans engine that Tom Varley once owned? | |
25. Name the man that converted a large number of Fowler road locomotives to showmans specification? | |
26. Who founded the Thursford Collection? | |
27. Who first restored the only Fowler wagon in existence? | |
28. Which rally is held at Rye Meadows? | |
29. Who owned the Burrell Supremacy in 1960? | |
30. What make are the oldest pair of matched ploughing engines still existing? | |
31. Ray Matthews Fowler engine was called Tommy, but who was it named after? | |
32. Who was it that raced against Arthur Napper at the first ever traction engine rally in 1950? | |
33. Which Burrell showmans engine carries the works number 4000? It has been to our rally. | |
34. Is a Dave Paxman a 3 or a 4 shaft engine? | |
35. How many truly Victorian engines came to our rally last year? | |
36. Which Fowler showmans engine did Frank Lythgo once own? | |
37. On which make of engine do the strakes slope the opposite way to normal? | |
38. Name the man that first converted a portable into a self-moving engine? | |
39. Which famous traction engine designer worked for Claytons & Paxmans, amongst others? | |
40. What was the name of the last Burrell showmans engine ever built, but was finished at Garretts? |