Pub Trivia - AKA things that may be beyond the scope of Moorey’s knowledge

[Haakon]

The Jetfire (Detroit marketing exec had a lot of fun in those days!).

And they used a water/ethanol injection system to cool combustion - called Rocket Fluid

 

[Haakon]

Keeping it cars, what was the first production Wankel car?

For bonus points, what was the first production Wankel transport device?

 

[fatboyonabike]

what a nice tidy unit, that takes up little room.....lucky the engine bay is roughly the size of some small farms!

 

[HamboCairns]

Keeping it cars, what was the first production Wankel car?

For bonus points, what was the first production Wankel transport device?

I'll go with the obvious one - Mazda?

 

[Haakon]

I'll go with the obvious one - Mazda?

Nope. The hint is stamped onto every Mazda housing though

 

[Beaker74]

NSU?

 

[Freediver]

NSU?

You're right Beaker, I googled it when the answer wasn't Mazda.

 

[Haakon]

NSU?

Yep, but which one?

 

[Beaker74]

I only know of one. Even then I’m not completely sure of the model name.
Is it the R80? I think there’s another letter in there somewhere.

 

[Haakon]

I only know of one. Even then I’m not completely sure of the model name.
Is it the R80? I think there’s another letter in there somewhere.

Ro80 - a brilliant high end sedan with many innovative features that led the way for modern cars for decades to follow, that also happened to have a Wankel.

No, not that one

 

[The Duckmeister]

Prinz.

 

[Haakon]

Prinz.

Close...

 

[The Duckmeister]

The other one.... Spider.

 

[Haakon]

The other one.... Spider.

Correct. A convertible version of the 4 cylinder Sport Prinz. Single rotor Wankel in the back.

 

[The Duckmeister]

Inspired by yesterday.... In which State or Territory did Australia's strongest recorded earthquake occur?

Bonus point if you can narrow down the locality.

 

[fatboyonabike]

I thought it was Tennant Creek, NT

 

[The Duckmeister]

Spot on.

Magnitude 6.6 for anyone wondering.

 

[fatboyonabike]

I only know that because my old man was an exploration geologist and used to work for GA, remember him telling me that one day, as it happened in an area that he had recently mapped!
Still on Geophysics for $1000
What is the area called where one tectonic plates slips under another, and what other geological feature or activity is usually found nearby?

 

[The Duckmeister]

Subduction zone. Volcanos are not far away.

 

[fatboyonabike]

nailed it..
duck duck GO!