Motorsport Quiz For Kids (and big kids too!)

This quiz may be a little challenging if you haven’t read the book “How To Build The World’s Fastest Car”. But everyone is welcome to test their knowledge. 

Kids Quiz - How to Build The World's Fastest Car

Kids Motorsport Quiz - How To Build The World's Fastest Car

This is a bit of fun to see how much you learned and remembered from the book, "How To Build The World's Fastest Car". At the end of this quiz, you will receive a score of how many questions you got right, showing you the questions you got wrong, with the correct answer. There are no prizes, just pride. Why not test yourself against your friends and family? Good luck.

1 / 30

Where are the canards located on Aussie Invader 5R?

2 / 30

How many bearings are there in each of Aussie Invader 5R's wheels?

3 / 30

At what approximate speed is the high-speed parachute deployed to help stop Aussie Invader 5R?

4 / 30

What is the Drag Coefficient (CG) of Aussie Invader 5R?

5 / 30

Where is the best location for the driver's cockpit in Aussie Invader 5R?

6 / 30

Which is the correct formula to work out the speed of an object?

7 / 30

Approximately what would be the stopping distance of Aussie invader 5R after a high-speed 1,600 km/h (1,000 mph) run?

8 / 30

When Aussie Invader 5R accelerates, approximately how many G's does the driver initially experience on their body?

9 / 30

How much does each Aussie Invader 5R wheel weigh?

10 / 30

With a full propellant load, roughly how much would Aussie Invader 5R weigh?

11 / 30

What is the current FIA world land speed record for the flying mile?

12 / 30

What is the diameter of each of Aussie Invader 5R's wheels in millimetres?

13 / 30

At sea level and at 20 °C (68 °F), what is the speed of sound?

14 / 30

What is the total amount of steering in degrees that Aussie Invader 5R has?

15 / 30

To set a new FIA world land speed mile record, by what average margin do you need to exceed the old record by?

16 / 30

How many tubes (tanks) are there in our propellant module?

17 / 30

Which one of Newton's Laws of Motion explains how a rocket engine works?

18 / 30

How thick is the steel that makes up the Aussie Invader 5R's mainframe?

19 / 30

What is the total length of Aussie Invader 5R, from the tip of the nose cone to the rocket nozzle?

20 / 30

What two factors decide how much Kinetic energy an object has?

21 / 30

What is the main reason we use an inert gas to push the propellants into our rocket engine?

22 / 30

Under FIA rules for a land speed record attempt, what is the maximum time our car is allowed before it must start its return run?

23 / 30

Which famous inventor put their name to the law that governs hydraulics?

24 / 30

Why does Aussie Invader 5R have two pedals to control the rocket engine?

25 / 30

How many tonnes of air pressure would Aussie Invader 5R's air brakes experience if they were deployed at 1250 km/h (775 mph)?

26 / 30

Which Aussie Invader car holds the Australian land speed record?

27 / 30

What material are the four wheels on Aussie Invader 5R made from?

28 / 30

What track surface does Aussie Invader 5R need to run on?

29 / 30

We talk about the OPM. What does it stand for?

30 / 30

Aussie Invader 5R has the power of how many Formula One cars?

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