What Does the Moon Smell Like?: 151 Astounding Science Quizzes by Eva Everything

Author:Eva Everything [Everything, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Science, Questions & Answers, Trivia, Reference, General
ISBN: 9781459652873
Google: W9nuAAAAMAAJ
Amazon: 1459652878
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2008-07-14T18:30:00+00:00

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The World’s Most Expensive Cars

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more luxury has driven the development of the automobile. Even back in the earliest days, there was a market for luxury vehicles. They were the most tech-PLANET

nically advanced cars and were built with the rich in mind, often to the buyer’s specifications. At the 1921

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Berlin Motor Show, a car that would be individually THE

designed for every buyer debuted. No two would be CARS

exactly alike. In 1929, the same car maker introduced the first automobile with a v12 engine, and then in the early 1930s, a super-luxury 5.5-metre (18 ft) long version of this car was made.

What was this super-luxury car called?

a) Jaguar

b) Koenigsegg

c) Rolls-Royce

d) Zeppelin

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What was this super-luxury car called?

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a) Jaguar

b) Koenigsegg

c) Rolls-Royce

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d) Zeppelin

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CORRECT ANSWER:

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d) Zeppelin

Karl Maybach, the son of Daimler’s partner, was building engines for Zeppelin airships and other aircraft in 1909. He was also making cutting edge car engines that he couldn’t sell, so he decided to build the best cars of the era himself. He made fewer than 2,000

Maybach luxury cars in all, and of those, 183 were Zeppelins. Each one cost more than 30 regular cars.

These days, a Maybach in good condition is worth anywhere from US$1–1.5 million. That’s enough to buy 30

to 50 regular cars today. Maybach succeeded in building some of the best cars of his era, and some of the priciest collectible cars of all time.

Of the luxury cars made today, these are the ones with the biggest price tags, ranging from well over US$1 million to about half a million.

The Top Ten Most Expensive Cars in the World

1. Bugatti Veyron

6. Keonigsegg CCX

2. Ferrari Enzo

7. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo

3. Pagani Zonda C12F

8. Koenigsegg CCR

4. SSC Ultimate Aero

9. Porsche Carrera GT

5. Leblanc Mirabeau

10. Mercedes SLR McLaren

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Your Brain on Cell Phone

There you are, driving your car and talking on your Q

cell phone. Maybe you’ve heard that it’s not a good idea to use it while you’re behind the wheel, but you feel alert, the traffic is moving, and you have a hands-PLANET

free cell phone, so, no problem, right? That’s what American scientists wanted to find out when they ran OF

a driving simulator experiment, where the subjects THE

were tested while using, and while not using, cell CARS

phones. They compared the results and found that . . .

Talking on a cell phone while driving . . .

a) makes a 20-year-old’s brain function like a 70-year-old’s

b) slows reaction time by almost 20%

c) makes drivers twice as likely to be involved in a rear-end collision

d) all of the above

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Talking on a cell phone while driving . . .

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a) makes a 20-year-old’s brain function like a 70-year-old’s

b) slows reaction time by almost 20%

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c) makes drivers twice as likely to be involved in a rear-end collision

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d) all of the above

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CORRECT ANSWER:

d) all of the above

The brains of 20-year-olds are sharp, and their reaction times are as

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