Car Quiz
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1. How many
hours does the average American man devote to his car every year?
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found.a)300 hours
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found.b)900 hours
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found.c)1200 hours
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found.d)1600 hours
2. World-wide, what
percentage of new cars, buses and trucks had air conditioning in 1987?
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found.a)24%
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found.b)36%
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found.c)48%
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found.d)72%
3. Annually, about
120,000 tonnes of CFCs are used in new vehicles and in servicing air
conditioners in older vehicles. What percentage of global CFC-12 use is this?
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found.a)8%
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found.b)12%
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found.c)16%
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found.d)28%
4. Exhaust fumes are
toxic. Which of the following statements is true?
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found.a)Car drivers inhale 3 times
as much exhaust fumes as pedestrians and cyclists.
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found.b)Pedestrians and cyclists
inhale fewer fumes because they keep to the side of the road.
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found.c)Car drivers driving in the
centre and outside lanes are most at risk because they drive in a 'tunnel of
pollution'.
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found.d)All of the above.
5. In Japan, what
percentage of oil consumption was used by road transport in 1985
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found.a)24%
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found.b)39%
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found.c)44%
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found.d)63%
6. Every minute approximately
how many new cars are built globally?
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found.a)10
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found.b)20
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found.c)40
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found.d)60
7. At the current rate
of production there will be a total of one billion trucks and cars in the World
by...
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found.a)2010
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found.b)2020
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found.c)2050
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found.d)2075
8. In the US, Western
Europe and Japan how many cars are discarded in total every year?
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found.a) around 15 million
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found.b)about 25 million
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found.c)nearly 40 million
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found.d)over 60 million
9. In Austria, France
and Switzerland around 9,950 people die each year through road accidents. How
many are killed because of car related diseases?
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found.a)7,000
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found.b)14,000
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found.c)21,000
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found.d)28,000
10. World-wide, how
many people are killed in road accidents every year?
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found.a)215,000
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found.b)265,000
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found.c)300,000
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found.d)500,000
Answers: 1d, 2c, 3d, 4d, 5b (c = Western Europe, d = US), 6d, 7b, 8c,
9c, 10b