MN Peloton Christmas Quiz

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Here is the 2014 MN Peloton Christmas Quiz. It is heavily based on World Tour teams and riders, though not exclusively, but the vast majority should be familiar enough names to anyone who follows pro cycling.

There will be prizes from my stash of cycling tat bounty collected this year.

Cycling Trivia

1. In which year was the first Vuelta held? (1)
2. The Giro also had a foreign start 40 years ago in 1974 where was it and who was the head of state at the time? (2)
3. Which of the grand tours did not have a home rider as the first winner, who was it and which country was he from? (3)
4. Who is the only man to be Lantern Rouge at the Tour de France 3 times ? (1)
5. Who was the last rider to win the Tour de France and the World Championships in the same year and what was the year? (2)
6. Which two riders added the new discipline of boxing to this year’s Vuelta? (2)
7. In 1925 the threat of a strike prevented what proposal being implemented by the organiser? (1)
8. In 1937 why did Sylvère Maes of Belgium withdraw all his national team ? (1)
9. Which alcoholic beverage was invented specifically for cyclists? (1)

10. Who won this year’s tour de Rwanda? (1) 11. Which World Tour cyclist makes his own shoes? (1) 12. What New York venue gave its name to a track cycle event? (1)

Getting their money’s worth? What do these sponsors do? (1 point each )

13. Quickstep
14. Lampre
15. Orica
16. Quhbeka
17. Androni Giocattoli

and new for 2015

18. Bora
19. Alpecin

Music Round, identify these cycling related songs (one point each for the title and artist)

20. Here she comes in a suit and tie
    Shepherd's bush and a leopard's pie
    She marching to the funky beat of
    James Brown and his dancing feet

21. Punctured bicycle
    on a hillside desolate
    will Nature make a man of me yet?

22. It flies out of a dream, it's antiseptically clean
    You gotta know what I mean

23. Le peloton est regroupe
    Camarades et amitie

24. You say black I say white
    You say bark I say bite
    You say shark I say hey man
    Jaws was never my scene
    And I don't like Star Wars

Sort them out! (1 point each)

25. Motivate rams

26. Inwardly bigger sis

27. Oft a monk fixates

28. An ant drains

29. Bicycling elk porn

30. Computer area

31. Inner orgasms

32. Sort a carbuncle

33. Rocket carrying fat

34. I blazon vice inn

35. Observational leap portends

36. John clad parrot

37. Engraver gave mat

38. Hi, I skim catwalk wok

39. Revolutionaries cage grandma

40. Print unflavored pear

41. Taxed lowest

42. Navy planned pop

43. Some nirvana

44. Notary mint

45. No vet jigs

Thanks to Pan for reminding me ... answers will be given on New Year's day.

Oh thanks for doing this!

Brilliant, this will fill my Christmas completely, I am going to ignore my family unless they can help me with the answers. Thank you!

Bump for publicity.

Oops just realised that questions 6 and 7 relate to the Tour de France and that's not clear , sorry.

I think I'm going to have to ask for an extension on my efforts. . It's bloody hard!, and I'm working 'twix Christmas and NY!

I can extend it, shall we say the 12th Jan? (I have a pretty heavy week of work next week so probably that will be the first opportunity to check answers.)

Answers will be forthcoming very, though possibly not tonight due to work.

Answers here