Found it very difficult. Knew some of the places where they held Grand Prix but hardly any of their names. These names seem arbitrary to me, anyway (though I'm aware it's the official version); what can you do with a "European" or "Pacific" Grand Prix?
Just wondering - are Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, etc outside of the United States? Australia has hosted in Melbourne and Adelaide - so should these be listed separately as well? Loved the quiz btw - just finished watching Silverstone
I think it's about the official names - even though Melbourne and Adelaide have both been hosts to a GP, the official name of the event on both venues has always been 'Australian Grand Prix'. While Dallas and Detroit are both in the USA and have hosted a GP, those events were not officially called the 'United States Grand Prix'. Indianapolis HAS hosted a USGP, however; I was certain there was a mistake in the quiz until I noticed the year 1960 - that's when it was a part of the F1 calendar under the name Indianapolis 500 (?).
yeah this makes it pretty much impossible for non-fans. Sometimes you have to guess the city, sometimes the country, sometimes it's the name of the country and other times it's an adjective like "British" or "Belgian." oh well.
Honestly, it's a good thing that it is hard for non fans. You don't want all the answers to just be easily guessable by typing in the largest and most well off countries.
No. The name of the race may or may not be the country it is held in. So it is more appropriate to use the official race name e.g "European Grand Prix" or "Turkish Grand Prix" instead of the country.
This will have to be updated soon to account for the new and improved Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which went under the title of 'European' last year, to much indignation from geography nerds.
This test doesn't make any sense. I wrote US and never thought about Detroit or Dallas as they are in US. Also we have Azerbaijan and European which are same race. Should we have Valencia then? I simply don't understand the logic behind it.
The FIA rules stipulate that one country may only hold one Grand Prix, but they circumvent it by running the races under different names. That's why the Swiss Grand Prix was actually held in France, San Marino in Italy and Luxembourg in Germany. The Pacific Grand Prix was created because there already was a Japanese Grand Prix. The name 'European Grand Prix' has been used for several races in the UK, Germany, Spain (Valencia being one) and, most recently, Azerbaijan. In the case of Azerbaijan, however, the reason behind the naming was a political one (the government wanted to brand their country 'European').
As for the United States Grand Prix, in the 1980's it was only held in 1980 and 1989. It's a mystery to me why none of the other races picked up the name in its absence. Maybe it's because there were so many races in the USA during that decade, and none of them could agree which one could use the name?
I loved this quiz. It amuses me to see so many people not understanding that grand prix name is not necessarily the country name. My favourites in the past were the Luxembourg GP and the Pacific GP; plus, most f1 watchers would know of the 2020 season with the unusual names like the 70th anniversary GP at Silverstone. Very fun quiz for the keen fans, thank you!
This is extremely stupid, the name of the country or the track should obviously be accepted e.g. UK or Silverstone is a perfectly acceptable answer alongside British
Ah - I think the issue lies in the Formula One. There WAS an Irish Grand Prix in 1929, held in Phoenix Park, but presumably it does not qualify as a Formula One race
you need to add Styrian, 70th anniversary, tuscan and I don't think they have given a name to the 2020 imola race. I'm sure there will be even more new races this year
Well after the 2020 Covid-19 change to the season we have seen the Styrian GP and in the furture we'll see the 70th anniversary, Tuscan, Eifel and Emilia Romagna Gps now
Next year will include the Styrian GP, 70th Anniversary GP, Tuscan GP(Mugello), Eifel GP(Nurburgring), and Bologna GP (Imola, Note that I guessed that it will be the name of the GP)
I don't like how the "one off" events are filled in by default, they are official Grand Prix. the Dallas, Moroccan and Pescara Grand Prix were one off events as well so either include them all are fill in all of the Grand Prix that have been held once
Totally agree, Pescara, Dallas, Ceasar Palace are the exceptions that makes the quiz interesting, and it should be the same for the one off of 2020. If it's too hard for people, there is another quiz with only the country name.
Personally, I would prefer to see those autofilled answers not autofilled. Especially as some are coming back in 2021 and it just adds further challenge to the quiz!
Considering the likes of the Pacific, Pescara and Caesars Palace Grand Prix aren't autofilled, I think it's reasonable that the others aren't either. They're all geographical answers - Sakhir, Tuscan, Styrian, Eifel, Emilia Romagna. The only one that I think should maybe be autofilled is the 70th Anniversary GP.
To be fair, might be worth being separate answers - given things like Styrian, 70th Anniversary, Emilia Romagna are separate from Austria, Silverstone and San Marino etc.
Despite the the Brazilian and Mexican races being renamed as Sao Paulo and Mexican City, they are considered seoerate races according to Wikipedia as they aren't listed under the Mexican nor Brazilian GP when looking at the GP list over the years and have their own entry.
As an F1 fan, this quiz is mildly infuriating. Not that Jetpunk did anything wrong its simply a reminder that the FIA does odd things and the naming convention of the races is a perfect example of that.
Oh my gosh I saw people talking about it, but no one will see this comment but lets settle this.
As Quizmaster said, it is not a country game. For example, at Silverstone. It is not called the 'Silverstone Grand Prix' it is called the 'British Grand Prix'! Lets pick another one, Italy for example. It is not called the 'Italy Grand Prix' it is called the 'Italian Grand Prix'. At times it can be a country name like (Singapore Grand Prix). There is your answer and btw Quizmaster
- Styrian
- 70th Anniversary
- Tuscan
- Eifel
- Emelia Romagna
- Sakhir.
And in 2021: Vietnam and Mexico City (Renamed)
/This quiz is gonna get a whole lot harder!
Post 2020 comments : "this quiz is too easy, why are the 2020 events already filled?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Grand_Prix
"The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil), currently known as the São Paulo Grand Prix "
As Quizmaster said, it is not a country game. For example, at Silverstone. It is not called the 'Silverstone Grand Prix' it is called the 'British Grand Prix'! Lets pick another one, Italy for example. It is not called the 'Italy Grand Prix' it is called the 'Italian Grand Prix'. At times it can be a country name like (Singapore Grand Prix). There is your answer and btw Quizmaster
Nice quiz and others that you make!
Also French GP was named "l'ACL GP" for the first 17 editions (Automobile Club de France).
Also US West was a common name while the official was just Long Beach GP