ElementaryMBA

1. How many people died on the opening weekend of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909?

OneThreeFiveTwelve

2. What was the racing surface BEFORE the bricks were laid?

Concrete onlyAsphalt onlyCrushed limestone, gravel, and tarPure cobblestone

3. How many bricks were used to repave the entire 2.5-mile track?

320,0003.2 million32 million320 million

4. How many days did it take to lay all 3.2 million bricks?

About 14 daysAbout 63 daysAbout 180 daysAbout 365 days

5. Which Indiana company manufactured most of the bricks for IMS?

Wabash Clay FactoryIndianapolis Brick WorksHoosier Stone Co.Marion Brick Company

6. What material was the final brick (laid on December 14, 1909) made of?

Regular fired claySolid goldPolished graniteCast iron

7. What was the height of the concrete spectator wall built in 1909?

12 inches33 inches48 inches6 feet

8. Why did the IMS leadership decide to pave over almost all of the bricks in 1961?

To remove evidence of the 1909 disasterBecause cars had gotten so fast that the brick surface was uneven and dangerousBecause bricks were considered out of styleBecause Tony Hulman wanted a softer track

9. Which NASCAR driver started the kissing-the-bricks tradition?

Jeff GordonDale EarnhardtDale JarrettKyle Petty

10. What is the main engineering principle that the 33-inch concrete wall illustrates?

The bigger the obstacle, the safer the solutionSolve a specific bounded problem rather than the general problemUse the most modern materials availableSpend whatever money is needed for safety

Episode 2 — Quiz