SPEEDWAY - CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

SPEEDWAY - CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

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The video covers the World Speedway Championship at Wembley Stadium, featuring contestants like Ronnie Moore from New Zealand and Igor Alexandrovich from the Soviet Union. Sixteen finalists from five countries competed over 20 heats. The event was thrilling for the 70,000 fans, with the winner being Manchester's Peter Craven, the first Englishman to win since 1955.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first Russian to compete at Wembley in the World Speedway Championship?

Igor Alexandrovich

Peter Craven

Ronnie Moore

Leslie Mitchell

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many finalists competed in the World Speedway Championship?

Five

Sixteen

Ten

Twenty

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Approximately how many fans attended the Speedway's biggest night of the year?

80,000

70,000

60,000

50,000

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Englishman won the world crown at the World Speedway Championship?

Leslie Mitchell

Peter Craven

Igor Alexandrovich

Ronnie Moore

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did Peter Craven previously win the world crown before this event?

1965

1960

1955

1950