Trivia Answers

1. Oldsmobile

2. Model T Ford

3. Lucille

4. Ormond Beach. (Give yourself a correct answer if you said Daytona Beach.)

5. Buick, Cadillac, Oakland (later called Pontiac) and Oldsmobile. Give yourself credit if you named Pontiac instead of Oakland.

6. Cadillac, or Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

7. Chevrolet, or Louis Chevrolet

8. The electric starter. (His company, Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co, better known as DELCO, would become part of General Motors.)

9. R.E.O. (The initials of Ransom E. Olds.)

10. Albert Champion (as in A.C.’s competitor, Champion Spark Plug!)

11. Chrysler, or Walter P. Chrysler

12. Mercedes.

13. Volkswagen.

14. Porsche, or Dr. Ferdinand Porsche.

15. The first prototype was built by Bantam Car Company, best known for their midget cars. But the American military feared that Bantam could not produce enough of them, so Jeeps were built only by Willys and by Ford, in equal numbers and with standardized parts. After the war, production went to Willys; which eventually became Kaiser-Jeep, which was later acquired by American Motors and then all of that company taken over by Chrysler. (soon to merge with Mercedes-Benz.)

16. The name came from saying aloud the Army’s name of "G.P.," or "general purpose" vehicle.

17. The Henry J. car, named for the company founder, Henry J. Kaiser.

18. The Dodge Brothers, or John F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge.

19. Edsel, or Edsel Ford.

20. Studebaker.

21. Nash, or Charles Nash.

22. Lee Iocacca.

23. Cord and Duesenberg.

24. The Lincoln Highway.

25. 1942

26. US Army Corps of Engineers

27. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

28. DeSoto

29. LaSalle.

30. Rambler

31. Packard

32. GMC.

33. Studebaker (horse-drawn carriage)

34. Lincoln Continental

35. DeLorean or John Z. DeLorean

36. DeSoto (or DeSoto/Plymouth Division.)

37. Chevrolet. "See the USA, in your Chevrolet!"

38. Oldsmobile

39. Dodge. "Shiny red super-stock Dodge."

40. Ralph Nader.

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