Q 01/05

Which rock and roll star bought a Cadillac in 1955, had it painted pink and gave it to his mother?

A) Chuck Berry

B) Jerry Lee Lewis

C) Elvis Presley

D) Little Richard

Answer · why

C) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley gave the pink Fleetwood to his mother, Gladys, even though she never drove. It sat under the carport at Graceland for years before movin...

Q 02/05

Cadillac is named after a French explorer who founded which city in 1701?

A) Detroit

B) Montreal

C) St. Louis

D) New Orleans

Answer · why

A) Detroit

Detroit comes from the French word détroit, meaning "strait": Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac built his fort beside the narrow river that links Lake St. ...

Q 03/05

The Cadillac crest is based on what?

A) The Michigan state seal

B) The founder-explorer's coat of arms

C) The Lafayette family's coat of arms

D) A French royal standard

Answer · why

B) The founder-explorer's coat of arms

The founder-explorer's coat of arms came with an invented pedigree: born plain Antoine Laumet, he adopted the grander name la Mothe Cadillac and false...

Q 04/05

Cadillac's founding engineer left in 1917 to start which rival luxury brand?

A) Packard

B) Duesenberg

C) Pierce-Arrow

D) Lincoln

Answer · why

D) Lincoln

Lincoln was reportedly named after its founder's hero, Abraham Lincoln. The new firm was soon failing and was sold off in 1922.

Q 05/05

Cadillac was formed from the remnants of which firm after its namesake walked out on his investors?

A) The Olds Motor Works

B) The Packard Motor Car Company

C) The Henry Ford Company

D) The Dodge Brothers Company

Answer · why

C) The Henry Ford Company

The Henry Ford Company was about to be sold for parts in 1902 when the engineer hired to value its plant talked the backers into building a new car in...