Q 01/05

Which carmaker's name blazed in lights on the Eiffel Tower from 1925 to 1934?

A) Peugeot

B) Citroën

C) Panhard

D) Bugatti

Answer · why

B) Citroën

Citroën lit the tower with 250,000 bulbs, yet in late 1934 the firm went bankrupt and fell into the hands of Michelin, one of its biggest creditors.

Q 02/05

The circle-and-arrow badge on Volvo cars is the ancient alchemical symbol for which metal?

A) Copper

B) Silver

C) Iron

D) Tin

Answer · why

C) Iron

Iron's alchemical sign became the badge, while the Volvo name had first been registered by bearing maker SKF for a line of ball bearings that never re...

Q 03/05

The Smart city car began as a 1990s joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and which Swiss watch company?

A) Tissot

B) Rolex

C) Omega

D) Swatch

Answer · why

D) Swatch

Swatch was out of the venture within weeks of the car's October 1998 launch, when Daimler-Benz took full ownership of the maker.

Q 04/05

Which luxury marque did Henry Leland found before he started Lincoln?

A) Cadillac

B) Packard

C) Pierce-Arrow

D) Duesenberg

Answer · why

A) Cadillac

Cadillac was bought by General Motors in 1909, but Leland quit GM in 1917 in a dispute with William Durant over war work, and started Lincoln to build...

Q 05/05

Which American marque was founded in 1899 by a Scottish-born inventor of a way to enamel bathtubs?

A) Chevrolet

B) Chrysler

C) Buick

D) Nash

Answer · why

C) Buick

Buick's founder sold his plumbing business to work on engines full-time, and his new company first aimed to sell engines for farm use before he turned...