Q 01/05

What were the first names of the two Dodge brothers who founded the company in 1900?

A) John and Horace

B) John and Henry

C) Horace and Walter

D) Frederick and John

Answer · why

A) John and Horace

They started as a Detroit machine shop supplying parts to Olds and Ford before building their own cars.

Q 02/05

In which Michigan city did the Dodge Main factory operate from 1910 to 1980?

A) Dearborn

B) Hamtramck

C) Ypsilanti

D) Pontiac

Answer · why

B) Hamtramck

The site later became GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant, now called Factory Zero.

Q 03/05

How much were the Dodges paid when Henry Ford bought out his shareholders?

A) About $5 million

B) About $10 million

C) About $25 million

D) About $50 million

Answer · why

C) About $25 million

Henry had only needed to add bodies and wheels to the chassis the brothers built for his first Model A.

Q 04/05

What stake in Ford did Henry Ford give the Dodge brothers for $10,000 of goods?

A) 15 percent

B) 20 percent

C) 25 percent

D) 10 percent

Answer · why

D) 10 percent

Their buyout in 1919 plus dividends returned nearly $35 million on that investment.

Q 05/05

In what year did Dodge Brothers build their first complete car?

A) 1914

B) 1908

C) 1911

D) 1919

Answer · why

A) 1914

The Model 30-35 touring car was pitched as a step up from the Ford Model T.