Q 01/05

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

A) John and Horace

B) James and William

C) Fred and August

D) Charles and Frank

Answer · why

A) John and Horace

John and Horace. Before cars, the inseparable brothers built bicycles around a dirt-proof ball bearing Horace had invented, then sold up to open the D...

Q 02/05

In which Michigan city, surrounded by Detroit, did the Dodge Main factory stand?

A) Dearborn

B) Hamtramck

C) Highland Park

D) Pontiac

Answer · why

B) Hamtramck

Hamtramck. The plant drew so many Polish immigrant workers that a village of about 3,500 people in 1910 had grown more than tenfold by 1920.

Q 03/05

Roughly how much did Henry Ford pay the Dodge brothers for their Ford shares in 1919?

A) About $250,000

B) About $2.5 million

C) About $25 million

D) About $250 million

Answer · why

C) About $25 million

About $25 million. The stake had cost the brothers $10,000 in parts and cash sixteen years earlier, and it had already repaid them many times over.

Q 04/05

Which part of Henry Ford's first production car did the Dodge brothers build?

A) The body

B) The chassis

C) The wheels

D) The seats

Answer · why

B) The chassis

The chassis. It came complete with engine and gearbox, so Ford's own men added little more than bodies and wheels, and the Dodges took a tenth of his ...

Q 05/05

The first Dodge car nearly doubled the horsepower of which Ford?

A) Model T

B) Model A

C) Model N

D) Model K

Answer · why

A) Model T

Model T. Dodge offered 35 horsepower to its 20, and the brothers knew its weak points well, having built Ford's engines and gearboxes for a decade.