Q 01/05

In which year was the Ferrari company founded?

A) 1929

B) 1939

C) 1947

D) 1919

Answer · why

B) 1939

The founder had been a racing driver and salesman for Alfa Romeo before setting up on his own; the first car followed in 1940.

Q 02/05

In which Italian town is Ferrari based?

A) Bologna

B) Maranello

C) Turin

D) Modena

Answer · why

B) Maranello

The factory moved there in 1943 to escape Allied bombing raids, and was bombed twice anyway.

Q 03/05

What animal appears on the Ferrari badge?

A) A raging bull

B) A prancing horse

C) A trident

D) A leaping cat

Answer · why

B) A prancing horse

The Cavallino Rampante was borrowed from the aircraft of the First World War flying ace Francesco Baracca.

Q 04/05

Whose family suggested that the founder adopt their late son's aircraft emblem as a good-luck charm?

A) Gabriele D'Annunzio's

B) Francesco Baracca's

C) Antonio Ascari's

D) Tazio Nuvolari's

Answer · why

B) Francesco Baracca's

Enzo said the flying ace's mother made the suggestion after his 1923 victory in Ravenna.

Q 05/05

Why is the background of the Ferrari badge yellow?

A) It is the colour of the founder's home town

B) It matched Alfa Romeo's racing colour

C) Yellow was the cheapest paint available

D) It honoured the Italian royal house

Answer · why

A) It is the colour of the founder's home town

The horse first appeared on the team's Alfa Romeo 8C in 1932, on a canary yellow ground.