Q 01/05

Ford introduced the Mustang to the public on April 17, 1964, at which event?

A) Chicago Auto Show

B) New York World's Fair

C) Detroit's National Auto Show

D) Indianapolis 500

Answer · why

B) New York World's Fair

The New York World's Fair gave Ford a huge stage: visitors rode through its pavilion in Mustang convertibles, and more than 400,000 cars were sold in ...

Q 02/05

Which Ford executive, credited with developing the Mustang, later revived Chrysler as its chief executive in the 1980s?

A) Henry Ford II

B) Bunkie Knudsen

C) Lee Iacocca

D) Robert McNamara

Answer · why

C) Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca championed the Mustang, which went from project to production in a record 18 months, and by 1970 he was president of Ford.

Q 03/05

Which actor drove a Highland Green Ford Mustang GT fastback through San Francisco in the 1968 film Bullitt?

A) Robert Redford

B) Clint Eastwood

C) James Garner

D) Steve McQueen

Answer · why

D) Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen played Lieutenant Frank Bullitt, and Ford has since sold several Bullitt-edition Mustangs offered in a matching dark green.

Q 04/05

For the Ford Mustang's 50th anniversary, engineers rebuilt a convertible in pieces on which skyscraper's viewing deck?

A) Empire State Building

B) Chicago's Willis Tower

C) Rockefeller Center

D) Chrysler Building

Answer · why

A) Empire State Building

The Empire State Building's 86th-floor deck got a complete Mustang convertible, cut into small sections and put back together high above Manhattan.

Q 05/05

Which soul singer had a 1966 hit with Mustang Sally, a song first recorded by Mack Rice a year earlier?

A) Otis Redding

B) Wilson Pickett

C) Smokey Robinson

D) James Brown

Answer · why

B) Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett's cover entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. Its writer got the idea when a bandleader said he wanted a Mustang rather than a Linco...