Q 01/05

Which 1908 car is credited with revolutionising both transportation and American industry?

A) The Lincoln Model L

B) The Model A

C) The Model T

D) The Quadricycle

Answer · why

C) The Model T

It cost $825 at launch, and by 1918 it accounted for half of all cars in the United States.

Q 02/05

In what year did Ford found the Ford Motor Company?

A) 1913

B) 1908

C) 1903

D) 1911

Answer · why

C) 1903

It was his third attempt after the Detroit Automobile Company and the Henry Ford Company both failed him.

Q 03/05

Ford's father William was born in which country?

A) Germany

B) Belgium

C) Ireland

D) Scotland

Answer · why

C) Ireland

He came from County Cork; Ford's mother was the daughter of Belgian immigrants.

Q 04/05

What reputation did the 15-year-old Ford earn by dismantling and reassembling neighbours' timepieces?

A) Watch repairman

B) Gunsmith

C) Clockmaker's apprentice

D) Locksmith

Answer · why

A) Watch repairman

His father had given him a pocket watch when he was 12.

Q 05/05

What did 12-year-old Ford see in 1875 that he called 'the first automobile other than horse-drawn that I had ever seen'?

A) A Benz Motorwagen

B) A Nichols and Shepard road engine

C) A steam locomotive

D) A Westinghouse tractor

Answer · why

B) A Nichols and Shepard road engine

He named that sighting and the gift of a watch as the two significant events of the year.