Q 01/05

How many days did the US Army give companies in 1940 to deliver a working four-wheel-drive prototype?

A) 21

B) 30

C) 90

D) 49

Answer · why

D) 49

Of 135 companies contacted, only American Bantam and Willys-Overland even responded.

Q 02/05

Which freelance Detroit designer drew full plans for Bantam's prototype in two days in July 1940?

A) Barney Roos

B) Karl Probst

C) Brooks Stevens

D) Harold Crist

Answer · why

B) Karl Probst

He initially worked without salary; the hand-built prototype was driven from Butler, Pennsylvania to Camp Holabird for testing.

Q 03/05

In which Pennsylvania town was the first Bantam jeep prototype hand-built?

A) Erie

B) Allentown

C) Butler

D) Scranton

Answer · why

C) Butler

Bantam built about 2,700 jeeps before spending the rest of the war making trailers.

Q 04/05

What was the name of the Willys engine that helped its design win the main production contract?

A) Hurricane

B) Tornado

C) Fireball

D) Go Devil

Answer · why

D) Go Devil

The Army had to raise the weight limit from 1,275 lb to 2,450 lb to accommodate it.

Q 05/05

Which company built jeeps to the Willys design as the Army's second supplier, marking every part with an 'F'?

A) Chevrolet

B) Studebaker

C) Ford

D) Dodge

Answer · why

C) Ford

The pressed-metal grille we think of as Jeep's face was actually a Ford design, adopted by the Army.