Q 01/05

In which German city is Porsche headquartered?

A) Stuttgart

B) Ingolstadt

C) Cologne

D) Munich

Answer · why

A) Stuttgart

Stuttgart: Ferdinand Porsche returned to the city to open the design office that grew into the company.

Q 02/05

What does the 'Dr. Ing. h.c.' in Porsche's official name refer to?

A) Ferdinand Porsche's honorary doctorate

B) Ferry Porsche's university degree

C) A title from Austria's emperor

D) An award from the German government

Answer · why

A) Ferdinand Porsche's honorary doctorate

Ferdinand Porsche's honorary doctorate: a German technical university gave him one in 1924 for designing the Mercedes that won that year's Targa Flori...

Q 03/05

Porsche's people's car was built in a new town founded for it in 1938; what is that town called today?

A) Wolfsburg

B) Zwickau

C) Rüsselsheim

D) Neckarsulm

Answer · why

A) Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg: it was still the 'City of the KdF-Wagen' when American troops took it in April 1945 and freed the plant's forced labourers.

Q 04/05

Ferdinand Porsche was born in 1875 in Maffersdorf, a town that is now part of which country?

A) Slovak Republic

B) Czech Republic

C) Austria

D) Poland

Answer · why

B) Czech Republic

Czech Republic: the town belonged to Austria-Hungary when he was born, which is why he is usually described as an Austrian engineer.

Q 05/05

What pioneering vehicle did Ferdinand Porsche create at Jakob Lohner & Company around 1900?

A) The first diesel car

B) The first supercharged racer

C) The first petrol-electric hybrid car

D) The first four-wheel-drive tractor

Answer · why

C) The first petrol-electric hybrid car

The first petrol-electric hybrid car: instead of a heavy battery pack, a petrol engine drove a generator feeding electric motors in the wheel hubs.