NOTE: The quiz randomizes questions, so your questions may not be in the same order as below or may not even be included below!!

UNIT 1

Question 1

Although each decade in history is different the decade of the 1940's is by far the most unusual in U.S. automobile history. This was the only period of time when automobile production  ? for a period of 3-4 years.
Correct Answer:
stopped

Question 2
	
The ? 's saw the American automobile industry consolidating into the Big Three: (General Motors, Ford, Chrysler) and American Motors Company . These firms not only dominated the domestic market with the sales  of the ? s cars, but the global market as well. In ? American companies built 93 percent of the autos sold in the United States and 48 percent of world sales.
Correct Answer: 	
1960

Question 3
	
Who had the world's first auto accident, and in what year?
Correct Answer: 	
Nicolas Cugnot, in 1769

Question 4

In what year did Ford production engineers install a continuous chain to keep the chassis line moving?
Correct Answer: 	
1914

Question 5

In the early 1900's, two men joined together to form a company that would own a majority interest in G.M. by 1915; who were they?
Correct Answer: 	
William C. Durant and Louis Chevrolet

Question 6
	
Two outstanding 1950s cars were: Ford's  Thunderbird and Chevrolet's Corvette. Again the two companies were fighting for the same market which was huge and the competition didn't affect those two manufacturers' bottom line. Those two outstanding cars provided enough competition to European car manufacturers like Ferrari (now owned by ? and Jaguar.
Correct Answer: 	
Fiat

Question 7

The ? was an uncomplicated little car that was available in two-door or four-door sedans, and station wagons. The styling gave hint that they were Ford products, but was remarkably simple and attractive. Ford said it was the worlds most successful new car. Its sales  took off for the stratosphere from the first day. Fords little ? was a true success story of 1960s cars in the annals of automotive corporate history. 
Correct Answer: 	
Falcon

Question 8

In which city did the Hertz "Drive-Ur-Self" company introduce the concept of car rental to North America?
Correct Answer: 	
Chicago

Question 9

Auto makers use most of the ________ and ________ comsumed in the United States.
Correct Answer: 	
lead and rubber

Question 10

Henry Ford installed the first conveyor belt based assemby line in Fords Highland Park Michigan plant around?
Correct Answer: 	
1913 - 1914

Question 11
	
The strategy conceived by Alfred P. Sloan and perfected by General Motors President Harlow Curtice in the '50s was working. Sloan introduced the concept of " ?  " and annual model changes in the late '20s and early '30s as a way to increase demand for new cars to higher levels.
Correct Answer: 	
dynamic obsolescence

Question 12

In the United States the Census Bureau states that auto dealers account for _________ percentage of all retail business?
Correct Answer: 	
28.5

Question 13
	
Who suggested that the Ford assembly line use conveyer belts to speed up the delivery of parts from the production area to the assembly area?
Correct Answer: 	
Clarence Avery

Question 14
	
Who patented the four-stroke gasoline engine in use today?
Correct Answer: 	
Nikolous Otto

Question 15

In which year did Volkswagen first produce "the Bug"?
Correct Answer: 	
1938

Question 16

Performance became a big part of car-marketing in the 1950s and 1960s. While the sporty two-seaters from two major manufacturers were indeed fast (the ? held the fastest production-car record for some years), the sedans weren't exactly far behind. Engine displacement had been getting larger ever since the war, and Chrysler had been adding cubic inches as well as developing their engines internally.
Correct Answer: 	
Corvette

Question 17

No cars were manufactured after 1942 due to World War Two. Production of civilian automobiles did not resume until?
Correct Answer: 	
1946.

Question 18

The long pent up demand for cars caused by the Depression and World War II exploded into an irrational excess in the decade of the '50's. Tailpins and chromes was the norm and that design was the brainchild of ?
Correct Answer: 	
Harley Earl.

Question 19

In 1901 _____________________ was the first person to mass produce cars to be sold in the United States.
Correct Answer: 	
Ransome Eli Olds

Question 20
	
Which companies were merged to form General Motors?
Correct Answer: 	
Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Oakland