My all-time favorite Cherry Bomb.

 

 

Childhood flashback time!

 

5 of your trivia questions are appearing in this month's copy of "Meshing Gears" the monthly newsletter of my MG Club with full credit going to "My friends in my S2000 Club". I'm going to continue to use your questions for the next few months. Here is the Trivia Page as it appears in the newsletter. Thanks again.


June Trivia. Much thanks to my friends in my S2000 club for these questions. As always please send answers to ralpermg@gmail.com. The prize is still “Bragging rights". Good luck.

1. What make and model sports car was considered not valuable in the 60’s and one example was donated to a high school auto shop? Today that make and model is worth more than $50 million.

2. What is the origin of the name “Mercedes” in Mercedes-Benz?.

3. Name at least two auto company founders who named cars after their children and name the cars.

4. What star cluster is depicted in the Subaru logo?

5. In the Muscle Car days of the 60s Oldsmobile had a model named 4-4-2. What did 4-4-2 stand for?


May Trivia.answers in red. Once again, the only prize is bragging rights.

1. Everyone knows that one of the founders of the Chevrolet Motor Company and its namesake was racecar driver Louis Chevrolet. Who were the other three founders? Arthur Chevrolet, William C. Durant, William Little

2. Who imported the very first MG to be imported into the United States. Edsel Ford imported a yellow M-Type MG

3. Volkswagen, the “Peoples Car” was designed by Ferdinand Porsche. What year did he design it? 1933

4.What was the original name of the company producing cars that became Jaguar? Swallow Side Car, SS Cars, Standard Motor Company

5. Elon Musk is the CEO and the general spokesman for Tesla Cars. Who were the original founders of the company and what year was it founded? Martin Eberhard & Marc Tarenning, July 1, 2003

 

So far I received one set of answers from one of the members. He got 3 out of 5 right.

Excellent questions.

 

The winner of the June Trivia contest got 3 of 5 right. Here are your questions that I'm using for the July edition of our monthly MG newsletter, "Meshing Gears".

July Trivia. Much thanks to my friends in my S2000 club for these questions. As always please send answers to ralpermg@gmail.com. The prize is still “Bragging rights. Good luck.

1. What is the origin of the name Cadillac?

2. Many think the BMW logo refers to a spinning propeller because the company did manufacture aircraft engines in WWI. According to the company that is not correct. What does the company claim it represents?

3. Who was the first woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500?

4. In 1962 when the MGB was introduced it broke the MG tradition in many respects but two more than any other. Which two features of the MGB were different than any MG that came before it?

5. Where did the Jaguar XK-E make it debut and what year?


Thanks again for the questions. They've all been great. If you can come up with any more I'd appreciate it.