The Life of Henry Ford

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1. One of the greatest inventors in the world of motoring is, without doubt, Henry Ford. But how much about his life do you know? Henry was born in 1863 in which Michigan town? Fenton Pontiac Dearborn Roseville

2. His father, William, was a prosperous immigrant farmer, railway carpenter and Justice of the Peace. But from which country did his father emigrate to the United States? Australia Ireland India England

3. When he was 16 he took an apprentice's job with James Flower and Brothers in Detroit. A fellow apprentice was also to become well known in the motor industry. Name him. David Buick W.C. Durant Horace Dodge Louis Chevrolet

4. Henry then worked for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and returned to his father's farm in 1882. Whilst working for whom, in 1896, did he hand-build his first car? Marconi Wireless Company Michigan Violin Company Illinois Shipping Company Edison Light Company

5. Ford made 12 vehicles before the company was declared bankrupt. He then set up the Henry Ford Company and built a car which beat the then world record holder in a race. What was the name of the car speed record holder? George Porge William Rogers Austin Maestro Alexander Winton

6. Henry was sacked from the Henry Ford Company for moonlighting and finally founded the Cadillac Automobile Company in 1902, with the same financial backers. Here he made the famed Model T. Which prestigious motor company did he buy in 1922? Limousine Motor Company Lincoln Motor Company Bentley Motor Company Pontiac Motor Company

7. Henry bought a car and, on visiting a friend, said "My Ford was being serviced, so I came in the next best thing." What was the car he turned up in? Mercedes-Benz Bentley Rolls-Royce Limousine

8. Ford was a pacifist and a freemason. He was also anti-Semitic and an admirer of the NAZI party. Who's picture did he keep, pride of place, on his desk? Herman Goering Rudolf Hess Josef Goebbels Adolf Hitler

9. The first Cadillac cost $750 and the first Ford, $875 in 1903. Do you know which was the first mass-produced low-price car? Ford Pontiac Cadillac Oldsmobile

10. Ford died on 7 April 1947, aged 83 at his home in a Detroit suburb. He lay in state at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral whilst how many people came to pay their respects? 7 3 100,000 1,000,000