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General Motors Trivia Quiz

Miscellaneous General Motors history. Should be fairly easy for Business Buffs.

A multiple-choice quiz by alanyo. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
alanyo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
30,175

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

Plays
1090

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Question 1 of 5

1. Which Vice-President of General Motors left the company, formed his own company and named a car after himself? Hint

Hernando DeSoto

Barney Oldfield

John Z. Delorean

Edsel Ford

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Question 2 of 5

2. Which of the following appliance names once were part of the GM family of companies? Hint

Frigidaire

General Electric

Westinghouse

Whirlpool

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Question 3 of 5

3. Which marque will no longer be produced by General Motors after the 2002 model year? Hint

Plymouth

Jimmy

Pontiac

Oldsmobile

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Question 4 of 5

4. Two of the early pioneers of GM started a world famous cancer research foundation, what is the name of this foundation?

Answer: (Two Words, leave out the hyphen)

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Question 5 of 5

5. The AC Spark Plug and Delco divisions of GM merged about 25 years ago to become AC Delco. What was the Delco division known as before it was Delco? Hint

Saginaw Steering

Harrison Radiator

United Motors Service

Philco Radio

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Vice-President of General Motors left the company, formed his own company and named a car after himself?

Answer: John Z. Delorean

John Z. was a very colorful character. He was partly responsible for the 'dress code' change at GM. He was a drag racer, and in later years spent time in prison.

2. Which of the following appliance names once were part of the GM family of companies?

Answer: Frigidaire

3. Which marque will no longer be produced by General Motors after the 2002 model year?

Answer: Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile is the oldest carmaker of the five cars that GM manufactures.

4. Two of the early pioneers of GM started a world famous cancer research foundation, what is the name of this foundation?

Answer: Sloan Kettering

Alfred P Sloan was a financial genius and Charles Kettering was an inventive genius.

5. The AC Spark Plug and Delco divisions of GM merged about 25 years ago to become AC Delco. What was the Delco division known as before it was Delco?

Answer: United Motors Service

Source: Author alanyo

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