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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 on a farm near which Michigan township?
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?
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.
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?
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?
6. Following a dispute, Ford left the Henry Ford Company in 1902. He then set up a new company named "Ford and Malcolmson Ltd", which was then renamed the "Ford Motor Company" in 1903. Here he made the famed Model T. Which prestigious motor company did he later buy in 1922?
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?
8. Ford was a pacifist and a freemason. He was also anti-Semitic and an admirer of the German Nazi party. Which of the following kept a picture of Ford in a prominent position on his desk?
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?
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?
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