SINCE THE world first saw
the: horseless carriage chug-
ging down an uneven dirt
road, the automobile has
become an integral part of our

culture.
Questions

1) The. first “Royal” motorist
went for a spin in 1893. Who was
it: England's Prince of Wales, King
Alfonso XU1 of Spain, or Kaiser
Wilhelm of Germany?

2) British Daimlers were made
the “Royal” cars by Edward VII in
1900. They remained so until this
monarch made the change. Was it
George V, George VI, or Elizabeth
i? ‘ .
3) Standard Oil of Ohio opened
the first filling station in Cincinnati
in 1910, 1912 or 1915? ©

4) How did motorists “gas up”

before this?
~-: 5). The ; first’ cab ‘fleet in the™
“world. was picking up fares in 1897.

Where would you have hailed one:

London, Paris or New York...
6)Who opened the first “t
” pike” restaurant: Wendy's, Howard

*..- Johnson or Stuckey’s? When was it,

opened and where was it located?
J) When millionairess Sandra

West died in-1971, she left her for-

- tune to her brother-in-law Sol West

on the condition that she be buried
“in my lace night-gown in. my car,
with the seat slanted comfortably.”
What was the car?

8) The big auto manufacturers
often gobble up smaller companies
in their quest to develop new mar-
kets. Which companies now own
(a) Citroen, (b) Jeep and (c)
Ferrari?

9) This car was recently named
Car of the Century by an interna-
tional panel of judges. Is it the
Model T Ford, The Austin Mini, or
the VW Beetle?

1Q) Driving tests were first inau-
gurated in this country. Was it
France, Britzin or Denmark?

Answers

1) England's Prince of Wales
was taken for a‘ride by the French
chocolate ‘manufacturer Gaston
Menier in' his steam-powered
Serpolter. .. :

+2) Elizabeth I in 1968.

3) 1972. ‘

4) Before the advent of fi lling
Stations, motorists had to purchase
fuel from coal merchants, honber
yards, hardware stores and phar-

“nacies.-

3) The London Electric Cab
Company, with a fleet of 77 cabs
designed by Walter Bersev.

6) The first. Howard Johnson

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restaurant opened for highway
business in 1940 0 on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike.

7) Her Ferrari. Sol complied
with Sandra‘s last request, and
also covered the car in nine feet of
concrete.

8) (a) Peugeot. (b) Chrysler. (c)
Fiat.

9) The VW Beetle. The Model T
was the runner-up.

10) France.

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