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General Motors: A Comprehensive Quiz

Test your knowledge about General Motors, its history, products, and industry impact with this engaging quiz.

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1 What entity owns General Motors?

2 Following the ________, a severe stock market decline caused a pension and benefit fund underfunding crisis.

3 Where is General Motors headquartered?

4 Which of these is a General Motors product?

5 What type of entity is General Motors?

6 What area does General Motors serve?

7 In 1987, GM, in conjunction with ________, built the Sunraycer, which won the inaugural World Solar Challenge and was a showcase of advanced technology.

8 When was General Motors founded?

9 What industry is General Motors in?

10 In Europe, following a period of negotiation to sell a majority stake in its ________ and Vauxhall brands, GM decided to retain full ownership of these operations.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Detroit neighborhood of Poletown was controversially razed under eminent domain to allow General Motors to construct their Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant.
  • the prototype two-wheeled, battery-powered, self-balancing PUMA from General Motors and Segway can carry two passengers at 35 miles per hour (56 km/h) for a distance of up to 35 miles (56 km).
  • when former General Motors president F. James McDonald was asked what he might have done differently, he said he "would make the Eldorado seven inches longer".
  • after William C. Durant founded the Durant-Dort Carriage Company (pictured), the best-selling horse-drawn vehicle maker in the US, he made Buick into the nation's best-selling car and founded General Motors.
  • South Gate Assembly, opened in 1936, was the first General Motors plant west of the Mississippi River and the first to build more than one car line.
  • General Motors's pioneering CAD system, DAC-1, could digitize hand-drawn diagrams, turn them into 3D models, and then build models of them on milling machines.
  • James Roche became CEO and chairman of the board of General Motors without a college education.
  • GM executive Harlow Curtice turned down a generalship during World War II, and was Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1955.
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