General Trivia   General Corvette Trivia

1. In 1951, a group of Harley Earl's "Special Projects" crew began work on a GM sports car that was to become the Corvette. What was the code name of the project?
   
 

Corvette

 

Corvair

 

Opel

 

Project X

   
2. William Durant, the founder of GM, had the idea for the Chevrolet bow tie logo in 1908. What inspired this idea?
   
 

a doodle he made while bored on a train trip

 

a wallpaper pattern he saw in a Paris hotel room

 

the bowtie worn with his small son's Easter suit

   
3. The man who named the Corvette was Myron Scott, who was:
   
 

Chevrolet's chief photographer

 

GM's marketing director

 

a member of Harley Earls "Special Projects" team

   
4. What sports car is believed to have been the inspiration for the first Corvette?
   
 

Aston-Martin

 

Ferrari

 

Jaguar

   
5. The Corvette was the first and last car with a "Wrap-Around" windshield?
   
 

True

 

False

   
6. Corvette was the first car with a fiberglass body.
   
 

True

 

False

   
7. Corvettes have been assembled in three different cities. Which of these is NOT home to a Vette assembly site?
   
 

Flint, Michigan

 

Detroit, Michigan

 

St. Louis, Missouri

 

Bowling Green, Kentucky

   
8. "Turbojet" was first used on Corvette engine air cleaners with a horsepower rating of greater than?
   
 

327 hp

 

347 hp

 

390 hp

   
9. The highest year ever for Corvette Production is:

1974

1979

1988

1995

   
10. Which of these Vettes has never been owned by Joe Z. ? (with apologies to the general public !)

1963 Split Window Coupe

1978 Indy Pace Car

1986 Malcolm Konner Commemorative Edition

1993 40th Anniversary Edition