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50 free Dodge trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Dodge started as a machine shop that built almost the entire chassis of Henry Ford's first Model A, then outlived its founders, saved Chrysler twice and became the home of the Hemi. These Dodge trivia questions cover the brothers John and Horace, the 1916 Pancho Villa expedition, the 1928 sale to Chrysler, the muscle-car years, the minivan that created a market, the Viper and the Ram split. Every answer is sourced, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01What were the first names of the two Dodge brothers who founded the company in 1900?
John and Horace
They started as a Detroit machine shop supplying parts to Olds and Ford before building their own cars.
Q 02In which Michigan city did the Dodge Main factory operate from 1910 to 1980?
Hamtramck
The site later became GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant, now called Factory Zero.
Q 03How much were the Dodges paid when Henry Ford bought out his shareholders?
About $25 million
Henry had only needed to add bodies and wheels to the chassis the brothers built for his first Model A.
Q 04What stake in Ford did Henry Ford give the Dodge brothers for $10,000 of goods?
10 percent
Their buyout in 1919 plus dividends returned nearly $35 million on that investment.
Q 05In what year did Dodge Brothers build their first complete car?
1914
The Model 30-35 touring car was pitched as a step up from the Ford Model T.
Q 06Which feature, still rare at the time, did the first Dodge car make standard?
All-steel bodies
Most cars still used wood framing under steel panels.
Q 07Which electrical system did the first Dodge use when the norm was half as powerful?
12-volt
Six-volt systems remained standard across the industry into the 1950s.
Q 08Which famous line is attributed to John Dodge about his biggest customer's buyers?
Someday, people who own a Ford are going to want an automobile
Dodge Brothers cars ranked second in US sales as early as 1916.
Q 09Why did the Dodge brothers sue Henry Ford in 1916?
He stopped paying stock dividends
Ford was diverting profits to build River Rouge; the suit forced him to buy out his shareholders.
Q 10Which general used a Dodge touring car in the 1916 expedition against Pancho Villa?
John J. Pershing
It was the US military's first operation to use truck convoys.
Q 11Which future WWII general led America's first motorized military raid in three Dodge cars?
George S. Patton
His men tied the bodies of Villa's men to the hoods and drove back to headquarters.
Q 12Roughly how many Dodge cars and light trucks served in World War I?
12,800
Most were touring cars; the rest were screen-side trucks and panel vans used as ambulances.
Q 13In what year did both Dodge brothers die?
1920
John died of pneumonia in January; Horace followed in December.
Q 14Which investment bank bought Dodge Brothers from the widows in 1925?
Q 21What was the name of Dodge's first V8, a smaller version of the Chrysler Hemi?
Red Ram
It debuted in 1953 alongside the Coronet, Dodge's first pillarless hardtop.
Q 22Which Chrysler design chief led the tail-finned 1955 restyle that revived Dodge?
Virgil Exner
The tail-finned era that followed lifted Dodge sales through 1960.
Q 23Which 1950s Dodge model, trimmed in white and orchid, was marketed to women?
La Femme
A gold-accented model called the Texan was sold only in Texas at the same time.
Q 24Until 1965, how were Dodge's PowerFlite and TorqueFlite automatics controlled?
Dillon, Read & Co.
The $146 million deal was then the largest cash transaction in history.
Q 15Which truck-body maker did Dodge acquire in 1925–26?
Graham Brothers
The Graham brothers left in 1927 to found Graham-Paige and build their own cars.
Q 16In what year did Chrysler buy Dodge?
1928
Chrysler had tried two years earlier; the $170 million deal was done in stock, not cash.
Q 17In Chrysler's 1930s lineup, Dodge was slotted between Plymouth and which brand?
DeSoto
The two swapped positions in 1933, with Dodge dropping just above Plymouth.
Q 18Which 1941 feature put a hydraulic coupling between engine and clutch to stop stalling?
Fluid Drive
Drivers still shifted manually; Gyro-Matic later made it semi-automatic.
Q 19Roughly how many trucks did Dodge build in the United States during World War II?
Over 400,000
Chrysler Canada added another 180,000 for the British and Commonwealth armies.
Q 20Which civilian truck grew directly out of Dodge's wartime WC series?
The Power Wagon
It arrived almost unchanged in 1945 for the 1946 model year.
Mechanical push-buttons
The three-speed TorqueFlite arrived in 1957.
Q 25Dodge's first compact, launched for 1961, was a variation on which Plymouth?
The Valiant
The Lancer flopped, but its 1963 successor the Dart became a long-running best-seller.
Q 26Which sporty fastback version of the Coronet dominated NASCAR for four years?
The Charger
Its aerodynamic improvements changed the face of stock-car racing.
Q 27Dodge entered the pony car market in which model year with the Challenger?
1970
Engines ranged from economy straight-sixes to the race-ready Hemi V8.
Q 28Dodge's Colt subcompact of the seventies was built by which Japanese partner?
Mitsubishi
Chrysler came to lean heavily on the Mitsubishi relationship for engines and small cars.
Q 29The original Dodge Demon was a badge-engineered version of which Plymouth?
The Duster
It sold in far smaller numbers than its Plymouth twin.
Q 30Which European Chrysler model was rebadged as the Dodge Omni?
The Horizon
In 1978 it beat Ford and GM to market with a US-built front-wheel-drive small car.