- 1. Who designed the Morris Minor?
A) Leonard Lord
B) William Morris
C) Austin Motors
D) Alec Issigonis
- 2. In what year was the Morris Eight replaced by the Morris Minor?
A) 1952
B) 1948
C) 1945
D) 1966
- 3. Which car model was based on the 1956 Morris Oxford III?
A) Austin Montego
B) Hindustan Ambassador
C) Morris Ital
D) Morris Minor
- 4. In 1952, the Nuffield Organization merged with which company to form BMC?
A) Austin Motor Company
B) British Aerospace
C) Leyland Motors
D) Jaguar
- 5. Who was in charge of BMC following the merger?
A) British Leyland management
B) William Morris
C) Leonard Lord
D) Alec Issigonis
- 6. What happened to the Morris brand in 1987?
A) It merged with Jaguar
B) It was completely abandoned
C) It was bought by BMW
D) It moved to the Cowley complex
- 7. What car replaced the Morris Marina and Leyland Princess in 1984?
A) Rover 600
B) Austin Montego
C) Morris Ital
D) Austin Metro
- 8. What was the final Morris-badged passenger car?
A) Morris Ital
B) Morris Oxford
C) Morris Minor
D) Morris Eight
- 9. What was the last vehicle to carry the Morris brand?
A) Morris Marina
B) A van variant of the Austin Metro
C) Morris Ital
D) Morris Oxford
- 10. Where is the Morris Motors Museum located?
A) Oxford Business Park
B) Oxford Bus Museum
C) Longbridge
D) Cowley complex
- 11. What replaced the Cowley site after it was demolished in 1992?
A) A new Morris factory
B) The Morris Motors Museum
C) Oxford Business Park
D) An Austin Rover facility
- 12. Which company currently owns and operates the former Pressed Steel site?
A) British Leyland
B) British Aerospace
C) MG Rover
D) BMW
- 13. Which vehicle does BMW currently assemble at the former Pressed Steel site?
A) Morris Minor
B) Morris Ital
C) MINI
D) Austin Montego
- 14. In what year did the British Motor Corporation acquire Jaguar?
A) 1952
B) 1968
C) 1975
D) 1966
- 15. The Morris Ital was essentially a facelifted version of which car?
A) Austin Metro
B) Morris Minor
C) Morris Oxford
D) Morris Marina
- 16. Which epidemic was occurring in London when Lord Nuffield visited in 1938?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Influenza
C) Cholera
D) Polio
- 17. Where were the Iron Lung machines manufactured?
A) Cowley works
B) London docks
C) Castle Bromwich
D) Vickers-Armstrongs plant
- 18. Approximately how many Iron Lung machines were produced by Morris?
A) 10200
B) 1700
C) 1000
D) 2200
- 19. How did the cost of the Both-Nuffield respirator compare to the American design?
A) One-thirteenth the cost
B) Equal the cost
C) Double the cost
D) One-tenth the cost
- 20. What aircraft was the Castle Bromwich factory originally intended to produce?
A) Bombers
B) Reconnaissance planes
C) Tiger Moths
D) Supermarine Spitfires
- 21. Why did the Ministry of Aircraft Production take over the Castle Bromwich plant?
A) Nuffield's management failed to deliver planes
B) Nuffield retired from the business
C) The government wanted to build tanks instead
D) The plant was destroyed by an air raid
- 22. Which company eventually took over the supervision of the Castle Bromwich plant?
A) Vickers-Armstrongs
B) Supermarine alone
C) The British Army
D) Morris Motors
- 23. After the Morris Bodies factory was damaged in an air raid, what did it switch to producing?
A) Tiger Moths
B) Jerry cans
C) Artillery prime movers
D) Mine sinkers
- 24. What were the Tiger Moths produced at the Cowley plant used for?
A) Reconnaissance
B) Combat missions
C) Pilot training
D) Cargo transport
- 25. The design for the 'mine sinkers' produced at the Cowley plant originated in which conflict?
A) Korean War
B) Second World War
C) First World War
D) Boer War
- 26. How many Morris C8 Quad artillery prime movers were manufactured?
A) 2200
B) 21,319
C) 500
D) 10,200
- 27. Which artillery piece was commonly towed by the Morris C8 Quad?
A) 8x8 GS
B) 25-pounder
C) 17-pounder
D) 15cwt
- 28. How many Morris Light Reconnaissance Cars were produced?
A) 21,319
B) 100
C) 10,200
D) 2200
- 29. What type of vehicle was the Morris Commercial 8x8 GS Terrapin?
A) Armoured car
B) Amphibious vehicle
C) Ambulance
D) Artillery prime mover
- 30. How many Morris CS8 15cwt light trucks were produced?
A) 10,200
B) 21,319
C) 2200
D) 500
- 31. In what year was Morris Motors Limited formed?
A) 1919
B) 1924
C) 1936
D) 1912
- 32. What percentage of British car manufacture did Morris account for by 1926?
A) 51 per cent
B) 25 per cent
C) 42 per cent
D) 15 per cent
- 33. Until what year were Morris Oxford vehicles manufactured in India by Hindustan Motors?
A) 2001
B) 2014
C) 1990
D) 1984
- 34. Which company currently owns the Morris trademark?
A) Hindustan Motors
B) BMW Group
C) SAIC
D) Austin Rover Group
- 35. Which company was contracted to make a copy of the Continental engine after WWI?
A) Pressed Steel Company
B) Wolseley
C) Riley
D) Hotchkiss
- 36. In what year did Morris overtake Ford to become the UK's biggest car manufacturer?
A) 1932
B) 1919
C) 1924
D) 1928
- 37. Who began building sporting versions of Morris cars in 1924, known as MG?
A) Edward G Budd
B) Cecil Kimber
C) Leonard Lord
D) William Morris
- 38. The Morris Eight was a direct response to which vehicle?
A) Morris Minor
B) Austin Seven
C) Ford Model Y
D) Wolseley 8
- 39. For what price did Lord Nuffield transfer the Riley car business to Morris Motors Limited in 1938?
A) £1,000
B) £100
C) £1,000,000
D) £10,000
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