Here’s a chance to test your ASQ (Auto Show Quotient) with these questions from past exhibitions in Chicago.
1. What was the first year the official Chicago Auto Show was held?
2. What was the venue?
3. Name the main venues for the show?
4. In what year was the Chicago Automobile Trade Association formed?
5. What automaker began a boycott of the show in 1908 by refusing to acknowledge the Selden Patent?
6. What was the major new marque at the show in 1929?
7. Ending the company’s boycott in 1931, what Ford marque returned to the show?
8. In 1935, the CATA took over sponsorship of the show. Who were the original sponsors?
9. Besides new cars, the auto show also became known for stage shows. When was the first such “revue” held?
10. Like the auto industry, the show called a halt during World War II. In what years were there no shows in Chicago?
11. Chrysler’s Hemi V-8 is again the talk of the show. When did the first one appear there?
12. What actor from western Illinois appeared at the show in 1954?
13. In 1959, what Japanese manufacturer made its debut at the show?
14. When did the show first move to McCormick Place?
15. In 1967, the show went back to the Amphitheatre on short notice. Why?
16. In what year was the last stage revue?
17. When did the show return to McCormick Place, in what is now known as the Lakeside Center?
18. In 1975, the Mercury exhibit was home to two unusual “presenters.” What were they?
19. Lee Iacocca paid his only visit to the Chicago show as Chrysler chairman in 1984. Why?
20. When did Bulls great Michael Jordan first appear at the auto show?
21. In what year did Oscar Mayer’s most-recent Wienermobile debut at the show?
22. In 1996, three cars were kept under wraps until the show opened to the public. What were they?
23. When did the show move to McCormick Place South and be consolidated on one floor?
24. In 1999, what blood bank first set up a mobile unit to take donations at the show?
25. In what year did automakers combine their brands into large exhibits?
26. What was Oldsmobile’s last year at the show–and at General Motors?
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Answers will appear Sunday in the Auto Show II section
