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Friday, December 18th, 2009
 
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Friddle:  The Hofmeister Kink is an automotive design element found on what vehicle?

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Last Week’s Friddle: The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in which U.S. city?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in Dayton, Ohio in 1904 to Harry Myers for going 12 mph on West Third Street.

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Friday, December 11th, 2009

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Friddle: The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in which U.S. city?

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Last Week’s Friddle: Which automaker was the first to introduce a hybrid gasoline-electric car to the United States marketplace?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: Based on the Honda J-VX concept car, the 1999 two door Honda Insight was the first commercially available hybrid gasoline-electric car in the United States. With its optimized aerodynamics and lightweight aluminum structure, the Insight achieved EPA mileage ratings of 61 mpg city and 70 mpg highway.

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Friday, December 4th, 2009

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Friddle: Which automaker was the first to introduce a hybrid gasoline-electric car to the United States marketplace?

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Last Week’s Friddle: Which car company’s logo depicts the historical landing of a ship? Its passengers celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621.

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: The Plymouth logo features a rear view of the Mayflower ship, which landed at Plymouth Rock.

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Saturday, November 28th, 2009

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Friddle: Which car company’s logo depicts the historical landing of a ship? Its passengers celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621.

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Last Week’s Friddle: Which exotic car company founder got his start building tractors from spare parts and leftover military vehicles?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: Ferruccio Lamborghini

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Friday, November 20th, 2009

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Friddle: Which exotic car company founder got his start building tractors from spare parts and leftover military vehicles?

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Last Week’s Friddle: What year did dual front air bags become mandatory in all cars? 

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: In 1998, dual front air bags were mandated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Friday, November 13th, 2009

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Friddle: What year did dual front air bags become mandatory in all cars?

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Last Week’s Friddle: Which Japanese sports car was the first to be offered in the American market?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: The Nissan/Datsun 240Z (S30) was released in America on October 22, 1969.

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Friday, November 6th, 2009
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Friddle: Which Japanese sports car was the first to be offered in the American market?

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Last Week’s Friddle: The wood-bodied 1941 Chrysler Town & Country “Woody” was constructed of what two types of wood?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: The “Woody” was constructed utilizing two very different types of wood, including the structural wood of white ash with contrasting panels of rich Honduran mahogany.

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Friday, October 30th, 2009

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Friddle:  The wood-bodied 1941 Chrysler Town & Country “Woody” was constructed of what two types of wood?

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Last Week’s Friddle: With Land Rover coming in second, what is the oldest off-road vehicle brand?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: ”Jeep” In 1940, the American Bantam Car Company in Butler, Pennsylvania built the first (Bantam BRC) Jeep prototype for the U.S. military. Yet, it was Willys-Overland who initially took ownership of the Jeep brand in 1941, after being awarded the military contract over Bantam and Ford.

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Friday, October 23rd, 2009

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Friddle: With Land Rover coming in second, what is the oldest off-road vehicle brand?

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Last Week’s Friddle: Chrysler only produced two cars with RWD in the year 2001.  What models were they?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: The Dodge Viper and Plymouth Prowler

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Friday, October 16th, 2009

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Friddle: Chrysler only produced two cars with RWD in the year 2001.  What models were they? 

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Last Week’s Friddle: Who invented the first pickup truck?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: Ford debuted the first factory-assembled pickup for $281.00 in 1925.  Henry Ford billed it as the “Ford Model T Runabout with Pickup Body.”