1) Who built the first American self-propelled steam vehicle?

Answer: Oliver Evans.

 

2) Who built the first American gasoline powered automobile?

Answer: Charles Duryea and Frank J. Duryea.

 

3) When was the first electric self-starter installed in the automobile?

Answer: 1911.

 

4) Who built England’s first full-sized steam carriage built?

Answer: Richard Trevithick.

 

5) Who introduced the first brake in carriages?

Answer: Walter Hancock.

 

6) Who constructed an Internal Combustion Engine in 1860?

Answer: Etienne Lenoir.

 

7) Who invented four-stroke engine?

Answer: Nikolaus August Otto and Eugen Langen.

 

8) What was the fuel used in the first four-stroke vehicle?

Answer: Gas.

 

9) When was the four-stroke engine invented?

Answer: 1866.

 

10) Who substituted oil for gas in the four-stroke engine?

Answer: Gottlieb Daimler.