The Quiz: Though its logo is a galloping horse, the Ford Mustang was reputedly named after a what?
City
Fighter plane
Submarine
Machine gun
The Ford Mustang was officially unveiled by Henry Ford II at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York in 1964. Although the Ford Mustang logo features a horse, the car was inspired by a very different kind of Mustang. The car was named after the P-51 Mustang, a fighter plane used during World War II. The P-51 Mustang is widely regarded as the finest piston aircraft of World War II. Marrying an American dive-bomber design with a British Rolls-Royce engine, the P-51 Mustangs played a significant role in the Allied victor over Germany.
The correct answer to this quiz is Fighter plane.