Daily Quiz for January 23, 2008

Wilhelm Maybach, a German engineer and industrialist was the chief designer of the first Mercedes in 1901 and later went on to build power plants for Zeppelin airships with his son. Maybach had worked with Gottlieb Daimler since 1883 on developing efficient internal-combustion engines. The two formed the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in 1890 to build automobiles. In 1909, he organized a company with his son Carl to build aircraft engines, including power plants for the Zeppelin airships.