HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE QUIZ Level 1
Answer at least 9 correctly and advance to level 2


1. What year was the term "bicycle" coined?

1751
1794
1842
1869
1893
1904

2. Who declared the bicycle "has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world?"

Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucy Stone
Sojourner Truth
Matilda Joslyn Gage

3. When were kickstands added to bicycles?

1800's
1920's
1930's
1940's
1950's
1960's

4. Where was the first "mountain bike" created?

California
Texas
New York
France
South Carolina
Colorado

5. When did mountain bikes first compete in the Olympic Games?

1988
1992
1996
2000
They haven't
 

6. Where were the first vehicles resembling bicycles developed?

England
France
Germany
Japan
United States
China

7. When were these vehicles (in #6) developed?

1500's
1600's
1700's
1800's
1900's
B.C.

8. When were spoke wheels, hollow frames, and ball bearings added to the bicycle?

1850's
1870's
1890's
1910's
1920's

9. Who is given credit for inventing the "modern" bicycle?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Karl Von Drias
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
William Cornelius
H.J. Lawson

10. When were cranks with pedals attached adding leg power to bicycles?

1830's
1850's
1870's
1890's
1910's

11. When was the derailleur added?

1878
1899
1904
1911
1938

12. When did the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps pedal 1900 miles averaging 52 miles per day?

1869
1897
1907
1914
1943
 

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