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Welcome to
Transportation Trivia 2016!
Thank you to our generous
Transportation Trivia sponsor!
SPECIAL THANKS
TO Radio room for hosting
Grab a pint of Hopworks’
“Holden Caulfield” –
light rye beer.
Prizes for the evening donated by:
ROUND ONE
Q 1.1:
In what year did electric streetcars
start service in Portland, replacing steam,
cable, and horse-drawn service?
A. 1856
B. 1870
C. 1889
D. 1905
Q 1.2:
Which Brexit agitator has a
bike share system unofficially
named after him?
Q 1.3:
As of April 2016, how many trips have been
made on publicly-owned bike sharing bikes
since 2008 in the US?
A. Over 4.3 million
B. Over 6.3 million
C. Over 32 million
D. Over 71 million
Q 1.4:
What is the name of the
program that started in the
late 1990s and provided free
bicycles for the Portland
community to share?
Q 1.5:
In 2015, which country added
59 new bike share systems?
A. UK
C. Sweden
B. China
D. Japan
Q 1.6:
The German Baron Karl von Drais
invented what is commonly considered
the predecessor of the bicycle in the early
1800s. Called the Laufmaschine, it was
two wheels connected by a wooden
frame; it had no drive train or pedals and
was essentially a strider bike for adults.
What other names refer to this
contraption? (See photo – next slide)
Q 1.7:
In which year did Bogota, Colombia
begin hosting the now-famous
weekly ciclovía event?
A. 1962
B. 1974
C. 1980
D. 1986
Q 1.8:
In which city and which year was the first
on-street bike lane installed in the US?
A. Cleveland, OH, 1953
B. Seattle, WA, 1959
C. Davis, CA, 1967
D. Denver, CO, 1973
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ROUND TWO
Q 2.1:
In which year did the
League of American
Wheelmen (the predecessor to the
League of American Bicyclists) institute a
ban on non-white members?
A. 1875 B. 1894 C. 1912 D. 1923
BONUS Q:
In which year was the “color ban”
revoked?
Q 2.2:
What is the longest highway in
the United States?
Q 2.3:
The term “bikeway” was invented by
cycling enthusiasts in which US city,
leading to a system of blue-and-white
signs funded in part by the Chamber of
Commerce?
A. Homestead, FL
C. San Jose, CA
B. Austin, TX
D. Portland, OR
Q 2.4:
In 1897, the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, a
highly-trained group of 8 African-American
army officers, rode their specially-equipped
military bicycles from where to where?
A. Nashville, TN to Cincinnati, OH
B. San Antonio, TX to Fort Worth, TX
C. Greenville, SC to Raleigh, NC
D. Fort Missoula, MT to St. Louis, MO
Q 2.5:
Purportedly in response to a bet that no
woman could cycle around the world, in
1895 this Jewish immigrant mother of
three set off to circumnavigate the globe
by bicycle. She carried only a change of
clothes and a pearl-handled revolver.
Upon her successful return, she earned
$5,000. What was her name?
Q 2.6:
What is the name of the
smallest city in the world with
a subway system?
Q 2.7:
When and where was the term
"jaywalker" introduced in the US?
A. Bellington, WA, 1891
B. Grants Pass, OR, 1913
C. Portland, ME, 1926
D. Syracuse, NY, 1941
Q 2.8:
Which city was designed so that
the entire community was a
"woonerf"? (A woonerf is a
“living street” where all users
intermingle; it is intended to be a
place for people where cars are
tolerated.)
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Second round prizes
FINAL ROUND
Q 3.1:
Where was the first parking meter in
the United States installed?
A. Oklahoma City
C. Saint Augustine
B. Minneapolis
D. Pittsburgh
Q 3.2:
Which Asian city tore down an
elevated freeway in 2011 and
replaced it with a green space
and daylighted river?
Q 3.3:
In 2015, how many repairs were
made at New Columbia's Bike
Repair Hub?
A. 324 B. 457 C. 693 D. 809
Q 3.4:
This term refers to quick,
temporary, inexpensive,
unofficial installations in public
space, such as guerilla
gardening or pop-up bike lanes.
Q 3.5:
What was the name given to
the organized coast-to-coast
bike ride commemorating the
200th anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence?
Q 3.6:
Which Dutch city has the
highest bicycle mode share in
the world, reported at over
50%?
Q 3.7:
What was the official name of the
bridge that collapsed four months
after its opening in 1940 due to
"aeroelastic flutter"?
Bonus point: what was its nickname?
Q 3.8:
In what year did Portland issue
the original RFP for a bike
share operator?
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