Q 01/05

Which three crossed tools form the logo of Yamaha, a dirt bike maker that began with musical instruments?

A) Drumsticks

B) Tuning forks

C) Violin bows

D) Guitar picks

Answer · why

B) Tuning forks

Tuning forks have marked the brand since its piano and organ days; the motorcycle business only split off as its own company in 1955.

Q 02/05

Which pop star married freestyle motocross rider Carey Hart after meeting him at the 2001 X Games?

A) Pink

B) Fergie

C) Shakira

D) Kesha

Answer · why

A) Pink

Pink met him in Philadelphia, a year after he made the first backflip attempt on a full-size motocross bike in competition.

Q 03/05

The Dakar Rally, a desert marathon for dirt bikes, is named after the capital of which African country?

A) Morocco

B) Mali

C) Senegal

D) Algeria

Answer · why

C) Senegal

Senegal was the finish line when the race began in 1978 as a run from Paris, and only 74 of the 182 vehicles that started made it there.

Q 04/05

Which country music star's Tennessee ranch has hosted the AMA's national amateur motocross championship since 1982?

A) Dolly Parton

B) Reba McEntire

C) Tammy Wynette

D) Loretta Lynn

Answer · why

D) Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn and her husband welcomed the race to their Hurricane Mills ranch, which also stages concerts on holiday weekends.

Q 05/05

Which dirt bike brand began in 1689 as a Swedish musket maker and still uses a gun sight as a logo?

A) Husaberg

B) Bultaco

C) Husqvarna

D) Aermacchi

Answer · why

C) Husqvarna

Husqvarna takes its name from the town of Huskvarna, where the weapons factory was founded more than two centuries before its first motorcycle.