Q 01/05

In which city is Harley-Davidson headquartered?

A) Detroit

B) Milwaukee

C) Cleveland

D) Indianapolis

Answer · why

B) Milwaukee

Milwaukee. The company has been based there since its founding in 1903, and the Big Twin engine it launched for 2017, the Milwaukee-Eight, is named fo...

Q 02/05

Which carmaker was founded in 1903, like Harley-Davidson?

A) Chevrolet

B) Ford

C) Chrysler

D) General Motors

Answer · why

B) Ford

Ford. Henry Ford's company was founded that year, and the cheap cars it soon mass-produced helped turn the motorcycle from everyday transport into a r...

Q 03/05

Which rival was the only other major US motorcycle maker to survive the Great Depression?

A) Excelsior

B) Henderson

C) Indian

D) Crocker

Answer · why

C) Indian

Indian. From 1931 the two were America's only major motorcycle makers, and when Indian shut down in 1953, Harley-Davidson was the last one left.

Q 04/05

Where did the founders assemble the first Harley-Davidson motorcycles?

A) A rented railroad shop

B) A backyard shed

C) A university lab

D) A bicycle store basement

Answer · why

B) A backyard shed

A backyard shed. The 10-by-15-foot wooden hut in the Davidson family's yard had the company name scrawled on its door, and was later moved to the fact...

Q 05/05

Which inventor, then building engines nearby, helped Harley-Davidson's founders with their first big engine?

A) Ole Evinrude

B) Ransom Olds

C) Glenn Curtiss

D) Joseph Merkel

Answer · why

A) Ole Evinrude

Ole Evinrude. A few years later he developed the first commercially successful outboard boat motor and founded the company that made his own name famo...