Q 01/05

John Deere's farm machines are known worldwide for green paint paired with which second signature color?

A) White

B) Orange

C) Yellow

D) Red

Answer · why

C) Yellow

Yellow joins green on the farm machines, while the leaping-deer badge on the company's construction equipment swaps the green for black.

Q 02/05

In the best-known account, John Deere shaped his 1837 plow from which discarded piece of Scottish steel?

A) A saw blade

B) A wagon axle

C) A railroad rail

D) A ship's anchor

Answer · why

A) A saw blade

A saw blade gave Deere ready-polished steel to work with; his shop turned out about 100 plows in 1842 and around 400 the following year.

Q 03/05

When Russian troops took John Deere machines from Ukrainian dealers in 2022, what did the dealers reportedly do?

A) Paid a ransom

B) Locked them remotely

C) Wiped the engine software

D) Tracked them by drone

Answer · why

B) Locked them remotely

The dealers locked them remotely, leaving the stolen equipment useless once it reached Russia. Late-model machines depend on the maker's software, whi...

Q 04/05

Alongside plows, wagons and cultivators, John Deere made a few of which other product during the 1890s?

A) Sewing machines

B) Phonographs

C) Typewriters

D) Bicycles

Answer · why

D) Bicycles

Bicycles were a brief sideline for the plow maker in the 1890s, though farm implements stayed the core of the business.

Q 05/05

In the country hit John Deere Green, where does Billy Bob paint his declaration of love for Charlene?

A) A grain silo

B) A water tower

C) A barn roof

D) A highway overpass

Answer · why

B) A water tower

A water tower is his canvas, and the song ends with the heart and words still up there despite the town's attempts to paint over them.