Q 01/05

Which country introduced the first vehicle registration plates, by an 1893 police ordinance?

A) Germany

B) Netherlands

C) United Kingdom

D) France

Answer · why

D) France

France introduced the first vehicle registration plates under the Paris police ordinance of 14 August 1893; Germany followed in 1896.

Q 02/05

Which US state was the first to issue license plates itself, on September 1, 1903?

A) Connecticut

B) Pennsylvania

C) Massachusetts

D) Rhode Island

Answer · why

C) Massachusetts

Massachusetts became the first state to issue its own plates on September 1, 1903; plate number 1 went to Frederick Tudor, and his descendants kept it...

Q 03/05

Which state was first to require vehicle registration in 1901, initially just the owner's initials?

A) Ohio

B) Illinois

C) New Jersey

D) New York

Answer · why

D) New York

New York required vehicle registration from 1901, with owners making plates bearing their initials; numbers replaced initials in 1903, and the state o...

Q 04/05

In 1928, which state became the first to put a graphic and slogan on its plates, an embossed potato?

A) Iowa

B) Maine

C) Idaho

D) Nebraska

Answer · why

C) Idaho

That 1928 potato plate was the ancestor of the 'Famous Potatoes' slogan the state still uses today.

Q 05/05

Which state has featured a bucking horse and rider on its plates continuously since 1936?

A) Montana

B) Texas

C) Colorado

D) Wyoming

Answer · why

D) Wyoming

Wyoming added the bucking horse and rider silhouette to its plates in 1936; the design became one of the longest-running graphics on any US state plat...