Q 01/05

Which country introduced the first vehicle registration plates, by a Paris ordinance in 1893?

A) Germany

B) Netherlands

C) United Kingdom

D) France

Answer · why

D) France

Germany followed in 1896, and the Netherlands issued the first national plate, called a driving permit, in 1898.

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

Before that, motorists in most states had to make their own plates. Plate number 1 went to Frederick Tudor and is still in use by his descendants.

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

Owners provided their own plates featuring their initials until 1903 and numbers thereafter; the state did not issue plates until 1910.

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

The cowboy silhouette is one of the longest-running plate graphics in the country, arriving the same year as the oldest continuous state slogan.