Motorcycle FUN Trivia Quiz

Motorcycle Club

Choose an answer from the three choices and True or False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Motorcycling is the act of riding a motorcycle. Motorcycling can done as an economical and effective mode of transportation, because motorcycles are cheaper to purchase, maintain and use than cars.

• True or False?

2. A motorcycle club (MC) is an organized club of dedicated motorcyclists who join together for camaraderie, strength of numbers, and peer group acceptance. Motorcycle clubs have a group of elected officers, a probationary period for new members, and a measure of privacy about their internal structure, bylaws, and membership. As part of becoming a full member, an individual must pass a vote of the membership and swear some level of allegiance to the club. Each club has a unique club patch (or patches) adorned with the term “MC” that are worn on the riders vest. What is the term known as?

• colors
• flags
• braids

3. Motorcycle club (MC) are historically divided into two types. What is NOT a type?

• One-percenters
• everyone else (or 99-percenters)
• The HOGS

4. What is the year the oldest Motorcycle club (MC) in the United States began?

• 1903
• 1904
• 1907

5. MC members are not usually referred to by their given names, but instead refer to each other by nicknames, or ___________, sometimes even displaying it on the club vest.

• road names
• game names
• pilot names

6. One of the earliest and most notorious biker event occurred in Hollister, California in 1947 and is now dubbed the Hollister riot. What was the movie made based on the event?

7. While one-percenters garner much publicity for their activities and misdeeds, there are many, many more motorcycle clubs and bikers. They instead identify themselves as what?

• The do-gooders
• Ninety-nine per-centers
• The Patriots

8. Who wrote Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, giving readers their first inside glimpse into the most notorious motorcycle club of all?

• Peter Fonda
• Hunter S. Thompson
• Dennis Hopper

9. Who designated four motorcycle clubs as Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs), which are the Pagans, Hells Angels, Outlaws MC, and Bandidos?

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Interpol

10. The 2007 Disney film Wild Hogs tells the story of four friends who have an encounter with the fictional Del Fuegos MC. The original script used what motorcycle gang’s name, causing them to sue Disney for trademark infringement.

• Pagans
• Hell’s Angels
• Banditos

Check Your Answers

• 1. True
• 2. colors
• 3. The HOGS
• 4. 1903
• 5. road names
• 6. The Wild Ones
• 7. Ninety-nine per-centers
• 8. Hunter S. Thompson
• 9. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• 10. Hell’s Angels