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BMX History Quiz: 1979

Archived learning resource

Live learning page: https://sites.google.com/view/lititzbmxinventorylist/learning-resources/quizzes/1979-bmx-history-quiz
Archive package version: 1.1
Prepared: July 19, 2026
Resource type: Quiz and supporting historical article

This GitHub-ready package preserves the 1979 entry in the Lititz BMX history-quiz learning series under the same locked archival workflow used for the earlier Lititz BMX GitHub preservation projects:

Resource structure

  1. Published 1979 quiz
  2. Supporting BMX Action retrospective article
  3. Verified answer key
  4. Source transcription and issue documentation
  5. Stable source images and full live-page capture
  6. Structured archival ledger in Markdown, CSV, and Excel

Published quiz image

BMX History Quiz: 1979

Complete published quiz transcription

The complete published quiz is displayed below so visitors can take it directly from this archive page. Wording, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and answer choices remain as published; documented issues are not silently corrected.

BMX HISTORY QUIZ:

1979

1

________ INVENTED THE ONE-FOOTER IN 1979.

2

__________ WAS KNOWN AS THE “COCA COLA COWBOY”.

3

WHICH OF THESE RIDERS DID NOT RIDE FOR DG?

4

__________ WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE JAG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.

5

__________ DID THE FIRST ROCK WALK AND STARTED A “MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY”.

Extra Credit

WHILE NOT 1979, WHEN DID THE FIRST HARO PLATE APPEAR ON THE COVER OF BMX ACTION MAGAZINE?

Verified answers

Reveal verified answers | Item | Answer | |---|---| | 1 | **D. Tim Judge** | | 2 | **Toby Henderson** | | 3 | **D. Harry Leary** | | 4 | **B. Renny Roker** | | 5 | **D. Bob Haro** | | Extra credit | **December 1978** | [Open the complete verified answer key](/learning-resources/quizzes/1979/quiz/1979-verified-answer-key.html)

Critical verification findings

Renny Roker was checked against the known series error

Both supplied 1979 sources use Renny Roker. The known erroneous form Renny Rocker is not present in this entry.

Question 2 is contextual

The article names Toby Henderson and Jeff Bottema before referring to the pair as “the ‘Coca-Cola Cowboy’ and Bottema.” The answer is supported, but the attribution is contextual rather than written as a standalone identification.

Question 3 is an exclusion answer

The article identifies Sal Zuener, Toby Henderson, and Jeff Bottema as DG riders. Harry Leary is the remaining option.

Question 4 uses broader wording

The quiz says Jag World Championship Series. The article says Renny Roker directed Jag BMX in staging the first Jag World Championships and describes the event as becoming a short tradition.

All answers are supported

All five main questions and the extra-credit question are supported by the supplied two-page article spread. No external answer key was invented.

Open the complete critical verification findings

Supporting historical source image

BMX Action 1979 retrospective article spread

The complete supporting-source transcription remains available in Core documentation below.

Core documentation

Preserved images

Source inventory

Preservation note

The Google Site remains the primary public learning experience. This GitHub package serves as the durable documentation, transcription, verification, structured-ledger, source-evidence, and fixity layer.

The supplied magazine image is preserved as a research and educational source record. Copyright and other rights in the original magazine content remain with their respective rights holders.