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BMX History Quiz: 1983
Archived learning resource
Live learning page: https://sites.google.com/view/lititzbmxinventorylist/learning-resources/quizzes/1983-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 1983 entry in the Lititz BMX history-quiz learning series under the same locked archival workflow used for the preceding Lititz BMX GitHub preservation projects:
- preserve the published interface and source sequence;
- preserve original wording separately from verified answers and archival findings;
- transcribe the complete visible quiz and supporting article source;
- verify every answer against identified evidence;
- explain compound statements and historical context rather than flattening them;
- map every supplied image to a stable archive filename; and
- record SHA-256 fixity information.
Resource structure
- Published 1983 quiz
- Supporting BMX Action retrospective article
- Verified answer key
- Critical evidence findings
- Stable source images and full live-page capture
- Structured archival ledger in Markdown, CSV, and Excel
Published quiz image
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:
1983
1
A TWO PAGE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN IN BMXA CALLING A TRICK THE __________ BUT IT BECAME “THE LEARY.”
2
____________________ “PROCEEDED TO DESTROY THE AMATEUR CLASSES” BUT DIDN’T TURN PRO THIS YEAR.
- A. GEORGE SEEVERS
- B. MIKE POULSON
- C. RICHIE ANDERSON
- D. GARY ELLIS
3
____________ WAITED UNTIL THE LAST RACE OF ’83 TO TURN PRO.
- A. ERIC RUPE
- B. GREG GRUBBS
- C. GARY ELLIS
- D. ANTHONY SEWELL
4
T/F - GREG HILL WON HIS FIRST NORA CUP WHILE RIDING FOR HUTCH, THEN LAUNCHED GREG HILL PRODUCTS (GHP) IN OCTOBER ’83, AND BECAME A DAD IN DECEMBER.
5
$________ WAS UP FOR GRABS IN THE ESPN SERIES.
Extra Credit
________________ BROKE HIS WRIST AT THE ESPN FINALS BUT STILL RACED WITH IT.
Extra Extra Credit
THE ________ TEN CAME OUT.
Verified answers
Reveal verified answers
| Item | Answer | Evidence classification | |---|---|---| | 1 | **Judge** | Direct | | 2 | **C. Richie Anderson** | Direct | | 3 | **C. Gary Ellis** | Direct | | 4 | **False** | Direct; Hutch contradicted by GT | | 5 | **$15,000** | Direct | | Extra credit | **Brian Patterson** | Direct | | Extra extra credit | **Original** | Direct | [Open the complete verified answer key](/learning-resources/quizzes/1983/quiz/1983-verified-answer-key.html)Critical verification findings
Question 4 is false for a specific reason
Greg Hill’s first NORA Cup, the GHP launch, and his becoming a father are all described in the article. The false element is the claim that he was riding for Hutch; the source says he was riding for GT.
The trick-name controversy is preserved
The source records Judge, Leary, Medrano, and Utterback as competing names. BMXA’s two-page instructional spread called it a Judge, while the article ultimately credits Harry Leary through earlier photographic evidence.
ESPN-series money is scoped correctly
The first six races offered $5,000 each. The seventh and final race offered $15,000.
Open the complete critical verification findings
Supporting historical source image
The complete supporting-source transcription remains available in Core documentation below.
Core documentation
- Published quiz transcription
- Verified answer key
- Supporting-article transcription
- Source-transcription index
- Archival ledger — Markdown
- Archival ledger — CSV
- Archival ledger — Excel
- Image manifest
- SHA-256 fixity manifest
Preserved images
Source inventory
- 1 standalone quiz image
- 1 complete two-page supporting magazine spread
- 1 full live-page capture
- 5 main quiz questions
- 2 extra-credit questions
- 7 answer dispositions
- 7 directly verified answers
- 0 unresolved exceptions
- 0 guessed answers
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.