Snowmobile History Quiz
As a snowmobiler, how much do you know about the sport, its pioneers, its products and its history? Try our quiz and see how snowmobile-savvy you are.
The two snowmobile manufacturing companies founded by Hall of Fame snowmobile pioneer and adventurer Edgar Hetteen were:
Rupp & Alouette
Scorpion & Viking
Arctic Cat & Scorpion
Polaris & Arctic Cat
None of the above
Which of these brands was not manufactured by Arctic Cat?
Arctic Cat
Sno*Jet
Suzuki
Scorpion
Viking
Which engine brand has not been used in a production Arctic Cat snowmobile?
Suzuki
Kawasaki
Yamaha
KYMCO
Kioritz
SnoPlan was…
A financial program for pre-season sled purchases.
A concept for developing an international trail network.
A racing series developed in the 1960s to promote sled sales.
A marketing initiative to enhance interaction on social media.
A new action film of intense mountain riding.
Which snowmobile company has never been Number One in snowmobile sales?
Arctic Cat
Polaris
Ski-Doo
Yamaha
Scorpion
In the 1970s environmentalists complained that snowmobiles were too loud and sought to have sleds banned in many areas. To protect snowmobiling the SSCC set industry-supported standards for maximum permissible sound levels at 50 feet when at full throttle. What was that maximum decibel (dba) output?
82dba
102dba
68dba
78dba
72dba
Before Textron acquired Arctic Cat, what other snowmobile company did this worldwide conglomerate operate?
E Z-Go
Polaris
Scorpion
Chaparral
Fox Trac
In the 1980s Polaris thought that its Cutlass line of snowmobiles, not the Indy, would be its big seller. What made the Cutlass unique?
Fuji fan-cooled engines
Tube-shock assisted mono-spring skis
Wedge styling
Direct drive
Short wheelbase
Since its founding in the 1950s, Polaris has headquartered in various cities, which city was not home to Polaris corporate headquarters?
Medina, MN
Wyoming, MN
Roseau, MN
Plymouth, MN
Ski-Doo’s 1994 Formula III snowmobile sported a revised rear suspension that utilized twin track wheels and a longer arm to soften the track’s contact angle to reduce friction and improve freewheeling capabilities. What was it?
REV S1
RAS
CTEC 3
C-7
SC-4
Aftermarket performance pioneer Kalamazoo Engineering produced a specialty suspension kit for snowmobile grass racing called?
Holeshot
Grass Buster
Slider
Sandblaster
Wheel Railster
Professional racing sleds piloted by Polaris legend Bob Eastman in the 1970s were powered by Fuji-built free-air two-stroke engines that protruded from the hood to help keep them cool. These sleds were known as what?
Sno Pro 440
TX Starfire
RX-L
TX-L
Snofire
In 1990 what manufacturer showcased a prototype V-4 snowmobile engine at the Oconomowoc (Wisconsin) snowmobile show?
Arctic Cat
Polaris
Aaen Performance
Yamaha
Textron Motors
To make that unique-to-snowmobiling V-4 engine required the development of something that modern snowmobilers take for granted in their sleds, what was it?
Dual sparkplug heads
Electronic Fuel Injection
Flat slide carburetors
10 Port Heads
Auxiliary cooling fans
Current total worldwide snowmobile sales are about 125,000 units, but in the 1982-1983 sales period they were what?
300,150
198,000
87,785
132,056
293,435
Yamaha’s 1978 super stock racing snowmobile was not a big success for the company on the track, but because it was a limited build model it is much in demand by vintage enthusiasts. Reportedly only 200 of these were built, besides its limited availability, what else makes it highly collectible?
Trailing arm front suspension
Red & White styling
Low racy hood
High performance
Chrome racing handlebar
This snowmobile company was one of the first to utilize under the runningboard heat exchangers for cooling. Made of extruded aluminum the extrusions could survive the severe pounding of cross country racing. Which company introduced them to production sleds?
Arctic Cat
Polaris
Ski-Doo
Moto-Ski
Yamaha
With the idea of using extruded aluminum cooling extrusions to maintain temperatures for its liquid-cooled engines, one manufacturer created an extruded bumper for cooling. Which early sled company did that?
Scorpion
Polaris
Ski-Doo
Rupp
John Deere
What snowmobile company was the first to develop a synchromesh multi-speed transmission for snowmobiles?
Arctic Cat
Lynx
Ockelbo
Polaris
Ski-Doo
Which snowmobile brand never used a Yamaha engine in its production sleds?
Arctic Cat
Roll-O-Flex
Sno*Jet
Yamaha
Columbia
The 1975 Johnson snowmobile line was equipped with a new Fuel Mizer accelerator pump carburetor as standard equipment and was claimed to provide (in normal usage) what percentage increase in gas mileage versus corresponding machines equipped with standard 1974 carburetors?
13%
21%
35%
58%
63%
Strut-type suspensions are mostly associated with Yamaha models and its TSS front suspensions, but the concept was viewed as an alternative to IFS by other companies as well. Which sled maker produced models with its own strut design?
John Deere
Polaris
Scorpion
Ski-Doo
Rupp
In January Arctic Cat was acquired by Textron, what snowmobile brand(s) have not gone through a purchase since being founded?
Ski-Doo
Yamaha
Scorpion
Polaris
None of the above
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