Colleges & Universities
Trucking 101
Also Known As
The Facts of Business
Better Know Your Animals
100
This is the oldest university in the United States.
What is Harvard University?
100
The 3 distinct segments of the trucking industry.
What are Truckload, LTL, Tank truck (also auto hauler, intermodal, for hire, private, etc.)
100
Movie star originally known as Norma Jean Baker.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
100
This is the state incorporating the most Fortune 500 companies in the U.S.
What is Delaware?
100
This animal is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund. You can find them at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.
What is the panda?
200
It was the first Business School established in the United States. It is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania program.
What is the Wharton School of Business?
200
Long double and triple trailer combinations are referred to by this name.
What are longer combination vehicles?
200
This movie and television star, nicknamed “Wild Thing” in a classic baseball movie, was born Carlos Irwin Estevez.
Who is Charlie Sheen?
200
This American ice cream company is located in Vermont, and known for flavors like Chunky Monkey, Cherry Garcia, Phish Food and Half Baked.
What is Ben & Jerry's?
200
The name for the New Zealand flightless bird. It’s also the name of its native fruit.
What is the kiwi?
300
This University awards the annual Pulitzer Prize Award.
What is Columbia University?
300
This legislation resulted in the number of for-hire interstate motor carriers exploding from 20,000 to more than 440,000 today.
What is the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 (the act that deregulated the trucking industry).
300
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, better known by this stage name, is an English musician and lead singer for The Police.
Who is Sting?
300
This is the largest toy distributor in the United States. They also make a tasty burger.
What is McDonald's?
300
This fish is known as the “Tiger of the Sea.”
What is the barracuda?
400
These colleges are located in this state: Vanderbilt University, Rhodes College, Belmont University, and Fisk University.
What is Tennessee?
400
97.2% of trucking companies operate fewer than this many trucks.
What is twenty?
400
This "Ghost" actress and "The View" co-host was born Caryn Johnson.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
400
This is the largest U.S. chemical company.
What is DuPont?
400
It is the largest rodent in the world, whose closest relatives are guinea pigs. Native to South America, this rodent inhabits dense forests near bodies of water.
What is the capybara?
500
The Citadel, Clemson, Wofford, and Winthrop are all located in this state.
What is South Carolina?
500
This federal agency has responsibility for regulating truck safety.
What is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)?
500
British singer and songwriter Cat Stevens converted to Islam in 1978, and changed his name to this.
Who is Yusuf Islam?
500
He was the chairman of Chrysler from 1979 to 1992.
Who is Lee Iacocca?
500
This is the term for the study of fish.
What is ichthyology?