Vehicles In Colour Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yellow

The yellow taxi cabs were a familiar sight on the streets of The Big Apple from 1907 onwards. Privately owned, they were licensed by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. While there were other taxi-like services in New York, only licensed "medallion" cabs were permitted to pick up as a result of being hailed in the streets.

Answer: Red

Horse-drawn buses were introduced in London in 1829 and motor-powered vehicles began to take over in 1902. The double-decked bus became associated with London as successive central holding companies took charge. Officially that red was Pantone 485, CMYK (M:100, Y:91), RGB (223,0,44).[Source: Transport for London]

Answer: Yellow

Founded in 1925 in Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A., the 'Cat' range included virtually every type of wheeled or tracked machine needed to dig, push, carry and load on a construction site or highway project. The company also made engines and power generators.

Answer: Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus was the national carrier of Ireland. The name was an anglicized version of Aer Loingeas, or 'Air Fleet'. It was founded in 1936.
KLM and Easyjet used orange as a base colour, while British Midland used blue.

Answer: Massey Ferguson

Although the modern Massey Ferguson company dated from just 1958, the "Massey" name had been associated with agricultural equipment since 1847 when a man called Daniel Massey opened a workshop in Ontario, Canada, to manufacture farm implements. Ten years later, Alanson Harris opened a rival, also in Ontario, but the two companies merged as Massey-Harris in 1891.

In 1953, Massey-Harris in turn merged with the firm created by the Northern Irish tractor pioneer Harry Ferguson to form a company called Massey-Harris-Ferguson.

The "Harris" was subsequently dropped, as, later, was the hyphen between the two remaining names. Whether they were used to harvest wheat on the cornfields of the world or mow grass in a domestic garden, Massey Ferguson machines were invariably painted a corporate shade of red. The corporate colour of JCB was yellow; John Deere's was green and New Holland's was blue.

Answer: Green

To be accurate that colour was "British Racing Green", adopted, it was said, from the Bentleys that dominated Le Mans in the 1920s. Blue was used by the French, silver by Germany and red by Italy. The USA used blue with white details, or white with blues details, depending on the manufacturers. The colour distinctions ended in 1968 because the Formula One teams wanted to paint cars in the colours of their sponsors.
British Racing Green was a trade-marked shade that was used by manufacturers such as Jaguar and Rover for mass-market cars.

Answer: Yellow

It was officially known as National School Bus Glossy Yellow. The colour was adopted in 1939 at a conference to decide on national standards for school buses.

Answer: Green

The state-owned postal service in the Republic of Ireland was An Post (English translation, The Post). The corporate colour of An Post was green. It became one of the largest employers in the Republic of Ireland and as well as a mail-delivering service, it also provided financial services and collected television licence fees on behalf of the national broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ).

Answer: Pink

Lady Penelope was the titled woman who assisted International Rescue in the the series "Thunderbirds" on British TV (and in a motion picture) in the 1960s. The action was performed by a variety of puppets and specially-created vehicles, including a futuristic Rolls Royce - pink naturally - driven by Lady P's working class chauffeur, Parker.
The characters often used the phrase "F-A-B" as an indication they understood instructions. The license plate of the Rolls Royce was "FAB 1".

Answer: Green

Inevitably they were known as "Green Goddesses". While no one could doubt the enthusiasm of the soldiers who were called on to provide cover, their appliances were woefully outdated by modern standards, with many made before 1968. In 2004, the UK Government enacted new legislation that meant that fire authorities had to turn over their modern machines to the Army if there was to be another strike. Most of the 900 Green Goddesses were sold off.