Sunday Firsts

Bike Month NYC 2009 has five weekends, so each Sunday the Super Quiz will feature questions about firsts. First places, people, things and events.  Today’s query is about a first meeting of bike and car.

First Collision

In New York City, bicycles had been in use for over a decade before the first reported automobile crash to injure a bicyclist.  During the first public exhibition of an internal combustion engine powered horseless carriage, the driver lost control, hit a cyclist and was arrested.

QUESTION 1.  When did this happen?

1. New Years Eve
2. St. Valentines Day
3. Memorial Day
4. Friday the 13th
5. Fourth of July

QUESTION 2. Where did this happen?

1. Riverside Drive
2. Union Square
3. Coney Island
4. Broadway in Brooklyn
5. Broadway in Manhattan

QUESTION 3. The collision involved which bike vs. car?

1. Schwinn vs. Chevrolet
2. Peerless vs. Peugeot
3. Columbia vs. Duryea
4. Gladiator vs. Oldsmobile
5. Overman vs. Humber

BONUS QUESTION: What was reportedly the name and address of the cyclist?