What could inspire more trivia than movies and baseball? Cars, of course. Here are some questions you won't encounter on your driver's license test:
1. Which of the two following cars was introduced first?
a) Chevrolet Corvette
b) Ford Thunderbird
2. Which song is not about a car?
a) "Pink Cadillac"
b) "Little Deuce Coupe"
c) "Little Honda"
d) "409"
3. When did cupholders first arrive in U.S. cars?
a) 1978
b) 1982
c) 1985
d) 1989
4. Steve McQueen drove a Ford Mustang in the famous chase scene in "Bullitt". What was the other car?
a) Dodge Charger
b) Pontiac GTO
c) Plymouth Barracuda
d) Chevy Impala
5. Which car was on the cover of both NEWSWEEK and Time on April 20, 1964?
a) Corvette
b) GTO
c) Mustang
d) Toyota
6. When was the VW Microbus introduced to the United States?
a) 1945
b) 1950
c) 1956
d) 1960
7. Which of these was never a production-model car?
a) Tarpon
b) Superbird
c) Hornet
d) Marlin
8. Which car did James Bond first drive in "Goldfinger"?
a) Rover
b) Maserati
c) Volvo
d) Aston Martin
9. Which auto executive was the driving force behind the Pontiac GTO?
a) Lee Iacocca
b) Harley Earl
c) Alfred P. Sloan
d) John DeLorean
10. When were seat belts made mandatory?
a) 1949
b) 1956
c) 1958
d) 1963
11. What was the longest sedan made between 1953 and 1960?
a) 1959 Cadillac sedan DeVille
b) 1956 Chrysler New Yorker
c) 1960 Lincoln Continental
d) 1952 Oldsmobile 88
12. What did Wayne drive in "Wayne's World"?
a) Ford Pinto
b) AMC Pacer
c) AMC Gremlin
d) Chevy Nova
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14. What was the first BMW to gain wide popularity in the United States?
a) 5 Series
b) 325
c) 2002
d) 635Csi
15. Which car did Ricardo Montalban promote for its "fine Corinthian leather" seats?
a) Cadillac El Dorado
b) Plymouth Belvedere
c) Chevy Caprice
d) Chrysler Cordoba
16. Which car was Ralph Nader's "Unsafe at Any Speed" written about?
a) Ford Pinto
b) Chevy Corvair
c) VW Beetle
d) Plymouth Valiant
17. What were Nissans called before they were Nissans?
a) Ambers
b) Datsuns
c) Ramblers
d) Fujis
18. Which year saw the first major nationwide smog controls?
a) 1961
b) 1966
c) 1970
d) 1973
19. Which car did Dustin Hoffman drive in "The Graduate"?
a) MGB-GT
b) Porche Carrera
c) Alfa Romeo Spider
d) Jaguar XXE
20. Where does the name "Chevrolet" come from?
a) Louis Chevrolet, a famous race-car driver
b) Francois Chevrolet, a French car designer
c) Jacques Chevrolet, a New Orleans car collector
d) It's a made-up word
21. Who made the 1970s car called "The Thing"?
a) Plymouth
b) AMC
c) Rover
d) Volkswagen
22. When did Chrysler introduce the Hemi engine?
a) 1949
b) 1951
c) 1955
d) 1960
23. How many meals a year does the typical person eat in a car?
a) 10
b) 20
c) 33
d) 50
24. Who made the Avanti?
a) Studebaker
b) Ford
c) Ferrari
d) AMC
25. Match the car with the TV show:
a) Howard Cunningham's car in "Happy Days"
b) The Ricardo's road-trip car on "I Love Lucy"
c) Bo and Luke's General Lee on "Dukes of Hazzard"
d) Starsky's car on "Starsky and Hutch"
e) Michael Knight's KITT on "Knight Rider"
f) McGarrett's vehicle on "Hawaii Five-O"
g) Tod Stile's car on "Route 66"
h) Featured car on "77 Sunset Strip"
01. Dodge Charger
02. 1946 DeSoto
03. Mercury Marquis
04. Ford Torino
05. Ford Thunderbird
06. 1955 Pontiac
07. Corvette
08. Pontiac Trans Am
26. Complete these advertising campaign slogans:
a) Put your hands on a ________ you'll never let go.
b) See the U.S.A. in your __________.
c) Standing on the corner watching all the _______ go by.
d) It's not your father's ________.
27. What did Susanne Somers drive in "American Graffiti"?
a) Corvette
b) Thunderbird
c) GTO
d) Mercedes
28. Which kind of car brought Michael J. Fox "Back to the Future"?
a) DeLorean
b) BMW
c) Mazda
d) Honda
29. When was the Interstate Highway System born?
a) 1945
b) 1950
c) 1953
d) 1956
30. How many cars and trucks were on the road in 1962, and how many are there today?
a) 50 million / 101 million
b) 72 million / 205 million
c) 78 million / 237 million
d) 145 million / 147 million
31. What was the No. 1 passenger-car brand in the U.S. in 1962, and what is the No. 1 brand today?
a) Chevrolet/Toyota
b) Chevrolet/Plymouth
c) Ford/Honda
d)Pontiac/Ford
32. What was the No. 1 car line in the disco era (circa 1978)?
a) Olds Cutlass Supreme
b) Pontiac GTO
c) Cadillac Seville
d) Honda Accord
33. Which car chassis were early Zamboni ice-resurfacing machines built on?
a) Chevy
b) Ford
c) Jeep
d) Volkswagen
Click HERE for all the Answers - Good luck!
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