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It’s Friday, you’re working. Are you working? Ok, you’re at work. Physically. But your mind is planning your Halloween costume, wondering about dinner tonight, trying to remember what’s at the dry cleaners and how long the dog’s bladder can hold out if you grab a beer after work before his evening walk….

You need a break! Nothing serves your employer better than relaxing your brain–the whole reason they hired you–with some car trivia. If you won’t do it for yourself, do it for The Man. Here’s some movie and TV vehicles. Can ya name ‘em? We’ll start with an easy one:

1. What did Steve McQueen drive as Frank Bullitt?
2. What do the villains chasing and shooting at him drive?
3. What British drop top does Maxwell Smart drive (seen in the opening credits of Get Smart?)
4. Name the car in Vanishing Point. (Extra credit: this is not the car they actually crash at the end. Name that one)
5. Peter Fonda mans a tough set of wheels in Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry. Name it.
6. What A$# kicking American muscle car does Gary Busey share driving duties with in Gumball Rally?
6a. What’s Raul Julia pilot in Gumball?
7. Car in Back to the Future (eeeeaasy one).
8. What kind of bike did Fonzie ride (come on–this was a Friday fun from a couple weeks ago).
9. Dean Martin played Matt Helm in a short lived 1960s TV series. What’d he drive?
10. Tougher: what car was the Batmobile based on (I’m talking the real Batmobile here, the Adam West one.)
Bonus question: In what film does a scary bloke comment that the lead is driving “the last of the V8 Interceptors” ?

Answers at the bottom of this entry

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Answers to the 11/2 Friday Fun: Car Trivia

1)  A blue fiberglass dune buggy
2)  Yes. Chitty Bang Bang, which was actually a series of cars built and raced by Count Zborowski.  http://www.chittybangbang.com/chittybangbang_car.html
3) 40 inches high.
4) Pinking
5) Made of magnesium
6) A corruption of the letters G.P., for general purpose (vehicle). A character on the cartoon Popeye with the power to go anywhere including through walls.
7) The British A.C. Ace. False. Race engines run wide open can be hampered by back pressure, but at lower engine speeds having some back pressure helps with exhaust-gas scavenging and improves performance.
9) “Deuce” comes from the number, or more accurately year, ’32. The Beach Boys are singing about a ’32 Ford coupe (which came with a flathead V8 and is the quintessential hot rod).
10) a) 60 miles per hour. (Remember, this is average speed: the piston comes to a full stop twice with each revolution to change directions between upward and downward motion.)

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