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If it’s still Friday and you’re reading this at your office, your escape-and-drive-your-classic plan failed. That’s OK. Driving can be dangerous and your boss wants you safe. Because work creates stress, and stress can harm your health, do your company a favor and check out the following car-trivia challenge to relax your mind.

1) In a series of Disney movies from the 1960s, Kurt Russell plays Dexter Reilly. What’d he drive?
2) Dick Van Dyke starred in the movie, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, released in 1968. Was Chitty based on a real car?
3) The Ford GT40 was a wonderful looking car and a terror at LeMans in the late ’60s . What does the 40 in the name stand for?
4) What do the British call engine knock—that is, how do they describe the sound?
5) What’s a true mag wheel?
6) There are two main theories for how the Jeep got its name. What are they?
7) What car did Carroll Shelby slap Ford V8s in to make the Cobra? The bigger the diameter of your exhaust pipes, the more power they provide to a street-driven car or bike. T or F?
9) The Beach Boys had a huge hit with Little Deuce Coupe. What car are they singing about?
10) In high performance race engines, the maximum average speed the piston maintains inside the cylinder is just over a) 60 mph b) 100 mph c) 240 mph.

Answers at the bottom of this entry.

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Answers to the 11-9 Friday Fun quiz.

1. Ransom E. Olds was the founder of Oldsmobile. The REO Speedwagon was one of his company’s early vehicles.

2. Given that he always wore red, white and blue and stars and stripes, you should have guessed Harley Davidson. Those who guessed Ducati, subtract two points.

3.  Edsel Ford was Henry Ford’s son and the Edsel was a Ford Motor Company product.

4. The flathead is a valve-in-block engine. Thus, the cylinder head–what closes off the cylinders–is simply a flat metal plate (often finned).

5. Pontiac GTO (’66).

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