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Quiz about Trucks and Trams Ships and Skiffs

Trucks and Trams, Ships and Skiffs Quiz

These are questions about movies, television shows and songs that have a transportation theme.

A multiple-choice quiz by card183. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
card183

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
356,920

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
638

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Question 1 of 10

1. A televised trivia game occurs in a taxi in what TV show? Hint

Hail the Money Cab

Cash Cab

Discount Cab

Checker Cab

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who originally sang the song with these lyrics?

"Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I love you" Hint

Foreigner

Paul Revere and the Raiders

Beatles

Otis Redding

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Question 3 of 10

3. Fresh off his appearance in "Star Wars", what actor starred in "Corvette Summer" in 1978 as a young man tracking down a stolen car? Hint

Peter Cushing

Harrison Ford

Mark Hamill

James Earl Jones

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Question 4 of 10

4. The year was 1987. The movie starred Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal as two men who each agreed to kill someone for the other guy. What movie was it? Hint

Romancing the Stone

Ruthless People

Throw Momma from the Train

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Taxi" was a television program that ran from 1978-1983. What kind of show was it? Hint

detective/crime show

reality show

game show

sitcom

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Question 6 of 10

6. What song was famously sung by Judy Garland in the film "Meet Me in St. Louis" in 1944? Hint

That Memphis Train

The Wheels on the Bus

The Trolley Song

Railroad March

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Question 7 of 10

7. Robert DeNiro plays Travis Bickle and Jodie Foster is a child prostitute in what classic film from 1976? Hint

Taxi Driver

Coming Home

The Deerhunter

Bus Driver

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Rock the Boat" was a song that was popular in 1974. Who sang it? Hint

Average White Band

Bachman Turner Overdrive

Boston

Hues Corporation

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Question 9 of 10

9. Peter, Paul and Mary had their only #1 hit in the U.S. in 1969 with what song? Hint

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Danger Zone

Jet Airliner

Jefferson Airplane

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Question 10 of 10

10. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty starred as former romantic partners in a silly film that was released in 1980. Surely you remember its name. What was it? Hint

Airplane!

Inferno!

Titanic!

Jaws!

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A televised trivia game occurs in a taxi in what TV show?

Answer: Cash Cab

Airing on Discovery Channel beginning in 2005, "Cash Cab" originally aired in the U.K. The American version has been filmed in New York City and Las Vegas. Contestants didn't know they were entering a game until they were getting into the cab.

2. Who originally sang the song with these lyrics? "Baby you can drive my car Yes I'm gonna be a star Baby you can drive my car And maybe I love you"

Answer: Beatles

Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, "Drive my Car" was released in 1965 on the Beatles album "Rubber Soul". The McCoys covered the song (1966) as well as Bobby McFerrin and others.

3. Fresh off his appearance in "Star Wars", what actor starred in "Corvette Summer" in 1978 as a young man tracking down a stolen car?

Answer: Mark Hamill

Hamill's character worked on the corvette in his high school shop class. When it was stolen he took off to recover it and ended up in Las Vegas. Annie Potts co-stars in the film and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role.

4. The year was 1987. The movie starred Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal as two men who each agreed to kill someone for the other guy. What movie was it?

Answer: Throw Momma from the Train

Billy Crystal's character wants his ex-wife to be killed while Danny DeVito desires his overbearing mother to be done away with. Danny DeVito directed the film. Anne Ramsey, who played his mother, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

5. "Taxi" was a television program that ran from 1978-1983. What kind of show was it?

Answer: sitcom

The program concerned a group of cabbies and their rude dispatcher. It started on ABC but for the last year was aired on NBC. It won numerous Emmy Awards during its run.

6. What song was famously sung by Judy Garland in the film "Meet Me in St. Louis" in 1944?

Answer: The Trolley Song

Covers of the song have been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Herb Alpert and Dave Brubeck. The American Film Institute included this song at #26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Songs in American Films in 2004. It was also nominated for an Academy Award in 1944 for Best Original Song.

7. Robert DeNiro plays Travis Bickle and Jodie Foster is a child prostitute in what classic film from 1976?

Answer: Taxi Driver

"Taxi Driver" was nominated for four Academy Awards but didn't win any. The film also starred Albert Brooks and Cybill Shepherd.

8. "Rock the Boat" was a song that was popular in 1974. Who sang it?

Answer: Hues Corporation

"Rock the Boat" made it to #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974 and into the top 10 in the U.K. It was one of the earliest disco songs to gain widespread popularity. The Hues Corporation had an earlier less successful hit song named "Freedom for the Stallion".

9. Peter, Paul and Mary had their only #1 hit in the U.S. in 1969 with what song?

Answer: Leaving on a Jet Plane

The song was written by John Denver who recorded it first in 1966. Peter, Paul and Mary's version was released on their album "Album 1700" in 1967. It has been covered by many recording artists including The Kendalls, whose country version charted in 1970, as well as Frank Sinatra.

10. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty starred as former romantic partners in a silly film that was released in 1980. Surely you remember its name. What was it?

Answer: Airplane!

The film also starred Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Peter Graves. It was a parody of disaster movies and it made a lot of use of puns and slapstick comedy. The plot concerns a former pilot who has developed a fear of flying. He winds up on a plane whose crew has fallen ill and he must take over as pilot.

Source: Author card183

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