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Quiz about Automobiles that Never Really Were 2nd Gear
Quiz about Automobiles that Never Really Were 2nd Gear

Automobiles that Never Really Were, 2nd Gear Quiz


As cars get smarter, people and their automobiles have a nearly symbiotic relationship. How many of these imaginary cars can you sort?

A multiple-choice quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
FatherSteve
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
390,686
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
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Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. When Batman goes into the Batcave to fetch his automobile, what car is he about to drive?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Bo Duke and Luke Duke are seen driving their famous car around Hazzard County. By what name is the Duke Boys' car known?
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Question 3 of 10
3. In the 1963 Beach Boys song, which car is it that is "the fastest set of wheels in town" and is "ported and relieved and ... stroked and bored" and will do "do a hundred and forty" and " purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar" and gets "rubber in all four gears"?
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Question 4 of 10
4. Which Volkswagen beetle had his own run of movies and television programmes from 1968 to 2005? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. On the TV series "The Green Hornet" (1966-1967) and in the 2011 motion picture based on it, what was the name of the car driven by Kato, the Green Hornet's chauffeur?
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Question 6 of 10
6. Stephen King wrote a novel in 1983 about a 1958 Plymouth Fury that kills people. What was her/its name? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In the Sixties' British TV programme "Thunderbirds," Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward's car is normally driven by Parker, her butler. Name that car. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. James Bond's third car first appeared in "Goldfinger" (1964), then "Thunderball" (1965), "GoldenEye" (1995), "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "Casino Royale" (2006), "Skyfall" (2012), and "Spectre" (2015). What kind of car is it?
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Question 9 of 10
9. In the 2006 movie "Cars" and its sequels, who is the red #95 racecar who is at the center of the on-going storyline? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The Beach Boys were helpfully concerned in 1964 when a California girl's father took his car away from her. What kind of car was it?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. When Batman goes into the Batcave to fetch his automobile, what car is he about to drive?

Answer: The Batmobile

The Batmobile first appeared in DC Comics in 1939. It was a tricked out Cadillac with armour and concealed weapons. The car has changed over time: wing-shaped fins, mobile crime lab capacity, anti-tank warfare gizmos. The Batmobile on the 1966-1968 TV series was a modified 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car. Batfans can even get a model made of Legos.
2. Bo Duke and Luke Duke are seen driving their famous car around Hazzard County. By what name is the Duke Boys' car known?

Answer: The General Lee

The General Lee from "The Dukes of Hazzard" was a modified 1969 Dodge Charger that could jump long distances and had a horn which played the first few notes of "Dixie." The doors were welded shut; the boys climbed in and out the windows. On the roof was a replica of General Robert E. Lee's battle flag from the Army of Northern Virginia. Because of the association of Confederate flags with racism, controversy arose over the use of this flag on the car.
3. In the 1963 Beach Boys song, which car is it that is "the fastest set of wheels in town" and is "ported and relieved and ... stroked and bored" and will do "do a hundred and forty" and " purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar" and gets "rubber in all four gears"?

Answer: My Little Deuce Coupe

Brian Wilson wrote the music and a local DJ, Roger Christian, wrote the lyrics to "My Little Deuce Coupe" which was the B-side of "Surfer Girl" and then the headliner on the album "Little Deuce Coupe." The car referred to is a 1932 Ford Model 18, the successor to the Model A, which came with a flathead V-8 motor.
4. Which Volkswagen beetle had his own run of movies and television programmes from 1968 to 2005?

Answer: Herbie the Love Bug

The "Love Bug" franchise began a Walt Disney comedy movie in 1968. It was based on the 1961 novel "Car, Boy, Girl" by Gordon Buford. The protagonist is an off-white 1963 Volkswagen Beetle. Dean Jones plays Jim Douglas, a race-car driver who drives Herbie, the Volkswagen. Gary Owens and Andy Granatelli appear as themselves in the film. The original motion picture was followed by four sequels, a TV series, made-for-TV movies and stories in other media.
5. On the TV series "The Green Hornet" (1966-1967) and in the 2011 motion picture based on it, what was the name of the car driven by Kato, the Green Hornet's chauffeur?

Answer: Black Beauty

Black Beauty was a 1966 Imperial Crown which was specially customized for its role on TV and in the movie. The car had two hood-mounted machine guns, missiles fore and aft, and a flamethrower. It was kept upside down under the floor of the Green Hornet's garage such that his normal civilian car would rotate and be replaced by Black Beauty. It would pull onto the street through a trick billboard ad for "Kissin' Candy Mints."
6. Stephen King wrote a novel in 1983 about a 1958 Plymouth Fury that kills people. What was her/its name?

Answer: Christine

John Carpenter directed the film adaptation of "Christine" the same year the novel was published. So many cars were wrecked to make the film that the producer had to resort to two other Plymouth models -- the Belvedere and the Savoy -- which were disguised as Furies. In the film, Christine was able to regenerate herself when destroyed; not so the cars crunched in making the movie.
7. In the Sixties' British TV programme "Thunderbirds," Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward's car is normally driven by Parker, her butler. Name that car.

Answer: FAB1

The FAB1 is a modified Rolls Royce Silver Spirit. It is pink because Lady Penelope likes pink. The car has six wheels. The extra wheels help carry the added weight of machine guns, bulletproof glass, smoke-screen and oil-slick dispenser, radar and deployable water skis. The vehicle appeared not only in the television series but in the three motion-picture adaptations.
8. James Bond's third car first appeared in "Goldfinger" (1964), then "Thunderball" (1965), "GoldenEye" (1995), "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "Casino Royale" (2006), "Skyfall" (2012), and "Spectre" (2015). What kind of car is it?

Answer: Aston Martin DB5

The introduction of the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 in the movie "Goldfinger" was part of a product-placement agreement with Aston Martin/Ford. It is a British luxury sports car. Since 1982, the company has held a Royal Warrant by which it is the purveyor of automobiles to HRH the Prince of Wales. 007 has driven each of the other cars mentioned in other films.
9. In the 2006 movie "Cars" and its sequels, who is the red #95 racecar who is at the center of the on-going storyline?

Answer: Lightning McQueen

Lightning McQueen is not named after Steve McQueen, whose car chase in a Mustang in the movie "Bullitt" (1968) is one of the all-time classics, but rather for Glenn McQueen, an animator at Pixar who died in 2002. His number was supposed to be 57 (the year filmmaker John Lasseter was born) but was changed to 95 (the year Pixar made its first feature film "Toy Story"). He is sponsored by Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment.
10. The Beach Boys were helpfully concerned in 1964 when a California girl's father took his car away from her. What kind of car was it?

Answer: a T-Bird

Brian Wilson and Mike Love wrote the song "Fun, Fun, Fun" about a girl whose dad allows her to drive his Ford Thunderbird "to the library" but who goes cruising instead. He realizes he has been duped and takes the keys away from her. The narrator in the song then redeems the situation with his own car. A cover version of this song by Caleigh Peters appears in the 2005 movie "Herbie Fully Loaded."
Source: Author FatherSteve

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