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Quiz about Urban Legends Auto
Quiz about Urban Legends Auto

Urban Legends Auto Trivia Quiz


Welcome to Urban Legends Automotive! Everything's for sale, and every car tells a story. Have you heard these before?

A multiple-choice quiz by czolgolz. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
czolgolz
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
207,264
Updated
Oct 09 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
5674
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Welcome, welcome! What can I show you? Just looking? Fine. Say, have a look at this here classic convertible. Fully loaded...with concrete. How did this happen? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Not your thing? Well, how about this convertible? What? Okay, it's not really a convertible, but you'll have to agree, it doesn't have a roof. What happened here? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Here's a nice little number. 1995 BMW, CD player, leather seats, low mileage...good eye! Yes, the car is completely disassembled. You must be a mechanic. Seems the owner was tortured by a persistant rattle...he eventually had to take the car apart to find the source. What was it? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. How about a motor home? These RVs are priced to move. If you don't mind a little front end damage, you can take one home today. Which of these is NOT an urban legend about a wrecked RV? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Rip-offs? I take offense! You wouldn't believe some of the deals I've made here. Can you spot the non-urban legend from these tales of amazing sales? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. That old semi? It's not for sale. Kind of tragic story there. It hit another big rig head-on. Know what they found lodged in the grill when they finally wrenched them apart? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. While we're on the subject, you can never be too careful while driving. Three of these are popular travel legends. Which story did I just make up? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. You can never be too careful while driving, you never know if there's a cop around the next corner. Which of these run-ins with the law ACTUALLY HAPPENED? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Of course, it's not the cops you have to look out for, it's the psychos on the road. In fact, there's a gang out there whose initiation consists of killing certain motorists! What motorists do they target? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Well, sorry I haven't been able to interest you in anything. Before you go, have a look at this here pickup. Vehicle fire? Well, yeah, but you can buff that out. Oddly enough, the owner's dog was responsible for the accident. How? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Welcome, welcome! What can I show you? Just looking? Fine. Say, have a look at this here classic convertible. Fully loaded...with concrete. How did this happen?

Answer: A jealous husband filled his rival's car with cement.

This one's a classic (the legend, not the car). A man who drives a cement mixer comes home for lunch one day to find a new convertible in the driveway. When he hears a man's voice inside, he know's what's up. Rather than cause a scene, he backs up his truck and fills the car with concrete.

The joke's on him, however...the guy was a car salesman, and the convertible was a birthday present from his wife! You can have this one cheap and I'll throw in a hammer and chisel.
2. Not your thing? Well, how about this convertible? What? Okay, it's not really a convertible, but you'll have to agree, it doesn't have a roof. What happened here?

Answer: A man threw out his back while making love and the EMTs had to rip off the roof to get the couple out.

Many good urban legends deal with 'getting caught in the act.' The woman in this story was horrified...not about her lover's back, but how she was going to explain to her husband what happened to his car!
3. Here's a nice little number. 1995 BMW, CD player, leather seats, low mileage...good eye! Yes, the car is completely disassembled. You must be a mechanic. Seems the owner was tortured by a persistant rattle...he eventually had to take the car apart to find the source. What was it?

Answer: A handful of nuts and bolts in the door panel

After the car was taken completely apart, the mechanics sheepishly showed the rich owner the source. A factory worker had dumped loose bolts in the door panel, along with a note: 'So you finally found the rattle, you rich SOB'. Rather than pay to have the car put back together, the owner made it into a piece of modern art.
4. How about a motor home? These RVs are priced to move. If you don't mind a little front end damage, you can take one home today. Which of these is NOT an urban legend about a wrecked RV?

Answer: A driver rerouted the RV's television so he could watch it while he drove...with predictable results.

The 'threading the needle' legend is an old one. The night before they are to be drafted, three bikers go out for a last ride. One speeds ahead, then turns around, intending to pass between his buddies. He doesn't realize that a truck has passed his friends, and smashes into the grill right between the oncoming headlights.

There have been countless stories of oldsters thinking that cruise control will actually steer a vehicle, and going back for a nap.

The naked lady story goes thus: A man is driving his RV home after a long trip, with his naked wife asleep in the back. When he stops for a long light, she thinks they're home in their garage, and steps out. The light changes, and she's left on the highway with no clothes. A young motorcyclist picks her up, and when her husband sees his wife on the back of a bike wearing nothing but a leather jacket, he wrecks the RV.
5. Rip-offs? I take offense! You wouldn't believe some of the deals I've made here. Can you spot the non-urban legend from these tales of amazing sales?

Answer: A $70 Harley Davidson motorcycle

There is an urban legend about a man buying an old Harley, only to find it was once owned by Elvis, but he still paid market value.

The $50 Porsche was sold by a woman whose husband had run off with his secretary, and instructed his wife to sell the car and the house and to send him half. I wonder why she didn't take it all in the divorce settlement.

The dream Corvette story is about a man who buys a classic car, is sent to Vietnam, and dies in action. Years later, his mother sells the machine for nothing, advertising it as an old Chevy. You can hear this story in David Ball's song 'Riding With Private Malone.'

The stinky sedan is a favorite of mine. The owner of a car dies in the front seat, (or is murdered and stuffed in the trunk). The body is not discovered for some time, and no one is able to remove the stench. You may remember this theme from an episode of 'Seinfeld.'
6. That old semi? It's not for sale. Kind of tragic story there. It hit another big rig head-on. Know what they found lodged in the grill when they finally wrenched them apart?

Answer: A VW Beetle with four people inside

They apparently left the two trucks at the scene of the accident for a while. A week later, the smell alerted authorities to the presence of a VW lodged between them.
7. While we're on the subject, you can never be too careful while driving. Three of these are popular travel legends. Which story did I just make up?

Answer: A man in a huge SUV becomes lodged in a car wash and starves.

I made up the car wash story. In 'the forgotten wreck,' a road worker throws a stone off a ledge, hears a clank, and finds a fifty-year-old car filled with skeletons. The family picnicing on the ramp and the stolen grandma are old standbys.
8. You can never be too careful while driving, you never know if there's a cop around the next corner. Which of these run-ins with the law ACTUALLY HAPPENED?

Answer: A man sends the police a picture of a check for payment of a traffic ticket. The police send him a picture of handcuffs.

Odd as it sounds, the photo of the handcuffs story is true. The man was caught by an automated speed trap and was sent a ticket, along with a photo of his car. He thought sending in a photo of a check would be funny, until he got the photo of the handcuffs in return.

The other three stories never happened. You can see the 'drunk in the police cruiser' story in the movie 'Good Will Hunting.'
9. Of course, it's not the cops you have to look out for, it's the psychos on the road. In fact, there's a gang out there whose initiation consists of killing certain motorists! What motorists do they target?

Answer: Drivers who flash their lights

This made the rounds a few years ago. Supposedly guys who wanted to join a gang would drive around at night with their lights off. When someone flashed their lights to warn them, the gangstas would hunt them down and kill them. Thankfully, this never actually happened.
10. Well, sorry I haven't been able to interest you in anything. Before you go, have a look at this here pickup. Vehicle fire? Well, yeah, but you can buff that out. Oddly enough, the owner's dog was responsible for the accident. How?

Answer: The owner was illegally fishing with dynamite. His dog dutifully fetched the 'stick' he threw in the water.

There are several variations on this story. The owner is usually fishing with dynamite and his dog fetches the explosive (sometimes he's ice fishing and his truck ends up sinking in the lake). Sometimes he's just a sadist who straps M80's to bunny rabbits until one runs under his truck. The story ends with the insurance company refusing to pay off, leaving him to make payments on a totaled vehicle.

Thanks for playing. I got most of my information from the Urban Legends reference site http://www.snopes.com/autos/autos.asp and from the great books by Jan Harold Brunvand. And remember, next time you're parking in lovers' lane, if you hear a strange scraping on the roof DON'T LOOK!
Source: Author czolgolz

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