Cars in Movies Trivia Questions

Answer: Aston Martin DB5

For "Goldfinger" the producers had to pay for the two Aston Martins used for filming, but after the films success, they never had to pay for a car again. The Aston Martin DB5 was basically an improved Aston Martin DB4. The engine was increased to a 4.0 L, giving it a top speed of around 141 mph.

Answer: Aston Martin DB4

This is a silver DB4 that he collects just after being released from prison. A recently released criminal carries out a plan to steal a substantial amount of gold from the Italian authorities in Turin. This is done by causing a massive traffic jam through the city and then using Minis to run the loot out of the city through unorthodox routes.

Answer: Smokey and the Bandit

Burt Reynolds (Bandit), Sally Field (Frog) and Jerry Reed (Snowman) take on the Highway Patrol (Smokey) with Snowman driving the truck with the beer, and Bandit in the Trans-Am running interference as 'the blocker'.

Coors Beer was considered to be best beer available in the US at the time (1977) but was not available east of the Mississippi River, hence the need to smuggle it to Atlanta from Texas.

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Answer: The Blues Brothers

Based on the characters from "Saturday Night Live", Jake and Elwood Blues set out in their Bluesmobile on a mission to put their band back together and raise $5000 to save the orphanage where they were raised.
103 cars were destroyed making the movie, a record at the time. When the Bluesmobile was traveling under the elevated train line, it was traveling at 118 miles per hour. The producers only had permission for two 100 mph runs and added stunt pedestrians in the second run for realism.

Answer: Men in Black

Earth is a neutral zone for aliens in the hilarious, 1997, science fiction film "Men in Black". When an opening appears in the unknown government agency, the Men in Black (MiB), Tommy Lee Jones and Rip Torn (as Agents J and Z) have to choose a replacement. Will Smith plays New York cop, James Edwards, who gets the job as Agent J.

When a galaxy is missing and the Arquillians want it returned or they'll blow up the Earth within a standard galactic week (only hours), it's up to J and K to retrieve it. Of course, in between them and success stands a Bug, and, since it's an intergalactic Bug, it's a pretty dangerous character to deal with.

Answer: Dodge Challenger

Barry Newman played a car delivery employee who was consigned to bring a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco right after bringing a Chrysler Imperial to Denver from Frisco. Various flashbacks revealed that the character, who was only known throughout the movie as Kowalski, had been a police officer, Vietnam vet and a race driver. As the movie and police chase unfolded a blind Nevada radio DJ played by Cleavon Little chronicled the progress and relayed assistance to Kowalski by monitoring police frequencies. Two years later Little would play Sheriff Bart in "Blazing Saddles". Gene Hackman was the original choice to play Kowalski but the studio preferred a relatively unknown actor. Chrysler loaned 20th Century Fox five Challengers for the movie and they were all returned intact despite the fiery crash at the end of the film. A Camaro was used for the crash scene. The movie featured 16 songs on the soundtrack.

Answer: Audi RSQ

Audi developed the RSQ to suit a design standard for the year 2035 (the given year of the film). This was the first time Audi built a car intentionally for a film - before seeing it in mass production. The car must have appeared to make radical styling departures from then-current models of their line, while still being identifiable as an Audi. The quad-ringed grille was a dead giveaway to consumers and movie-goers alike. In the movie, the Audi assisted Will Smith's character in unravelling a mystery with negative potential effects for humanity.

Answer: Mini Coopers

The three Mini Coopers where red, white and blue, signifying the colours of the British Union Flag. The British Motor Corporation started producing Minis in 1959 because they were very fuel efficient at a time when there was a shortage of fuel.

Answer: Saleen S7

The car used in the film is actually owned by Jim Carrey in real life.
In the film Carrey is given the power of God when he feels that the whole world is against him. At first he enjoys his newfound powers, which he uses to improve his life. But then finds that being the Lord is pretty hard work and ends up realising the error of his ways and being thankful for what he had in the first place.

Answer: Vanessa

The 1978 adventure comedy "Corvette Summer" is, not surprisingly, about a Corvette. In this case, a 1973 Chevrolet Corvette C3 was stolen and Kenny Dantley (played by Mark Hamill fresh from "Star Wars" success) sets off on the road to recover it. He encounters Vanessa, who drives a 1971 Chevy Van with her name on the side.

Answer: Goldfinger

"Goldfinger" is the third movie in the highly successful series of "Bond" films. It stars Sean Connery as James Bond, who must prevent the villian Goldfinger from stealing the gold from Fort Knox.
For the movie, Aston Martin did not wish to provide two cars for production and the producers had to purchase them. Of course after the success of the movie and subsequent surge in sales and prestige for Aston Martin, this was never a problem again.

Answer: Follow that boat!

Continuing the theme, the boatman tells his passenger, "I had that Christopher Marlowe in my boat once".

"Shakespeare in Love" is a true "Comedy of Errors", telling a fictional version of how "Romeo and Juliet" came to be written.

Answer: Roustabout

"Roustabout" was a 1964 movie featuring Elvis as a carnival worker named Charlie Rogers. His boss was played by Barbara Stanwyck.
"Spinout" was released two years later and was one of three films that paired Elvis with Shelley Fabares. Presley played Mike McCoy, a musician and race car driver who got entangled with three women. In the end he had to choose between a girl or driving her dad's car in a race.
Elvis and Nancy Sinatra were paired in the 1968 release, "Speedway" set at the Charlotte Speedway. Sinatra played an IRS agent who was after Elvis' character, Steve Grayson, for back taxes.
In "Viva Las Vegas" (1964) Elvis portrayed Lucky Jackson, a driver trying to earn enough money for an engine so he could participate in the Las Vegas Grand Prix

Answer: Volkswagen Super Beetle

The car was a lime-green 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle, with its front wheel scoop sporting mismatched gray paint. While it did not play a vital role in the film (it only appeared in the final scene), the psychological need for first daughter Samantha Mackenzie to have possessed a conveyance of the happily average, college-bound, and most importantly "non-presidential" student, was perfectly covered by this vehicle. It came complete with a cooler containing sandwiches and hidden beers.

Answer: Lamborghini Countach

Two women in a black Lamborghini won the Cannonball Run, after it turned into a foot race for the last few hundred metres. The film was based on an actual illegal race that took place during the 1970s called the Canonball Run.
The instantly recognizable Countach was produced by Italian car manufacturers Lamborghini between 1974 and 1990, when it was replaced with the Lamborghini Diablo.

Answer: Lotus Esprit

But the Lotus could only double up as a submarine in "For Your Eyes Only"! In "Basic Instinct" the car is driven by Sharon Stone's character, as she seduces Micheal Douglas into her murderous world. In "Pretty Woman" the car is driven by Richard Gere's character, the rich businessman Edward Lewis, as he falls in love with the high class hooker, played by Julia Roberts.

Answer: Hooper

Burt Reynolds is stunt driver Sonny Hooper in the 1978 action comedy "Hooper", a homage to stuntmen and women. The Firebird plays a role throughout the film, including the rocket-powered canyon jump at the end. Three of the four modified 1976 Firebird Trans Am Special Edition cars supplied by Pontiac were written off in the course of the filming. The connection with the image clue is the hoops the slinky forms.

Answer: Stuart Little

As Stuart is a mouse, he easily fits inside brother George's toys. I never did manage to understand how he could drive a car or pilot a plane that were just ordinary toys though.

Ignoring the mechanical inconsistencies, "Stuart Little" is a heartwarming story that teaches us that love is the answer, no matter what our differences.

Answer: Kenny Rogers

The finale of "Six Pack" featured footage of the 1982 NASCAR Coca-Cola 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Darrell Waltrip won the event. Kenny Rogers had the lead role in the film that involved Rogers and six orphans he rescued from a life of petty larceny abetted by a local sheriff. The kids helped turn his floundering racing career around. Rogers, David Malloy, Even Stevens and Thom Schuyler composed a song included in the film, "Love Will Turn You Around". The song was a Number One Country hit that also became a Top Twenty crossover hit.
Richard Pryor starred in the 1977 film, "Greased Lightning", about Black Nascar driver Wendell Scott.
Richard Davalos was in the 1969 stock car film "Pit Stop", also released as "The Winner".
John Candy starred in the 1989 film, "Speed Zone".

Answer: Pontiac Trans-Am

The Bandit used his black Trans-Am to distract the police away from his partner, who was driving illegal alcohol cross-country in his truck.
There were four generations of Trans-Am built by Pontiac. The one from "Smokey and the Bandit" was a second Generation. KITT from the T.V series "Knight Rider" was a third generation Trans-Am.

Answer: Sunbeam Alpine

Probably the more powerful Sunbeam Tiger would have been more useful pursuing a Porsche 911, but Arnie managed just fine with the lesser Alpine and still ended up saving the day, believe it or not.
The film follows the story of an ex-special forces soldier, whose daughter is kidnapped in an attempt to force him into assassinating a foreign president. Needless to say Arnie doesn't go along with this plan and kills a lot of bad guys.

Answer: Red

The 'Cars' franchise started with the 2006 animated film "Cars". Owen Wilson was the voice actor for Lightning McQueen, the main character whose story is followed. Physically, he is described as a mix between a stock car and a Le Mans endurance racer. Red was the colour of the car although in an early version of the script by Jorgen Klubien the title was "The Yellow Car". John Lasseter, another of the credited writers, gives his inspiration as a cross-country road trip, which is reflected in the film.

Answer: He was drunk on champagne

In this classic romantic comedy, James Stewart played the part of Mike the reporter, drafted in to get the scoop on the big society wedding. The bride (Katharine Hepburn) started to fall a little in love with him after delving into his writing history and they drank champagne together.

Answer: Eat My Dust

"Eat My Dust" was a phrase uttered by Hoover Niebold, played by Ron Howard in "Eat My Dust". Howard played a sheriff's son who stole a race car with his girlfriend, played by Christopher Norris. The movie detailed his attempts to outrun his father and the car's owner. Warren J. Kemmerling played Sheriff Niebold. "Grand Theft Auto" starred Ron the following year and was the first film he directed. Ron Howard would go on to direct more than 15 films after "Grand Theft Auto".
"Cannonball" was a 1976 David Carradine about a cross country race.
"Excuse My Dust" was a 1920 film with Wallace Reid.
"Fast Company" was a 1978 film starring William Smith.

Answer: Ford Thunderbird

Devito played an advertising executive who lost his job and found virtually all of his assets repossessed, except his car, an early 90s Ford Thunderbird. After a few weeks of unemployment, he landed a teaching gig at an army base, acclimating enlisted mishaps to Shakespeare. Driving up to the base for the first time, he received directions at the army base's gate in complex acronyms and jokingly asked if he could also buy a vowel.