36 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Jeremy and Jemima

Jeremy and Jemima were Caractacus' two children. There was never any mention of their mother in the film, it was assumed that Caractacus was a widow. It was Jeremy and Jemima who suggested to Caractacus that they should buy the car that they played in at Coggins' yard. Later in the film, they got captured by Vulgaria's evil Child Catcher.
They were played by Adrian Hall and Heather Ripley.

Answer: James Bond

Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".

Answer: Ian Fleming

This 1968 MGM film is truly a classic! It's quite different from the
James Bond stories he did.

Answer: Jemima and Jeremy

The children played a very important part in the film.

Answer: Dick Van Dyke

The musical, acting and dancing talents of Dick Van Dyke are evident in this film! He can also be seen as a jolly chimney sweep in "Mary Poppins".

Answer: Inventor

Professor Potts invented highly unusual items including a haircutting machine.

Answer: Purple

The people in the party were all wearing purple, including some who had purple hair.
Earlier, when they were first shown in the castle, they also seemed to be wearing mostly purple.

Answer: Caractacus

The elder Mr. Potts is mistaken for his son and is kidnapped by the King of Vulgaria to create a car for him, just like Chitty!

Answer: Mr Coggins

Mr Coggins was going to sell the car to a scrap merchant until the children asked him to wait until they asked there father. Professor Potts made the money for the car at the fair.

Answer: Edison

The Potts' dog was called Edison, presumably after the inventor.
It was Edison who accidentally discovered that the sweets with holes in them could play music when he ate a discarded one on the floor. Later, when the family was in the sweet factory, Edison heard the whistling sweets and, along with other dogs, rushed into the factory, ruining Caractacus' pitch.

Answer: Jemima and Jeremy

Jeremy and Jemima loved to "race" the car when it was only a wreck and begged their father to purchase it before the evil junkman could take it away.

Answer: float and fly

The car magically flies Mr. Potts, Truly, Jeremy and Jemima to Vulgaria.

Answer: Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries played Grandpa, Caractacus' father, despite the fact that Dick Van Dyke (Caractacus) is actually seven months older than him.
Grandpa was an eccentric and often went into his "laboratory" where he visited all manner of countries. He was taken to Vulgaria after two of the Baron's men mistook him for his son.
James Robertson Justice is Lord Scrumptious and Benny Hill is the toymaker.

Answer: In his hut

Grandpa was constantly going on exciting adventures to India and Alaska, among others. Of course, all of these adventures took place in his hut, which was a part of the chicken coop. Who says adults can't pretend?

Answer: Benny Hill

Robert Helpman plays the evil child catcher all dressed in black. Would you climb in his truck for a "free ice cream"? That's what he offers the children to get them to come in to his wagon. Vulgaria is a place where the Baron and Baroness don't like children. All the children live in the water system.

Answer: Dick Van Dyke

Christopher Plummer was the star of "The Sound of Music."

Answer: Sausages and Eggs

Caractacus sang "You Two" when Truly left and he was left with his children. The song was about how they only needed each other and they all looked after each other.
His invention fried eggs and cooked sausages before putting them on a plate and sending them down a track to the table. Unfortunately, Grandpa's plate came down with just a boiled egg on it!

Answer: yellow

Truly has a very nice yellow car. She had no trouble getting the car out of the pond in this instance, later in the movie she can't. The Ford Motor Company provided the vehicles used in this movie.

Answer: cherry-peach parfait

Truly is played by beautiful Sally Ann Howes.

Answer: Benny Hill

Benny made a wonderful toymaker and shows how he was a great actor as well as a comedian

Answer: they skipped school

The children are played by Heather Ripley and Adrian Hall.

Answer: Ian Fleming

Although none of the options are really known for their children's writing, Ian Fleming did in fact write "Chity Chitty Bang Bang".
Ian Fleming was an English author, best known for his books about the spy James Bond. It is said that he turned his hand to writing a children's book after his son complained that he was always writing about 007 and not writing books that he could read. Therefore, Fleming created the story the film was based upon.
Ian Fleming died in 1964, four years before the film was released.

Answer: Edison

Edison, the Potts family dog, was a very nice sheepdog. He could also hold a whistle in his mouth and blow. Good for him!

Answer: toot sweets

These yummy candies that whistle call the town dogs to the Truly's
father's candy factory where they run wild!

Answer: Sweets

Lord Scrumptious owned a large sweet factory. Caractacus Potts took his whistling sweets there in the hope of selling the recipe to him. It was in his factory that the song "Toot Sweets" took place.