101 Trains & Automobiles Planes Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: marketing

To Neal's dismay, his plane seat is between an old man and Del after he's told that his first class seat is actually in coach. Making conversation, Del asks Neal what kind of work he's in and Neal replies, "Marketing."

Answer: Bus

Neal races a man for a cab and loses. He then pays an attorney 75 dollars for the cab he has hailed but Del rides off in it. Neal makes it to the airport by taking a bus which he can be seen stepping out of.

Answer: Diner's Club

After the rental car catches on fire, Neal asks Dell how he paid to rent it. Del then tells Neal that he used Neal's Diner's Club card because he found it in his wallet. He thought that Neal had put it there out of kindness.

Answer: Presenting an advertising campaign

The executive was played by William Windom. He can be seen still trying to decide which ad he likes best after the movie's credits finish rolling.

Answer: "Oh, we almost hit a deer."

Neal then suggests that Del take his parka off which is what Del was attempting to do while steering with his legs!

Answer: between two pillows

Neal's classic response, "Those aren't pillows!"

Answer: Thanksgiving

His bosses inability to decide on an ad campaign delayed his departure.

Answer: 6:00pm

It shows the time on his ticket in the first few seconds of the movie. As Neal rushes to leave the meeting, his friend John (Lyman Ward) warns, "You'll never make the six". Neal does get to the airport just in time, only to find his flight has been cancelled.

Answer: Bears

Those aren't pillows!

Answer: his seating assignment

Neal's flight is finally ready to leave after being delayed. As he is trying to find his seat in first class, he is unsuccessful and then goes to ask the flight attendant about his seating assignment. She then tells him that he has a coach seat assignment and that he will not be permitted to sit in first class as it is full. Neal gets pretty upset when she tells him that she's had just about enough of him.

Answer: Casio

Neal rents a room first, using $17 and a "nice watch". Del has only $2 and a Casio, and the hotel clerk declines to rent him a room.

Answer: Shower curtain rings

In a very funny scene, Del sells his samples to passersby in the St. Louis bus station by passing them off as earrings.

Answer: The Devil

When the motorists in the car paralleling them warned "you're going the wrong way" Del thought they were drunk! He asked Neal, "How do they know where we're going?"

Answer: wolverines

And then they discovered they had been robbed!

Answer: JFK

His ticket says JFK but later the flight cancellation says LaGuardia to O'Hare!

Answer: Kevin Bacon

Credited as Taxi Racer in the movie, Bacon races Steve Martin as they run down opposite sides of the street, each trying to beat the other to an available cab. Martin had the race won, but falls over a large trunk that turns out to belong to John Candy's character.

Answer: when Neal chases down the taxi that Del had stolen

After Neal loses the race to the vacant taxi cab, he sees a man easily hail a taxi. He runs over to the man and asks him if he can tempt his good nature and buy it from him. The man not so generously agrees and makes Neal pay a pretty hefty price for the cab. As he is paying the man, Del and the taxi driver are loading up the taxi with Del's luggage. By the time Neal turns to get into the cab, it speeds away. Neal then chases the cab until he finally catches up to it and throws the door open to find Del with a frightened look on his face. He yells at him to get out of his cab, but instead the cab speeds off once again, leaving poor Neal in the middle of the street!

Answer: Wolf

The airplane is set to land in Chicago but lands in Wichita due to bad weather. Neal and Del share a taxicab to a motel. The taxicab is a very flamboyant one with the word 'wolf' on the license plate.

Answer: Owen

Owen is quite a character. When he pulls up, he yells at his wife to get out of the car and put Neal and Del's suitcases into the car.

Answer: Doobby's Taxiola

Just how far from the airport is the hotel, anyway?

Answer: "They'll be able to buff this out, no problem."

Interestingly, the damage was just beginning! Shortly after that, the cigarette that Del accidently flipped into the back seat causes a fire.

Answer: Chevy

Owen seems to have a sinus problem too.

Answer: $50

Neal: "Please sir, I appeal to your good nature."
Attorney: "I don't have a good nature!"

Answer: $75

Neal first offers $10, but the man, a lawyer played by Nicholas Wyman, asks for $50 before raising it to $75. While Neal paid the man, Del slips in and steals the cab right under his nose.