Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What attributes doth make a car crummy? Just to make sure we're on the same page, let's take some examples from the German movie "Im Juli" (2000). Our fearless hero makes use of several cars, some of which could undoubtedly be described as "crummy." Which of them is NOT a crummy car?
2. As the Funtrivia blog page states, "The English language is vast and magnificent." They were talking about word choice in blogging, but the statement is no less true for synonyms for crummy cars. There are plenty of creative words for crummy cars. Which of these is NOT one of them?
3. Forbes magazine put out an article titled "The worst American cars of 2006." Of course, they had to come up with various categories of competition. Which of these attributes was a category?
4. These cars are a thing of beauty. They are glorious in their boxiness, resplendent in their black trim, ballerina-like in their tight turning radius, and speak fluent Swedish. What type of car would I be thinking of?
5. As the story goes, some automotive executives tried to market this car in Mexico. Unfortunately, in Spanish, its name translates to "Doesn't Go." Which car would this be?
6. The name of this Czech-made car company means "pity" in Czech. So, if you're saying, "It's a [this type of car]," you're really saying, "It's a pity"! Somewhat appropriate, as these cars didn't have a very good image in the Communist days of Czecoslovakia.
7. One of my dad's friends had a car which he used to take to the hardware store. It was a crummy car, because it was really old, but he loved it because it didn't have any back seats and had an extra-long bed that was great for bringing home lumber. Hey, it even had rollers on the bed! What kind of car was this?
8. As Buddhists say, expectation causes suffering. This next car isn't necessarily crummy, unless you make it out to be something it isn't. Another one of my dad's friends (car nuts who are engineers), wanted to refit his car to be a Mustang beater! He spent several months and several thousand dollars trying to achieve his goal of beating a Mustang in a drag race. The drag race came, and the Mustang, predictably, won. This Japanese-built car is known for being economical, reliable and dependable, but not the most exciting car you've ever dreamed of owning.
9. The band the "Austin Lounge Lizards" have a great song about a certain type of vehicle which my teenaged cousin feels is distinctly uncool. In the popular imagination, this type of vehicle is driven by mothers ferrying around loads of screaming, sticky-fingered tots. What's the name of the Austin Lounge Lizards song?
10. In the cartoon Zits, the teenaged Jeremy and his friend Hector have an ongoing project to repair a VW van. This van has flowers painted all over it and looks like it should have stayed in the '60s. Its repair record looks like it should have stayed in the '60's, too. One day, Jeremy and Hector do get the car up and running. How do they accomplish this?
Source: Author
pu2-ke-qi-ri
This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor
gtho4 before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
