Salu's Movie Picks: 'Rush' (2013) Quiz

Answer: Ron Howard

Ron Howard's other movies are 'Apollo 13', 'A Beautiful Mind' and 'The Vow'. This movie stars Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde and Daniel Brühl. It is about the rivalry between F1 racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

The movie has received good reviews for its performances, especially for Daniel Brühl, who played Lauda.

Answer: Vomit

James Hunt, played by Hemsworth, is an English race car driver who has a very liberal outlook on life. He and Lauda develop a rivalry all the way from Formula Three racing, as shown in the film. The movie is set in the 1970s.

Answer: Clay Regazzoni

Clay was a real life racing driver and was portrayed in the movie by Pierfrancesco Favino. Clay was from Switzerland and his first win was the Italian Grand Prix. He then went on to win five titles. He was paralyzed after an accident in 1980 and drove in very few races after that.

In the movie the car that Lauda designs is shown to be faster than the other cars and with this he finds a way to enter the race and get his own contract. This kick starts his career in Formula One.

Answer: Hesketh Racing

The Hesketh Racing garage is shown a few times in the movie. While he's part of the team, the movie shows that James takes a new car to drive at Watkins Glen and there, he learns that an accident has happened and becomes troubled.

The team's garage closes down in the movie because James Hunt and company are not able to find sponsors by the deadline.

Answer: True

The character is portrayed by Olivia Wilde and she is a model according to the movie. She meets Hunt while he is still part of Hesketh Racing and the two hit it off. James is shown to get very angry at Suzy when he was on a downward spiral after the closure of the team's garage.

Answer: Ferrari

Niki is shown to drive the car at the Ferrari Test Track. He is seen to be underwhelmed by the car and says that it is very bad. He goes on to say that it under-steers and that the weight distribution is very bad. He goes on to ridicule Ferrari by saying that they had so many facilities but they make a bad car like the one he drove. He then signs for Ferrari.

Answer: Marlene

He meets her when he goes for a party with a colleague. He sees her leaving the party and asks her for ride. She doesn't know who Niki is and while sitting in the car he explains to her whatever is wrong with it. Then, her car breaks down and they are assisted by two men who recognize Niki. He is made to drive fast by the lady after she learns who he is.

They are shown to get married in the film and honeymoon in Spain.

Marlene is played by the actress Alexandra Maria Lara.

Answer: German

During practice, Niki is shown to persuade authorities to stop the race as it was raining and it was too dangerous. In the meeting, some racers disagree with Lauda and want the race to go on. It is shown that the majority votes for the race to go on and it does. During the third lap, something is shown to go wrong with Lauda's car and he hits a wall, after which two cars are shown to hit him.

He is taken to the hospital and he then is shown to be there all through his recovery, watching James Hunt win races on TV. Lauda, later, is shown to return to racing.

Answer: True

He is shown to think of his wife while in the race. It was raining and he is shown to not want to risk his life again. James is shown to complete that race in third place even though he made a late pit stop. He is shown to win the championship in 1976. Niki and his wife are shown to leave in a helicopter while Hunt enjoys his win.

Answer: respected

These words by said by Niki Lauda and are among the last lines in this awesome movie. Before we hear him say this, we see Hunt meet Lauda in a plane hangar in Bologna, Italy and they have a conversation about their races and rivalry.

James Hunt died in 1993 in Wimbledon.