The Cannonball Run Trivia Quiz

Answer: GMC truck

Rick Aviles and Alfie Wise who play "Mad Dog" and "Batman", respectively, drive the GMC truck, as you can see by the big white lettering on the windshield. The duo, being chased by a motorcycle cop, concoct a scam where they tell the policeman they have no brakes. To their surprise, they really have no brakes. Up ahead is a train crossing, and without any brakes, they jump right over it.

Answer: Terry Bradshaw

Bradshaw has appeared in three movies with Burt Reynolds, with "Hooper" and "Smokey and the Bandit 2" being the others. Terry is partnered up with Mel Tillis, as they compete in this cross country race.

Answer: Rolls Royce

Sheik Abdul Ben Falafel's vehicle of choice is a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. You can clearly see that it is a Rolls Royce, in a few scenes, by the hood ornament.

Answer: Trees

"Beauty", as she is called by Burt Reynolds, rambles on about trees quite a few times, and each time there is music to accompany it. "Beauty" has the real name of Pamela Glover and becomes J.J. McClure's love interest.

Answer: Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan plays a character named "Jackie Chan". Never one to shy away from a fight, Chan has acted in such fighting movies as "The Tuxedo" and "Rumble in the Bronx".

Answer: Coughs on it

Having finally found a doctor to ride in the ambulance, Victor rushes J.J. out to meet him. Immediately after seeing J.J., the doc stands up and introduces himself. He then coughs into his hand, as a smoker would do, and J.J. reluctantly shakes it. Jack Elam brilliantly plays the uncouth and unkempt doctor Nikolas Van Helsing.

Answer: Yes

Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr play two guys dressed up as priests, driving the Ferrari. In one of my favorite scenes, the duo is pulled over by a cop in Missouri. Davis asks Martin why the cop called him small, and Martin replied "Because you're small, small, s...m...all."

Answer: Molly Picon

Molly Picon does not have much screen time in "The Cannonball Run". In one memorable scene, she confronts her son about a gun that the maid finds in his room. Seymour, who thinks he is a secret agent named Roger Moore, threatens to kill his mother because she "knows too much." The gun, however, is just a gag gun that shoots out a flag that reads "bang." Poor Mrs. Goldfarb honestly believes he is capable of killing her.

Molly had a career that spanned several decades. After starting in silent movies, she graduated to Broadway and was in "Fiddler on the Roof". She died in 1992 at the age of 93.

Answer: Ambulance

While J.J. and Victor do drive an ambulance in the race, it isn't one of their first ideas. They get the idea while zipping through traffic in an ambulance after they are involved in a boating accident.

Answer: Captain Chaos

Captain Chaos is actually, Victor Prinzi, J.J. McClure's best friend. Victor created him when he was child to deal with bullies. When in character, Chaos is invincible, and can out drive everybody.

I have told you who finishes second, so I guess you are probably wondering who wins. Well, it all comes down to Captain Chaos, played by Dom DeLuise, and Marcie Thatcher, played by Adrienne Barbeau. Off to the side, a lady is screaming about her lost baby who fell into the water. Captain Chaos is in the lead at the time, and being the hero that he is, he forgets about winning the race and saves the woman's dog from drowning. Barbeau is the driver of the black Lamborghini and the winner of "The Cannonball Run".