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Cars Named After Animals — Daily trivia Sunday, September 27, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Plymouth paid Warner Bros. to put which cartoon character on a muscle car?
- ABugs Bunny
- BRoad Runner
- CDaffy Duck
- DTasmanian Devil
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Road Runner
The Road Runner, which also gave the car its name. It even got a horn that mimicked the bird's beep beep.
Q 02Asked 'what is a Camaro?', Chevrolet managers told reporters it was a small, vicious animal that eats what?
- ACougars
- BBarracudas
- CMustangs
- DFirebirds
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Mustangs
Mustangs, the Ford it was built to rival. Chevy's official story was that camaro was French slang for a friend.
Q 03Volkswagen's famous 'Think Small' ads sold Americans on which car?
- ARabbit
- BKarmann Ghia
- CMicrobus
- DBeetle
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Beetle
The Beetle. The best-known ad showed only a tiny car surrounded by empty white space.
Q 04Which movie legend, himself a real racing driver, voiced Doc Hudson, a Hudson Hornet, in Pixar's Cars?
- APaul Newman
- BRobert Redford
- CClint Eastwood
- DGene Hackman
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Paul Newman
Paul Newman. He co-drove a Porsche to second place overall at Le Mans in 1979.
Q 05Magazine readers voted to name a Volkswagen SUV Tiguan, blending 'tiger' with which animal?
- AGuanaco
- BPenguin
- CToucan
- DIguana
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Iguana
Iguana, Leguan in German. Tiguan beat four other finalists in the vote, including Nanuk and Rockton.
Q 06What did a dropped floor give Hudson's Hornet, the family sedan that dominated early NASCAR?
- ABetter engine cooling
- BA lower center of gravity
- CA bigger fuel tank
- DWider tires
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A lower center of gravity
A lower center of gravity, which helped it handle. Hudsons won 27 of the 34 NASCAR Grand National races in 1952.
Q 07Mitsubishi's Pajero, named for a wildcat, is rude slang in Spanish. What did Spain get instead?
- AMontero
- BShogun
- COutlander
- DDiamante
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Montero
Montero, the name North Americans knew it by too. British buyers got it as the Shogun.
Q 08Why did Lamborghini's founder give his cars a bull badge and bull names?
- AHis family bred fighting bulls
- BHe lost a bet to a matador
- CA Spanish investor insisted
- DHe was a Taurus who admired bulls
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He was a Taurus who admired bulls
He was a Taurus who admired bulls: Ferruccio Lamborghini toured Don Eduardo Miura's fighting-bull ranch, took a raging bull as his badge and named the Miura after the breed.
Q 09Which Lamborghini is named after the extinct wild ox that domestic cattle descend from?
- AMurciélago
- BHuracán
- CUrus
- DDiablo
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Urus
Urus. Latin used urus for the wild ox from Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars onward, so the SUV nods to the wild ancestor of the fighting bulls behind many Lamborghini names.
Q 10After a Newfoundland pilot refused to give back Mustang serial number one, what did Ford trade him for it?
- AThe millionth Mustang
- BHis own Ford dealership
- CA new Mustang every year
- DShares in Ford
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The millionth Mustang
The millionth Mustang, a silver convertible built to his specifications. He had talked a St. John's dealer into selling him serial number one three days before launch.
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