Q 01/05

What model of car does Steve McQueen drive through San Francisco in Bullitt?

A) Chevrolet Camaro SS

B) Pontiac GTO

C) Dodge Challenger

D) Ford Mustang GT

Answer · why

D) Ford Mustang GT

McQueen's car is a Ford Mustang GT, a Highland Green 1968 GT 390 fastback; two were used for filming, and McQueen did some of the chase driving himsel...

Q 02/05

What car do the hitmen drive in the Bullitt chase?

A) Dodge Charger

B) Plymouth Barracuda

C) Chevrolet Impala

D) Buick Riviera

Answer · why

A) Dodge Charger

The hitmen's car is a black 1968 Dodge Charger R/T with the 440 Magnum V8; it was reportedly quicker than McQueen's car, so the stunt drivers had to h...

Q 03/05

Bullitt won an Academy Award in which category?

A) Best Film Editing

B) Best Sound

C) Best Cinematography

D) Best Original Score

Answer · why

A) Best Film Editing

Bullitt's only Academy Award was Best Film Editing, for Frank P. Keller's cutting of the roughly ten-minute San Francisco chase sequence.

Q 04/05

The hero car from Bullitt sold at Mecum Auctions in January 2020 for roughly how much?

A) $1.1 million

B) $3.7 million

C) $650,000

D) $2.4 million

Answer · why

B) $3.7 million

It fetched $3.7 million at Mecum's Kissimmee sale after decades in the Kiernan family's garage; McQueen had written to owner Robert Kiernan in 1977 as...

Q 05/05

Who directed the 1983 horror film Christine, about a murderous car?

A) Wes Craven

B) Tobe Hooper

C) David Cronenberg

D) John Carpenter

Answer · why

D) John Carpenter

John Carpenter directed Christine, released in December 1983; he took the job after The Thing flopped in 1982 and he needed a commercial hit.