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

Two Highland Green 1968 Mustangs were used, and the hero car sold at auction in 2020 for $3.7 million.

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 black 440 Magnum Chargers were reportedly faster than the Mustang, and stunt drivers had to hold back so the hero could keep up.

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

Frank P. Keller's cutting of the roughly ten-minute chase is the reason the sequence is still taught in film schools.

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 had sat in a family garage for decades after Steve McQueen himself tried and failed to buy it back.

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

Carpenter took the job partly because The Thing had flopped the year before and he needed a hit.

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