Q 01/05

In the manga Initial D, Takumi Fujiwara hones his mountain-road skills delivering which food in his father's Toyota?

A) Sushi

B) Tofu

C) Ramen

D) Mochi

Answer · why

B) Tofu

Tofu goes out early each morning in his father Bunta's ageing Sprinter Trueno, and years of those runs make Takumi a natural racer. The manga has more...

Q 02/05

Which movie monster's name did the Australian magazine Wheels give the Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 in 1989?

A) Godzilla

B) King Kong

C) Mothra

D) Gamera

Answer · why

A) Godzilla

Godzilla suited a car from Japan that flattened its rivals: the R32 GT-R won all 29 races it entered in the country's touring car series. Wheels kept ...

Q 03/05

Which film franchise, launched in 2001, turned an orange Mk4 Toyota Supra into a worldwide star?

A) The Transporter

B) Death Race

C) Fast & Furious

D) Cannonball Run

Answer · why

C) Fast & Furious

Fast & Furious began with undercover policeman Brian O'Conner rebuilding a wrecked Supra into a ten-second car. He ends the first film by handing its ...

Q 04/05

Which Formula One champion, then racing Honda-powered McLarens, urged Honda to stiffen the chassis of the original NSX?

A) Alain Prost

B) Nelson Piquet

C) Nigel Mansell

D) Ayrton Senna

Answer · why

D) Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna tried a prototype in Japan and persuaded Honda to make the chassis stiffer before launch. He was not the development driver, though: that...

Q 05/05

Subaru's six-star badge depicts which star cluster, whose Japanese name the company took as its own?

A) Pleiades

B) Hyades

C) Orion's Belt

D) Big Dipper

Answer · why

A) Pleiades

Pleiades is also known as the Seven Sisters, yet the badge shows six stars because tradition holds that one sister is invisible. The stars also nod to...