Q 01/05

Which talking Pontiac Trans Am drives itself to help David Hasselhoff's crime fighter in the TV series Knight Rider?

A) Bumblebee

B) KITT

C) Batmobile

D) Mach 5

Answer · why

B) KITT

KITT stood for Knight Industries Two Thousand, and the car's dry voice belonged to actor William Daniels.

Q 02/05

Which Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own races under the number 53 in Disney's film The Love Bug?

A) Herbie

B) Mater

C) Speed Buggy

D) Benny

Answer · why

A) Herbie

Herbie got his name in the film from a mechanic's uncle, a boxer whose nose was shaped like the Beetle's hood.

Q 03/05

In which Arnold Schwarzenegger science-fiction film does the hero flee in a Johnnycab, a taxi driven by a chatty robot?

A) The Running Man

B) Last Action Hero

C) Total Recall

D) The 6th Day

Answer · why

C) Total Recall

Total Recall modelled its Johnnycab's face and voice on actor Robert Picardo, and built the robot drivers as practical animatronics rather than digita...

Q 04/05

Which Stephen King horror novel is named after a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury with a murderous will of its own?

A) Pet Sematary

B) Carrie

C) Misery

D) Christine

Answer · why

D) Christine

Christine reached cinemas within eight months, directed by John Carpenter; King said the idea came from watching his own odometer roll over.

Q 05/05

Which ride-hailing company's self-driving test car killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in 2018, a grim world first?

A) Lyft

B) Didi

C) Uber

D) Grab

Answer · why

C) Uber

Uber halted its Arizona road tests after the crash, and the backup driver sitting at the wheel was later sentenced to three years' probation.