Q 01/05
A) Burt Reynolds
B) Jerry Reed
C) James Garner
D) Steve McQueen
Answer · why
Director Hal Needham had originally imagined Jerry Reed in the role before Reynolds signed on and Reed became Snowman.
Q 02/05
A) Art Carney
B) Jackie Gleason
C) Ernest Borgnine
D) Dom DeLuise
Answer · why
He was given free rein to ad-lib, and the roadside diner scene with the Bandit was entirely his idea.
Q 03/05
A) A prize racehorse
B) A truckload of moonshine
C) 400 cases of Coors beer
D) Stolen cigarettes
Answer · why
In 1977 Coors was not sold east of Texas, so hauling it across the Mississippi was technically bootlegging.
Q 04/05
A) 48
B) 30
C) 36
D) 28
Answer · why
The deadline has a logic: unrefrigerated Coors could spoil in a week, so nobody wanted it hanging around.
Q 05/05
A) $80,000
B) $100,000
C) $150,000
D) $250,000
Answer · why
Everyone else who had taken the bet had failed, and many had been arrested along the way.
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