Q 01/05

Carhops at some Sonic Drive-In locations are famous for delivering food to parked cars on what?

A) Skateboards

B) Roller skates

C) Bicycles

D) Motor scooters

Answer · why

B) Roller skates

Roller skates are a Sonic trademark, and the chain holds an annual competition to crown its best skating carhop. Winners have gone home with custom sk...

Q 02/05

Sonic became an associate sponsor of which NASCAR legend's car just before his fatal Daytona crash?

A) Fireball Roberts

B) Davey Allison

C) Neil Bonnett

D) Dale Earnhardt

Answer · why

D) Dale Earnhardt

Dale Earnhardt was due to carry Sonic's logo through the 2001 season. After his death in that year's Daytona 500, the company stayed on with his repla...

Q 03/05

On which 2003 reality series did Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie work a shift at a Sonic in Arkansas?

A) The Surreal Life

B) Newlyweds

C) The Simple Life

D) The Osbournes

Answer · why

C) The Simple Life

The Simple Life sent the two heiresses, who had never held a job, to work at the Sonic in Altus, Arkansas. The episode brought the chain a burst of na...

Q 04/05

Which small free extra has come with Sonic orders since Troy Smith's first drive-in in the 1950s?

A) A mint

B) A cookie

C) A lollipop

D) A toothpick

Answer · why

A) A mint

A mint goes out with every order, a tradition Smith began as a pun to tell customers what they were worth. Sonic gives away enough each year to climb ...

Q 05/05

Which singing idol of the late 1950s starred in Sonic's television commercials from 1987 to 1993?

A) Frankie Avalon

B) Annette Funicello

C) Pat Boone

D) Bobby Rydell

Answer · why

A) Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon became so tied to the chain that a 1995 survey found the public linked Sonic with him more strongly than with any of its food.