Q 01/05

In Planes, Trains and Automobiles, what does John Candy's character Del Griffith sell for a living?

A) Shower curtain rings

B) Vacuum cleaners

C) Encyclopedias

D) Novelty neckties

Answer · why

A) Shower curtain rings

Shower curtain rings: Del sells them for a living, and when he and Neal run out of money he raises cash by passing his samples off to strangers as exo...

Q 02/05

Which actor has a cameo racing Neal Page for a taxi at the start of Planes, Trains and Automobiles?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Kevin Bacon

C) Bill Paxton

D) Michael Keaton

Answer · why

B) Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon, billed only as 'Taxi Racer', is briefly on screen in the opening scene; he had already shot the lead in John Hughes's She's Having a Baby...

Q 03/05

In Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Neal and Del's flight to Chicago is diverted to which city?

A) Omaha, Nebraska

B) Des Moines, Iowa

C) Wichita, Kansas

D) Tulsa, Oklahoma

Answer · why

C) Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas: a snowstorm has shut Chicago's airport, and with only one room left at the motel the two strangers end up sharing a double bed.

Q 04/05

Which comedian plays uptight ad man Neal Page, stranded with John Candy's Del Griffith, in Planes, Trains and Automobiles?

A) Chevy Chase

B) Steve Martin

C) Bill Murray

D) Dan Aykroyd

Answer · why

B) Steve Martin

Steve Martin and Candy improvised so much, on top of John Hughes's constant rewrites, that the first cut ran three hours or more, about twice the leng...

Q 05/05

At the end of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, what does Neal realise about Del's wife, Marie?

A) She left him long ago

B) She died years earlier

C) She is an invention of his

D) She has thrown him out

Answer · why

B) She died years earlier

She died years earlier: Del admits Marie has been dead for eight years and that he has no home to go to, so Neal brings him back to share his family's...