Q 01/05

In which year did the relaunched Top Gear premiere on the BBC?

A) 2002

B) 2000

C) 2004

D) 2006

Answer · why

A) 2002

The original magazine-format show had run from 1977 until the BBC cancelled it in December 2001.

Q 02/05

Who devised the relaunched Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson?

A) Jon Bentley

B) Andy Wilman

C) Rowland French

D) Tiff Needell

Answer · why

B) Andy Wilman

Wilman was a schoolmate of Clarkson's at Repton and became the show's executive producer.

Q 03/05

Who was the third presenter alongside Clarkson and Hammond in the first 2002 series?

A) James May

B) Tiff Needell

C) Jason Dawe

D) Chris Harris

Answer · why

C) Jason Dawe

Dawe lasted one series before James May took his seat for the second.

Q 04/05

Which Channel 5 rival did the BBC want the relaunched show to compete with?

A) Driven

B) Speed Freaks

C) Fifth Gear

D) The Gadget Show

Answer · why

C) Fifth Gear

Several original Top Gear presenters, including Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson, had defected to it.

Q 05/05

Where is the Top Gear test track and studio located?

A) Bruntingthorpe

B) Dunsfold Aerodrome

C) RAF Elvington

D) Silverstone

Answer · why

B) Dunsfold Aerodrome

It is an airport and business park in Waverley, Surrey; one of its hangars became the studio.