Q 01/05

In Smokey and the Bandit, which brand of beer do two truckers race illegally from Texarkana to Atlanta?

A) Budweiser

B) Coors

C) Pabst

D) Schlitz

Answer · why

B) Coors

Coors was not sold east of Texas in 1977, and with no preservatives it could spoil within a week unrefrigerated, which is why the film's haul has a 28...

Q 02/05

Which future rock and roll singer was an unknown young truck driver when Sam Phillips recorded him in Memphis in 1954?

A) Johnny Cash

B) Jerry Lee Lewis

C) Carl Perkins

D) Elvis Presley

Answer · why

D) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley had first walked into the Sun studio a year earlier and paid $3.98 plus tax to cut a private acetate record.

Q 03/05

In the 2007 Transformers film, Optimus Prime turns into a blue and red semi built by which American truck maker?

A) Freightliner

B) Kenworth

C) Peterbilt

D) International

Answer · why

C) Peterbilt

Peterbilt made the long-hooded 379 that plays him on screen, while the original 1980s toy was likely modelled on a flat-fronted Freightliner.

Q 04/05

Which former Teamsters president vanished from a restaurant parking lot near Detroit in 1975 and was never found?

A) Dave Beck

B) Jimmy Hoffa

C) Frank Fitzsimmons

D) George Meany

Answer · why

B) Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa, who led the union from 1957 to 1971, drove to the Machus Red Fox for a meeting, and his unlocked car was later found in the lot with no s...

Q 05/05

James Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to become a filmmaker after seeing which science fiction movie?

A) Star Wars

B) Blade Runner

C) Logan's Run

D) Superman

Answer · why

A) Star Wars

Star Wars thrilled Cameron in 1977, and he walked away from a run of odd jobs that had also included a spell as a high school janitor.