Car Trivia: December 21, 2007 - The Car Connection
Car Trivia: December 21, 2007
Jan and Dean, the New Avengers, and Indy.
 

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1. What is a halftrack?

2. Which Jan and Dean song contains the words "Burn up that quarter mile?"

3. Which European carmaker established an assembly plant in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1963?

4. In which city did Ernest Holmes develop the first tow truck in 1915?

5. What car was driven by Mike Gambit in "The New Avengers" and by Simon Templar in "Return of the Saint?"

6. What distinction did the Indianapolis Motor Speedway achieve in 1987?

7. UK carmaker Jowett sold a 1950s Javelin model.  Which U.S. company introduced a model with the same name in 1968?

8. To what does the "H" in the "H4" headlight bulb refer?

9. In which ABC TV series did Jill Taylor drive a Chevrolet Nomad station wagon?

10. Which tire company adopted the ad slogan "A better way forward"?


1. What is a halftrack?

2. Which Jan and Dean song contains the words "Burn up that quarter mile?"

3. Which European carmaker established an assembly plant inNova Scotia, Canada, in 1963?

4. In which city did Ernest Holmes develop the first tow truck in 1915?

5. What car was driven by Mike Gambit in "The New Avengers" and by Simon Templar in "Return of the Saint?"

6. What distinction did the Indianapolis Motor Speedway achieve in 1987?

7. UK carmaker Jowett sold a 1950s Javelin model.  Which U.S. company introduced a model with the same name in 1968?

8. To what does the "H" in the "H4" headlight bulb refer?

9. In which ABC TV series did Jill Taylor drive a Chevrolet Nomad station wagon?

10. Which tire company adopted the ad slogan "A better way forward"?

 

Answers:

1. Vehicle with front wheels and rear tracks

2. "Drag City"

3. Volvo

4. Chattanooga, Tennessee

5. Jaguar XJS

6. It was named a National Historic Landmark

7. American Motors Corporation

8. Bulb is filled with gas containing halogen compounds

9. "Home Improvement"

10. Michelin