Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Car Chase Movie Trivia Quiz: Guess the Film!

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Rev your engines and test your knowledge of cinema’s most thrilling car chases! From heart-pounding pursuits through city streets to epic desert dashes, this quiz challenges you to identify the film from iconic chase scenes. Questions range from classics to modern spectacles – how many can you name?

20 Trivia Questions on Iconic Car Chase Movies

Question 1: Which film features Steve McQueen as Lt. Frank Bullitt in a legendary chase down San Francisco’s steep hills with a Ford Mustang pursuing a Dodge Charger?

A. Vanishing Point
B. The French Connection
C. Bullitt
D. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Question 2: In which movie does ‘Popeye’ Doyle (Gene Hackman) chase a suspect’s Lincoln through New York City streets under an elevated train?

A. The Seven-Ups
B. The French Connection
C. Smokey and the Bandit
D. Ronin

Question 3: Which film centres on Kowalski (Barry Newman) racing a white 1970 Dodge Challenger across the American Southwest to make it from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours?

A. Mad Max 2
B. Vanishing Point
C. The Gumball Rally
D. Cannonball Run

Question 4: H.B. Halicki stars as a car thief pursued in a 40-minute chase featuring the yellow 1971 Ford Mustang ‘Eleanor’ – which film?

A. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
B. The Seven-Ups
C. Gone in 60 Seconds
D. Hooper

Question 5: Vic Morrow drives a souped-up Dodge Charger in a high-speed rural pursuit with Peter Fonda and Susan George – what’s the film?

A. Bullitt
B. Smokey and the Bandit
C. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
D. Duel

Question 6: Roy Scheider leads a brutal New York car chase inspired by real NYPD ‘Seven-Ups’ squad takedowns – which movie?

A. The French Connection
B. The Seven-Ups
C. To Live and Die in L.A.
D. Ronin

Question 7: Burt Reynolds as the Bandit pilots a black Pontiac Trans Am evading sheriff Buford T. Justice across state lines – the film?

A. The Blues Brothers
B. Smokey and the Bandit
C. Cannonball Run
D. The Gumball Rally

Question 8: Jake and Elwood Blues rampage through Chicago in a 1974 Dodge Monaco, destroying cars and buildings in over 300 wrecked vehicles – which film?

A. Hooper
B. The Blues Brothers
C. Death Proof
D. Baby Driver

Question 9: Steven Spielberg’s debut feature pits a Plymouth Valiant against a menacing tanker truck on deserted highways – the movie?

A. Duel
B. Vanishing Point
C. Mad Max 2
D. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Question 10: Robert De Niro and Jean Reno star in a Paris chase involving Mini Coopers, an Audi S8, and Peugeot 406 – what film?

A. The Transporter
B. To Live and Die in L.A.
C. Ronin
D. The Man with the Golden Gun

Question 11: William Petersen pursues a counterfeiter in a spectacular wrong-way freeway chase through Los Angeles – the film?

A. Ronin
B. The French Connection
C. To Live and Die in L.A.
D. Bullitt

Question 12: James Bond witnesses an AMC Matador perform a 360-degree corkscrew jump over a canal in Thailand – which Bond film?

A. The Transporter
B. The Man with the Golden Gun
C. Ronin
D. Death Proof

Question 13: Max Rockatansky battles a massive road train tanker across the post-apocalyptic wasteland – the movie?

A. Mad Max 2
B. Duel
C. Vanishing Point
D. The Gumball Rally

Question 14: Jan-Michael Vincent and Burt Reynolds perform insane stunts including car jumps over trucks in this stuntman comedy – what’s it called?

A. Cannonball Run
B. Hooper
C. Smokey and the Bandit
D. The Blues Brothers

Question 15: Jason Statham as Frank Martin executes a flawless one-take chase through tight French streets in an Audi A8 – the film?

A. Ronin
B. The Transporter
C. To Live and Die in L.A.
D. Baby Driver

Question 16: Kurt Russell’s Stuntman Mike pits his Dodge Challenger against a Dodge Charger in a brutal desert duel – which Tarantino film?

A. Death Proof
B. Hooper
C. Vanishing Point
D. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Question 17: Ansel Elgort syncs his getaway driving to music in a heist chase with Subaru Imprezas and a Maserati – the movie?

A. The Matrix Reloaded
B. Baby Driver
C. Fast Five
D. The Blues Brothers

Question 18: The 40-car pile-up freeway chase with the Keymaker, Trinity on a motorcycle, and the Twins’ Cadillac – which film?

A. Ronin
B. The Matrix Reloaded
C. To Live and Die in L.A.
D. The Transporter

Question 19: Dom Toretto’s crew drags a bank vault through Rio de Janeiro streets in muscle cars – the Fast & Furious film?

A. Baby Driver
B. Death Proof
C. Fast Five
D. Mad Max 2

Question 20: A coast-to-coast illegal race from New York to California kicks off with Ferrari and Corvette pursuits – which comedy?

A. Cannonball Run
B. Smokey and the Bandit
C. The Gumball Rally
D. Hooper

Answers

  1. C. Bullitt (1968) – Directed by Peter Yates, the 10-minute chase is one of cinema’s greatest; The French Connection is NYC-based, Vanishing Point desert highway, Dirty Mary rural.
  2. B. The French Connection (1971) – Hackman’s pursuit under the elevated train is iconic; The Seven-Ups is similar but different squad, others unrelated locations.
  3. B. Vanishing Point (1971) – The Challenger’s doomed run defines existential road movies; Mad Max 2 post-apocalyptic, others are races.
  4. C. Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) – Halicki wrote, directed, and starred with real crashes; others feature Chargers or different pursuits.
  5. C. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) – Non-stop chase from start to finish; Bullitt urban, Bandit comedy, Duel truck terror.
  6. B. The Seven-Ups (1973) – Based on real ‘Death Squad’ tactics like the car flip; French Connection earlier, others West Coast.
  7. B. Smokey and the Bandit (1977) – Trans Am vs. patrol cars in comic pursuit; Blues Brothers urban demolition, others races.
  8. B. The Blues Brothers (1980) – Landis used 27 cars for the Monaco; Hooper stunts, others different vehicles/scales.
  9. A. Duel (1971) – Spielberg’s tension builds without showing the driver; others involve car-vs-car or races.
  10. C. Ronin (1998) – Franken’s Paris sequences used real stunts; Transporter tighter streets, others US-based.
  11. C. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) – Friedkin’s reverse freeway scene shocked audiences; others different cities/styles.
  12. B. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) – Actual jump achieved by stunt team; others modern action chases.
  13. A. Mad Max 2 (1981) – Miller’s practical effects defined wasteland action; Duel pre-apocalypse, others US roads.
  14. B. Hooper (1978) – Tribute to stuntmen with Reynolds jumping semis; Cannonball race comedy, others pursuits.
  15. B. The Transporter (2002) – Morel’s continuous shot set a benchmark; Ronin multi-car, others LA/heists.
  16. A. Death Proof (2007) – Tarantino’s grindhouse homage to muscle car duels; others 70s classics or comedies.
  17. B. Baby Driver (2017) – Wright’s rhythm-based action; Matrix sci-fi, others ensemble heists.
  18. B. The Matrix Reloaded (2003) – Wachowskis’ choreographed 100+ vehicles chaos; Ronin realistic, others smaller.
  19. C. Fast Five (2011) – Vault drag used real cars weighing 16 tons; Baby Driver music-sync, others retro.
  20. C. The Gumball Rally (1976) – Beat Cannonball Run to screen first; others scripted chases, not races.

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