Chevrolet in Pop Culture Trivia Quiz

By: Ian Fortey
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Chevrolet in Pop Culture Trivia Quiz
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About This Quiz

It'd be nearly impossible to make any music, movie, or TV show that doesn't feature cars. And you can't just make art that only vaguely references cars; you need to be specific. The right car can really make a movie. Just look at "Transformers." Bumblebee was a Volkswagen Beetle at first, but when he got that Camaro upgrade, he became an automotive icon. People still remember that car, even if they didn't like the movies, just because of the feeling people get from some vehicles. And few vehicles have mastered creating feelings like a Chevy. 

In song or on film, there's just something about a Chevy, a classic American car that makes you feel a sense of freedom. Who can look at a Corvette and not crave that feeling of wind in their hair? Who can hear the roar of a Camaro's engine and not be impressed by the sense of power?

Whether it's a beastly big truck like an Avalanche or a Silverado, a cool looking retro ride like a Monte Carlo or a Bel Air, or a sleek and sexy sports car like a Corvette or a Camaro, Chevy has been a part of pop culture for decades now. So let's see how much you remember as you take a drive through Chevy's pop culture past!

Pop Culture Chevys 1
Warner Bros.
Who sang the song "Little Red Corvette"?
Rick James
Prince
Nicki Minaj
Bruce Springsteen
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Wrong Answer

One of Prince's most famous songs, "Little Red Corvette," was the first song the singer wrote that made the Top 10 in the U.S., and also his first hit to chart higher on pop charts than R&B charts. Prince said he wrote the song while taking a nap in a band member's car (which wasn't a Chevy).

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Sony Pictures Television / Gran Vía Productions / High Bridge Productions
"El Camino" is the main title of a film based on which show?
"Orange Is the New Black"
"The Sopranos"
"The X-Files"
"Breaking Bad"
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Wrong Answer

"El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie" does feature an El Camino, and that's what inspired the name. Originally the plan was to name it "63," as it would be the 63rd episode of the show, but one of the producers felt that a name separating it from the show would be better.

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Pop Culture Chevys 3
Eric's Boy / Moving Pictures / Team Todd / Lyons-Myers Productions
Austin Powers' partner Felicity Shagwell drives a 1965 model what?
Corvette
Camaro
Bel Air
Malibu
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Wrong Answer

It's a 1965 Corvette roadster you'll find in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," driven by Felicity Shagwell and painted with the Stars and Stripes. It's a parody of Austin's earlier car, a Union Jack-emblazoned Jaguar.

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Warner Bros. Pictures / Guber-Peters Company
It's hard to tell by looking at it, but what Chevy gave the frame to the Batmobile in Tim Burton's "Batman"?
Corvette
Impala
Nomad
Corvair
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Wrong Answer

Tim Burton's Batmobile was built on the chassis of a Chevy Impala. It also had a Chevy V8 engine. Word is that they tried to create it from a Jaguar and a Mustang first, but those versions didn't work out.

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Pop Culture Chevys 5
Allspark Pictures / Di Bonaventura Pictures / Tencent Pictures / Bay Films
In the "Transformers" cartoon, Bumblebee is a Volkswagen Beetle. What is he in the movies?
Malibu
Corvette
Camaro
Nova
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Wrong Answer

Michael Bay gave Bumblebee a Camaro upgrade for his "Transformers" movies. The car proved to be incredibly popular, but the more recent 2018 "Bumblebee" film brings a return to this robot's VW roots.

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Pop Culture Chevys 6
Wiki Commons by Capitol Records
Who sang the song "409" about a Chevy Big Block engine?
The Turtles
Herman's Hermits
Elvis Presley
Beach Boys
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Wrong Answer

The Beach Boys sang the song "409" back in 1962. It was a B-side of the single "Surfin' Safari." Beach Boy collaborator Gary Usher was obsessed with hot rods, and the 409 engine, offered in Impalas, Bel Airs and Biscaynes, clearly impressed him enough to write about it.

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Pop Culture Chevys 7
Paramount Pictures
Do you remember what Chevy they drove in 1971's "Harold and Maude"?
Biscayne
Impala
El Camino
Chevelle
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Wrong Answer

"Harold and Maude" features a pretty memorable scene with an El Camino, as Maude spins some donuts to try to escape from a cop. Ruth Gordon, who played Maude, didn't know how to drive, so most shots involved towing the car or, for longer shots, switching to a stunt person in a wig.

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Pop Culture Chevys 8
Paramount Pictures
When Cheech and Chong went "Up in Smoke," what were they driving around in?
Greenbrier
Step-Van
C/K
Kingswood Estate
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Wrong Answer

The van Cheech and Chong drove in "Up in Smoke" wasn't a looker by any means. It was mostly a 1966 Chevy P10 Step-Van, with a few custom additions to make it look more like a rundown Frankencar.

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Pop Culture Chevys 9
Don Simpson / Jerry Bruckheimer Films
There's a Chevy Lumina in "Days of Thunder." What's it called?
Dr. Pepper
Mello Yello
Mr. Pibb
Mountain Dew
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Wrong Answer

Tom Cruise plays Cole Trickle in "Days of Thunder," and he drives a Chevy Lumina that goes by the name Mello Yello, thanks to a sponsorship from the soft drink of the same name. In real life, Mello Yello sponsored a car a year after the film's release.

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Pop Culture Chevys 10
Wiki Commons by Herbert S. Gart, management
Don McLean drove his Chevy to the levee in which song?
"Coming to America"
"American Woman"
"American Pie"
"Night Moves"
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Wrong Answer

Don McLean's "American Pie" features the iconic rhyme about driving his Chevy to the levee. The song, which was recorded in 1971, makes repeated reference to "the day the music died." That's the plane crash from 1959 in which Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died.

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Pop Culture Chevys 11
Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / The Apatow Company / Mosaic Media Group
What car does Ricky Bobby have to share with a mountain lion in "Talladega Nights"?
Malibu
Lumina
Corvair
Corvette
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Wrong Answer

There are a lot of cars in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," since it's a racing movie, but the car that his dad makes him face his fears in, complete with a mountain lion riding shotgun, is a 1969 Chevy Chevelle Malibu.

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Pop Culture Chevys 12
A Band Apart
The Bride steals this rather obscenely painted vehicle in "Kill Bill." What is it?
Chevelle Laguna
Monte Carlo
C/K
Silverado Fleetside
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Wrong Answer

The shocking yellow truck emblazoned with a vulgar name (that we'll let you Google if you're interested) is a 2500 Silverado Fleetside. Word is that Quentin Tarantino still owns the truck in real life and will occasionally take it for a spin.

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Pop Culture Chevys 13
Troublemaker Studios
Stuntman Mike drove a Dodge Challenger and which Chevy in "Death Proof"?
Impala
Monza
Camaro
Nova SS
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Wrong Answer

Stuntman Mike was behind the wheel of a Chevy Nova SS in the movie "Death Proof." The production team had seven of them custom made for the film, but only two of them survived to the end. Despite not being road legal, one of them ended up on eBay with a pretty reasonable $40,000 asking price.

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Pop Culture Chevys 14
ITC Entertainment / Henson Associates
Which Chevy can you find in 1979's "The Muppet Movie"?
Citation
Kodiak
Suburban
Beretta
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Wrong Answer

The original 1979 "The Muppet Movie" featured a Chevy Suburban. The Suburban has been in so many movies, about 1,750, in fact, without missing a year since 1960, that the vehicle itself was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Lucasfilm / American Zoetrope / The Coppola Company
Do you know which of these movies featured a Chevy Impala?
"Con Air"
"American Graffitti"
"Bullitt"
"The French Connection"
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Wrong Answer

It was a white 1958 Chevy Impala that was heavily featured in the movie "American Graffiti." The actual car from the movie went to auction in 2015 and sold for about $300,000. Back in the day, a teenager bought it from George Lucas after the movie was made for only $325.

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A&M Films / CBS Theatrical Films
John Cusack drove a 1967 Camaro SS in which movie?
"Say Anything"
"Better Off Dead"
"Grosse Pointe Blank"
"Hot Tub Time Machine"
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Wrong Answer

The movie "Better Off Dead" came out back in 1985, featuring an all-black 1967 Chevy Camaro SS. 1967 was the first model year for the Chevy Camaro. A '67 Camaro was chosen as the pace car for the Indy 500 that same year.

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PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Do you know what Tony Danza drove in "The Hollywood Knights"?
'57 Chevy
Impala
Taskforce
Brookwood
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Wrong Answer

Tony Danza drove what may be the coolest 1957 Chevy ever in the 1980 movie "The Hollywood Knights." Known as Project X, the Chevy 210 was shocking yellow and fully tuned to be a pretty intense hot rod.

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Pop Culture Chevys 18
Elektra
Motley Crue sang about a Chevy in the song "Dr. Feelgood." What year was it?
'57
'61
'65
'75
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Wrong Answer

Motley Crue sang about a 1965 Chevy in the song "Dr. Feelgood." The video clarified what they meant a bit by including a 1965 Chevy Impala SS with a red paint job and complementary flames down the sides.

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Big Machine
Taylor Swift sang about "a boy in a Chevy truck." What song was that lyric from?
"Look What You Made Me Do"
"Bad Blood"
"Shake It Off"
"Tim McGraw"
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Wrong Answer

"Tim McGraw" was the debut single from Taylor Swift, way back in 2006. Swift wrote the song in her freshman year in high school about her boyfriend, who was a senior at the time. In the video, the boy drives a 1970 Chevrolet CST-10.

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Pop Culture Chevys 20
Bold Films / OddLot Entertainment / Marc Platt Productions / Motel Movies
Ryan Gosling restored this car that he drove in the movie "Drive" himself. What is it?
Corvette Sting Ray
Impala
Chevy Malibu
Bel Air
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Wrong Answer

Director Nicolas Winding Refn told Ryan Gosling he could choose what car his character would drive in "Drive." Gosling actually went to a junkyard and handpicked the '73 Chevy Malibu. He then stripped it and rebuilt it himself.

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Universal Pictures
Who drives the 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS from "The Fast and the Furious"?
Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Jason Statham
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Wrong Answer

Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto drives a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS in both "The Fast and the Furious" and "Fast & Furious." It starts out as a red Chevelle, but later, in "Fast & Furious," he sands it down and paints it grey.

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Pop Culture Chevys 22
Wiki Commons by Heinrich Klaffs
There's a line in "Crocodile Rock" about an "old, gold Chevy." Who sang it?
Elton John
Billy Joel
Queen
Rod Stewart
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Wrong Answer

Elton John recorded "Crocodile Rock" back in 1972. This was his first No. 1 single in the U.S. and went on to become gold and then platinum. It was released on the album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player."

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Columbia Pictures / New Line Cinema / Happy Madison Productions / Out of the Blue Entertainment
At the end of Adam Sandler's "Mr. Deeds," what car does he buy for everyone in town?
Corvette
Malibu
Camaro
Silverado
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Adam Sandler strikes it rich in "Mr. Deeds," and at the end of the movie, he buys everyone from his hometown a new 2002 Corvette. Someone on Reddit did the rough math and figured out that if Deeds bought a Vette for everyone old enough to drive it would have cost him more than one billion dollars.

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Pop Culture Chevys 24
Temple Hill Entertainment / Maverick Films / Imprint Entertainment / DMG Entertainment
"Twilight" had more than just vampires — it had which of these Chevy vehicles?
Corvette
Townsman
Nomad
C10
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Wrong Answer

Maybe it makes sense that "Twilight" featured a classic 1963 Chevy C10 pickup truck, since vampires are all kind of vintage people, and there's an air of history to them. The truck belongs to main character Bella, so perhaps it shows that she likes old things.

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Image Ten
Part of the plot of "Night of the Living Dead" involves getting to what kind of truck?
Chevy Avalanche
Chevy Silverado
Chevy 3600
Chevy Task Force
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Wrong Answer

"Night of the Living Dead" mostly takes place in a farmhouse, but in the survivors' attempts to escape, they hatch a plan to gas up an old Chevy 3600 truck. Spoiler alert — it doesn't actually work out very well.

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Wiki Commons by Angela George
The song "Chattahoochee" makes mention of an old Chevy. Who sings it?
Brooks and Dunn
Garth Brooks
Tim McGraw
Alan Jackson
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Wrong Answer

Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee" came out in 1993, and it is one of his most popular songs. It won the CMA award for both Single of the Year and Song of the Year. It also hit No. 1 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart.

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Pop Culture Chevys 27
Columbia Pictures / Steve Roth Productions
Emblazoned with flames, which vehicle starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Last Action Hero"?
Chevy Blazer
Chevy S-10
Chevy Kodiak
Chevy Avalanche
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

It's a custom-painted Chevy Blazer with roof lights and flames on the front end that appeared in "Last Action Hero." That movie was something of a critical bomb at the time of its release, arguably for being super weird. One of the character is a cartoon cat.

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Pop Culture Chevys 28
Wiki Commons by American Talent International / Capitol Records
In which song are the lyrics "Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy / Out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy"?
"Life in the Fast Lane" by Eagles
"Breakdown" by Tom Petty
"Night Moves" by Bob Seger
"Fly Like an Eagle" by the Steve Miller Band
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Wrong Answer

Bob Seger's "Night Moves" is arguably the singer's most popular song. Word is that Seger wrote the song about his youth — specifically, a girl he once fell in love with who left Seger when her previous boyfriend returned from the military

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The WB
The guys on the show "Supernatural" drive a Chevy. What model?
Nova
Impala
Malibu
Bel Air
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Wrong Answer

Hunting demons on "Supernatural" requires a powerful car, so that's why producers wrangled a 1967 Chevy Impala hardtop, complete with a monstrously powerful 502 cubic inch Big Block Chevy V8 engine. The show films in British Columbia.

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ABC
In which show did a family ride around in a 1955 Chevy 6800 bus?
"The Partridge Family"
"The Brady Bunch"
"Eight Is Enough"
"Alf"
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Wrong Answer

Most people don't really pay attention to bus model years, especially when it's a custom-painted hippie-theme one. Nonetheless, the Patridge family were driving to their gigs in a 1955 Chevy 6800 bus.

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Pop Culture Chevys 31
New World Pictures
In "Death Race 2000," Frankenstein drove a customized version of what car?
Nova
Impala
Corvette
El Camino
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Wrong Answer

You'd be forgiven for not being able to tell at first glance that David Carradine's Frankenstein was driving a Corvette in "Death Race 2000," since it's so insanely customized to look like a bizarre alligator car.

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Refugee Films
What was Forest Whitaker's character driving in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"?
Chevy II Nova
Malibu
Corvette Sting Ray
Camaro Z28
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Forest Whitaker's character Jefferson drove a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 in the movie. 1979 was actually the top-selling year for any model of Camaro ever, with nearly 300,000 units sold.

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Pop Culture Chevys 33
Newmarket Films
In which movie would you find Brad Pitt behind the wheel of a 1969 Chevy El Camino?
"Meet Joe Black"
"The Mexican"
"Se7en"
"12 Monkeys"
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Wrong Answer

Brad Pitt's Jerry drove an El Camino in the movie "The Mexican." The El Camino is one of Chevy's most controversial designs, insofar as people either love it or absolutely hate it. Despite popular belief, it's not a pickup truck and is actually classified as a utility vehicle.

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The Guber-Peters Company
Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell get a heavily armored Chevy K-2500 in which movie?
"Soldier"
"Over the Top"
"Tango and Cash"
"Demolition Man"
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Wrong Answer

It's an extremely custom-designed Chevy K-2500 that Tango and Cash are given in the movie, complete with armor and guns, even though it doesn't last long. "Tango and Cash" was the first move Stallone and Russell made together. They sort of co-starred, though not on screen together, in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" years later.

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Village Roadshow Pictures / Outlaw Productions
Denzel Washington drove what in "Training Day"?
Impala
Malibu
Monte Carlo
Beretta
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Denzel Washington's Alonzo Harris may not have been the nicest guy in the world in "Training Day," but his car was pretty cool. It was a 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Lowrider. The car in the movie had a lot of subtle custom touches, which casual fans might not have noticed, like the sunroof. 1979 Monte Carlos did not come with a sunroof.

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