RACING MOVIES

Le Mans! Motorcycles! Mater! Start your memory engines; time to test your movie knowledge!

EASY

1 Which is the highest-grossing entry in the Cars franchise at the worldwide BO?

2 What is the full title of 2006 movie Talladega Nights?

3 What type of car is Herbie?

4 Race Wars, Street Wars and Redline were all working titles for which 2001 franchise-starter?

5 Ron Howard’s Rush centres on which two racing rivals?

MEDIUM

1 Alongside Tom Cruise, Days of Thunder features which other future Mission: Impossible franchise star?

2 The Great Race centres on a contest that starts and ends in which respective cities?

3 Which actor connects Herbie: Fully Loaded, Cars and Need for Speed?

4 Who plays the mysterious Racer X in Speed Racer?

5 In which year were Biker Boyz, 2 Fast 2 Furious and documentary Faster all released?

HARD

1 Name the Cars franchise actors who voiced… a) Finn McMissile; b) Natalie Certain; c) Holley Shiftwell; d) Mater

2 Renny Harlin, Burt Reynolds, Gina Gershon… Name the movie.

3 Le Mans ’66 won Oscars in which two categories?

4 Which ‘racing’ franchise has spawned sequels subtitled Inferno, 2050 and Beyond Anarchy?

5 Name the music stars featured in these biker movies: a) The Girl on a Motorcycle; b) Silver Dream Racer; c) Torque

ANSWERS:

EASY 1. CARS 2 2. TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY 3. A VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 4. THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 5. JAMES HUNT AND NIKI LAUDA

MEDIUM 1. CARY ELWES 2. NEW YORK AND PARIS 3. MICHAEL KEATON 4. MATTHEW FOX 5. 2003

HARD 1. A) MICHAEL CAINE; B) KERRY WASHINGTON; C) EMILY MORTIMER; D) LARRY THE CABLE GUY 2. DRIVEN 3. FILM EDITING, SOUND EDITING 4. DEATH RACE 5. A) MARIANNE FAITHFULL; B) DAVID ESSEX; C) ICE CUBE