Trivial Details: Can You Guess These 12 Cars?
“Bro, I told you it was Celine Dion who sang the theme from Titanic,” you groan to your teammate Brett, who erroneously thought Mariah Carey sang “My Heart Will Go On.”
Maybe night bar trivia has become somewhat of a ritual for you and your friends, but your team always comes up a few points short of first place. Tonight looks like it will be no different, because, with one round to go, you are 11 points behind your smug-faced rivals. Then again, the trivia host is unpredictable when it comes to the final topic; it could be anyone’s game.
“Allllllright teams!” the host barks into the mic. “Our final round is a picture round. The rules are simple: I will show you 12 close up shots of classic American cars and you will have to give me the year, make, and model of each mystery machine! The picture captions will be your only clues, so read closely. Teams will get one point for each secret part answered correctly. If we catch you using your phones, you will be disqualified.”
The team looks at you expectantly. You, the only car nerd at the sticky, chipped table. And didn’t you just recently visit Chicago for the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals? The other dorks on “The Quizzard of Oz” team don’t know a spark plug from a transmission spline. It’s up to you.
The round timer is ticking. In the comments, can you identify these cars by year, make, and model, thus propelling your team to victory (and a $50 dollar bar tab)?
Correct answers will be posted at the bottom of this story a week after publication. Be a good sport and don’t cheat!
1. Eye-drop Steve
2. Rebel with a Cause
3. Strobe Warning
4. Elemental New Jersey
5. Salt Flats
6. Ol’ William Randolph
7. Four thousand four hundred and six
8. Portal-to-portal
9. Coast of Azure
10. The Red (Taillights)
11. More than a Solar System
12. Track Seven on Zep II
ANSWERS BELOW!
1. 1986 Ford Mustang Saleen
2. 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 “Rebel” LeMans racer
3. 1970 Plymouth AAR Cuda
4. 1956 Mercury Montclair
5. 1960 Pontiac Bonneville
6. 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Hurst/Olds
7. 1971 Plymouth Road Runner
8. 1977 Dodge B100
9. 1965 Buick Riviera
10. 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS
11. 1964 Ford Galaxie
12. 1969 AMC SC/Rambler
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Only missed one – the Merc. I see Hagerty is trying to stir the pot and start keyboard fights early in the morning……
#1 is a 1986 Saleen Mustang. That style of grille was for the 85-86 model years, and Saleen started his production Mustangs in 86.
57 limited edition mercury
My best guesses. Number 2 has me stumped.
1) 1986 Ford Mustang
2) Don’t know
3) 1970 Plymouth Cuda AAR
4) 1956 Lincoln Premiere
5) 1960 Pontiac Bonneville
6) 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass W30
7) 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner
8) 1977 Dodge Van
9) 1965 Buick Riviera w/Hideaway Headlights
10) 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle
11) 1964 Ford Galaxy
12) 1969 AMC Hurst SC/Rambler
I’m 75 and always liked cars…. because back then they were styled for appearance rather than designed in a wind tunnel to satisfy the Government mandates for fuel economy. ( I DID struggle with #2 )
Cars used to be fun…… actually EVERYTHING used to be fun…..
That was WAY too easy (I only missed the Merc’ thinkin’ it was a Packard).
Try it again but put some work into it. It’s a really fun idear.
Piece o’ cake – but I started playing that game as a child in the ’50s, and a buddy & I would still play that game during hundreds of junkyard sorties in the ’80s: hold up a part & try to stump each other.
I’ve always dreamed of being at a trivia night and having a car-related category show up. I disappointingly only got 5 of these right. Good pictures with some nice subtle clues.
The clues:
1. Eye-drop Steve – a reference to Steve Saleen
2. Rebel with a Cause
3. Strobe Warning – not sure of the clue in the title, but the photo is pretty revealing
4. Elemental New Jersey
5. Salt Flats – Known as the Bonneville Salt Flats
6. Ol’ William Randolph – A play on Hurst (Hearse)
7. Four thousand four hundred and six – The clue gives it away if you are familiar with the RR
8. Portal-to-portal
9. Coast of Azure – Côte d’Azur is the French Riviera
10. The Red (Taillights)
11. More than a Solar System – Galaxy is larger than a solar system
12. Track Seven on Zep II – “Ramble On” might be an obscure reference to non-Zeppelin fans
#10 fooled me. I could have sworn that was a Chevelle. I didn’t know #2 or #4 and couldn’t remember if #8 was a Dodge or Chevy van.
anybody gets five can rightfully call themselves knowledgeable;
nope, i’m a dummy;
Camaro
At my age, 83 and climbin’, I was able to only ID companies on about three or four. Had they beenEuropean cars I probably would have done much better.
I’ve got a bucket and cover used in #2. GM Performance Parts, and how they ended up in stock at our dealership was unknown and they were “obsolete, no price” by 1980. I kept a box that all sorts of performance parts ended up in a that time.
The dealer principle raced in IMSA/Trans-Am series for 12-15 years. Some of the GM numbers we stocked are now museum pieces, BBC aluminum blocks and heads. Z-28 302 cross-ram intakes.
This is when 12.5to1 compression and 5mpg was considered normal and spark plugs were cleaned and re-gapped twice a week and the valve lash double checked. Good times.
zero for 12 and all of these cars were before I turned 23. i Just stopped paying attention when I figured out I was never going to buy anything that neat; But in 1975 my wife of 2 years talked me into buying a 1970 E-type coupe that we still own
Reminds me of the mobile game AutoDaylee. There is a fun car guessing quiz each day.