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Perhaps last Friday’s trivia quiz was too long or too intense… only a couple people stepped up with comments or gave me grief via email.

Today I’ll go shorter–five questions instead of ten. Because such exercises are both good for your brain and relaxing, your employer would probably rather you did ten, but I can’t shoulder corporate productivity on my own each week.

See if you can pull the answers, as I do, out of your memory from years of reading car magazines and talking to car folks and watching TV and movies—that is, from partaking in popular culture. (You can always double-check with Google.)

1) What do the ’70s band REO Speedwagon and the General Motors division, Oldsmobile, have in common?

2) Which manufacturer’s bikes did Evel Knievel ride?

3) Where did the Edsel get its name?

4) Why is a flathead so named?

5) From what vehicle was the Monkeemobile (That is, the car the TV band, The Monkees, drove) created?

Answers at the bottom of this entry.

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