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1.

What was the last album The Cars released before their split in 1987?

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Answer: Door To Door
2.

What decade is the hit single "Tonight She Comes" by The Cars from?

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Answer: Eighties
3.

What year did The Cars have the hit single "Tonight She Comes" on Elektra?

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Answer: 1986
4.

What was the record label of the Cars' first album, "The Cars"?

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Answer: Elektra
5.

In 2000 Ben Orr, the Cars bassist, died of what disease?

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Answer: Pancreatic Cancer
6.

What U.S. city was Ric Ocasek's birthplace?

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Answer: Baltimore, MD
7.

What "miracle" did Ric Ocasek perform in the Cars video "Magic"?

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Answer: He Walked On Water
8.

"Dance all night, go to work, do the move with quirky jerk" is from what Cars song?

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Answer: Shake It Up
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What classic TV show with host Dabney Coleman did The Cars guest star on in 1987?

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Answer: Saturday Night Live
10.

Early in his career Ric Ocasek sang in a duo with what other future Cars artist?

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Answer: Ben Orr
11.

What two musicians from The Cars formed the nucleus for the 2006 group The New Cars?

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Answer: Greg Hawkes & Elliot Easton
12.

What song on the Cars' Candy-O album made it into the Top 10?

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Answer: Let's Go
13.

Where did Ric Ocasek and Ben Orr, who later formed The Cars, meet?

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Answer: At A Party In Columbus, Ohio
14.

The vocals of Ben Orr and Ric Ocasek of The Cars have been likened to what rocker?

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Answer: Lou Reed
15.

What was Ric Ocasek's favorite brand of cigarettes?

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Answer: Marlboro
16.

During the years 1978-1988, how many albums did the Cars release?

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Answer: 7
17.

What does Ric Ocasek say the O stands for in "Candy-O"?

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Answer: Obnoxious
18.

What celebrity directed and appeared in the Cars video "Hello Again"?

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Answer: Andy Warhol
19.

In 2003 "The Cars" was listed as 282nd greatest album of all time by what magazine?

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Answer: Rolling Stone
20.

What Cars song says "You're always dancing down the street with your suede blue eyes"?

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Answer: My Best Friend's Girl
21.

Greg Hawkes of The Cars released a solo album, "Niagara Falls" which featured what?

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Answer: Weird Sounding Instrumentals
22.

Who was the drummer for the classic rock group, The Cars?

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Answer: David Robinson
23.

Who designed the Cars' sexy pin-ups for their "Candy-O" album sleeve?

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Answer: Alberto Vargas
24.

What was the name of the group that Ric Ocasek and Ben Orr formed in 1974?

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Answer: Cap'n Swing
25.

What was the title of the solo album Cars' guitarist Elliot Easton released in 1984?

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Answer: Change No Change
26.

What is the cover art on The Cars' debut album "The Cars"?

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Answer: Girl Sitting At The Wheel Of A Car
27.

What song from The Cars debut album was in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"?

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Answer: Moving In Stereo
28.

Who was the producer of The Cars' last studio album, "Door to Door"?

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Answer: Ric Ocasek
29.

What's the name of the artwork on the cover The Cars' album "Heartbeat City"?

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Answer: Art-O-Matic-Loop-Di-Loop
30.

What folk trio were Ric Ocasek and Ben Orr part of prior to The Cars?

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Answer: Milkwood
31.

Where did The Cars' album title "Candy-O" come from?

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Answer: A Brand Of Candy Cigarette
32.

After the 4th album came out in 1981,The Cars recorded a soundtrack for what film?

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Answer: Chapter-X
33.

In the song "Emotion in Motion" what line follows, the first "I would do anything.."?

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Answer: To Hold Onto You
34.

At the 1st Live Aid concert, which Cars song included a video of starving children?

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Answer: Drive
35.

Why did former Cars members reform the group into a new group, The New Cars?

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Answer: To Participate In The Blondie Tour
36.

Why did The Cars disband in 1988?

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Answer: Poor Ticket Sales On 1987 Tour
37.

About how long does the Cars album "Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology" run?

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Answer: 2 1/2 Hours
38.

What does the group Richard and the Rabbits have to do with the Cars?

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Answer: Ric Ocasek & Ben Orr Started It
39.

What Cars album was recorded but never released?

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Answer: Prototypes: Raw Hits And Rarities
40.

What was the name of the only solo album Ben Orr of the Cars ever released?

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Answer: The Lace
41.

How long did it take The Cars to record their debut album, "The Cars"?

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Answer: 2 Weeks
42.

What was the title of The New Cars album released in June, 2006?

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Answer: It's Alive
43.

How many top 10 singles did The Cars have on the Billboard Pop Charts?

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Answer: 4
44.

What is notable about Elliot Easton playing the guitar?

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Answer: He's Left-Handed
45.

What word did Ric Ocasek use to describe "The Cars' Anthology: Just What I Needed"?

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Answer: Coffin
46.

How many copies of the Cars' debut album "The Cars" have been sold?

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Answer: Over 6 Million
47.

What was The Cars' guitarist Elliot Easton's birth name?

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Answer: Elliot Shapiro
48.

What did The Cars' Greg Hawkes give up piano lessons because of as a child?

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Answer: Comic Books
49.

What album did the group Milkwood, featuring 3 future members of The Cars, release?

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Answer: How's The Weather
50.

What local TV show had Ben Orr of The Cars been house band leader on as a teen?

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Answer: Upbeat
51.

What 1988 movie did Ric Ocasek of The Cars play a musician in?

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Answer: Hairspray
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