Quirky Cars Quiz

How quirky is your car knowledge? Take out quiz and find out!

Which of the following cars can go underwater?

The Toyota IQ

The Smart Car

The sQuba

The Gibbs Aquada

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The sQuba can cruise underwater like a small submarine.

Which of the following cars is as long as most cars are wide?

The Mitsubishi Dontuse

The Smart FourTwo

The sQuba

The Gibbs Aquada

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The Smart FourTwo is as long as most cars are wide, allowing it to pull head-on into most parallel parking spaces.

Why is the sQuba, an underwater car, a topless roadster?

It's a design flaw.

If it had a roof, pressure could build while the car was underwater, trapping the occupants.

If it had a roof, pressure could build while the car was underwater, causing it to explode.

Not having a roof makes the car lighter.

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If it had a roof, pressure could build while the car was underwater, trapping the occupants. When an enclosed car goes underwater, pressure builds in the cabin. This makes opening the doors and windows very difficult. By not having a roof, the sQuba makes sure that doesn't happen and makes it so the occupants can always escape in an emergency.

What's another reason the sQuba doesn't have a roof?

Designers wanted to give occupants a panoramic view of sea life.

It's a weight-saving measure.

An enclosed passenger cabin would be too expensive.

A passenger cabin would be too buoyant.

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If the sQuba had an enclosed passenger area, it would be too buoyant and too difficult to sink.

Why is the sQuba a zero emissions vehicle?

Combustion engines need air to operate.

Emissions would make too many bubbles underwater.

Underwater motorists demand environmentally friendly vehicles.

A and B

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Combustion engines, used in regular cars, need air to operate, and it would be very difficult to engineer one that would work underwater.

Which car has a 61 horsepower engine?

The Mitsubishi Dontuse

The Smart Car

The sQuba

The Gibbs Aquada

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The Smart Car has a 61 horsepower engine. Though that's not a lot of power, the Smart is so light, and meant for city driving, that it isn't a problem.

Which quirky car can turn itself completely around in place?

The Jeep Hurricane

The Smart Car

The sQuba

The Gibbs Aquada

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Introduced as a concept in 2005, the Jeep Hurricane has two engines and can turn itself around in place.

Which car has crossed the English Channel?

The Mitsubishi Dontuse

The Smart Car

The sQuba

The Gibbs Aquada