Welcome to a special edition of the Friday Car Quiz! Everyone loves Top Gear, so let's see how much you really know about the show.

Here are the rules:

1 - NO Internet searching for answers
2 - NO looking through magazines for answers
3 - NO using life-lines, calling friends, or other personal sources
4 - NO picking and choosing from other people's answers to use as your own

The answers must come from the knowledge base inside your head. Obviously we'll be on the honor system here, so let's keep it fun and fair. Reply in this thread with your answer to each of the questions. The person with the highest number of correct answers wins a prize. Answers will be posted after 3:00PM CST.

1 – What car manufacturer designed the Top Gear test track?
A – Porsche
B – Toyota
C – Lotus
D – BMW

2 – How did the Black Stig die?
A – Burst into flames
B – Tried to jump a car over the English Channel
C – Went off the test track at high speed
D – Drove a car into the sea

3 – The nicknames of the hosts are Jezza, Hamster, Captain Slow.
A – True
B – False

4 – Various celebrities get to lap the test track in what segment?
A – Stars Drive Cars
B – Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
C – Stars in Poor Performance Cars
D – Star in a Reasonably Quick Car

5 – Top Gear originally premiered on the BBC in what year?
A – 1977
B – 1987
C – 1997
D – 2007

6 – How many Stigs have been on the program?
A – 1
B – 2
C – 3
D – 4

7 – The location of the Top Gear test track was previously what?
A – A large manufacturing facility that made tires
B – A Jaguar assembly plant famous for the E-Type
C – A training facility for British Olympic athletes
D – A Canadian World War II military base

8 – Richard Hammond also appears on a television show called Brainiac?
A – True
B – False

9 – Which of the following are names of the test track corners?
A – Crooner
B – Wilson
C – Gambon
D – None of the above
E – All of the above

10 – The length of the test track is what?
A – 1.56 miles
B – 1.64 miles
C – 1.72 miles
D – 1.81 miles

1. C
2. A
3. True
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. B

I should've played last week. I only know two of these.

Better brush up, son!

Going once, going twice....

At least take a guess if you don't know.

8 depends on whether you count reruns.

Wait I want in! Give me 2 minutes

Here we go. I love Top Gear so Im feeling pretty confident with most of my answers...
1-C
2-D
3-A
4-B
5-C
6-C
7-D
8-A
9-C
10-C

In just under the wire. Answers coming in just a few minutes.

ANSWERS

1 - C. Lotus designed the test track.
2 - D. The Black Stig drove off into the sea to seal his demise.
3 - A. True.
4 - B. Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
5 - A. 1977. The Top Gear we know today was a relaunch that started in 2002.
6 - C. 3
7 - D. The air plane hangar where the show is filmed was previously a Canadian air base during WWII
8 - A. True.
9 - E. All of the above. Hammerhead and Chicago are memorable, but I didn't know the names of the others.
10 - C. 1.72 miles

Congratulations to heel2toe for taking home the prize for two weeks in a row with 8 correct answers! Will he be back to make it a three-peat?

Wow, I suck.

1: C but that's just a guess. I would guess least likely is Toyota, they just blow.
2: D. I remember that episode. Aircraft Carrier haha.
3: True I guess although Jeremy seems to also be called imbecile, idiot, and spanner.
4: B.
5: Err, C?
6: C
7: I dunno. D? Thought it was an airfield of some sort.
8: False? I thought it was James May. Or maybe I'm way off base now.
9: C
10: No idea. C. Why not.

Edit: Just saw final post and answers. I really do suck, haha.
Answer to 4 is wrong by the way OP. It's B, star in reasonably priced car not D, star is reasonably quick car.