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50 free Knight Rider trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Knight Rider ran on NBC from 1982 to 1986 and was panned by critics who missed the point: a black Pontiac Trans Am that talked, jumped and could not be scratched was exactly what a Friday night needed. Glen A. Larson borrowed the pulsing red scanner from his own Cylons, hired a St. Elsewhere star to voice the car without credit, and built a mythology of molecular bonded shells, turbo boosts and a rogue prototype named KARR that fans still argue about. These 50 questions cover the original series and what followed: Michael Long's new face, the Foundation for Law and Government, Devon Miles, Bonnie and April, Garthe Knight and his truck Goliath, the $100,000 hero car, the $1 stunt Pontiacs, the synthesizer theme lifted from a Delibes ballet, Knight Rider 2000, Knight Rider 2010, Team Knight Rider and the 2008 reboot with a Shelby Mustang voiced by Val Kilmer. Easy questions stick to Hasselhoff and KITT; the hardest ask about serial numbers, episode firsts and how many screen cars survived. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for an 80s TV night.
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Q 01Who played Michael Knight in the original Knight Rider?
David Hasselhoff
NBC president Brandon Tartikoff recruited him straight off the soap The Young and the Restless.
Q 02On which US network did Knight Rider originally air from 1982 to 1986?
NBC
It premiered on September 26, 1982 and ended on April 4, 1986 after four seasons.
Q 03What does the name KITT stand for?
Knight Industries Two Thousand
The 2008 reboot upgraded the acronym to Knight Industries Three Thousand.
Q 04Which car model was customised to become KITT?
Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
Audiences already knew a black Trans Am as a star car from the Smokey and the Bandit films.
Q 05Who created Knight Rider?
Glen A. Larson
It was the last series he devised at Universal Television before moving to 20th Century Fox.
Q 06Who provided the voice of KITT?
William Daniels
He was starring on St. Elsewhere at the same time and asked not to be credited for the role.
Q 07Before his new face and identity, what was the hero's full name?
Michael Arthur Long
The LAPD detective was shot in the face in Las Vegas and given a new face and name by Wilton Knight.
Q 08What does FLAG stand for in Knight Rider?
Foundation for Law and Government
Wilton Knight set it up as a public justice organisation; Michael was its first field agent.
Q 09Who heads FLAG after Wilton Knight's death?
Devon Miles
Edward Mulhare played him in every episode, handing Michael his mission briefings.
Q 10Which actor played FLAG's leader, who appeared in every episode?
Edward Mulhare
He also returned for the 1991 TV movie Knight Rider 2000.
Q 11Who was KITT's chief technician in seasons 1, 3 and 4?
Bonnie Barstow
She was dropped after season one and brought back after fans, Hasselhoff and Mulhare lobbied for her.
Q 12Which technician looked after KITT during season 2 only?
April Curtis
Rebecca Holden played her; the character was written out when Patricia McPherson returned.
Q 13Which villain, also played by Hasselhoff, drove the truck Goliath?
Garthe Knight
Wilton Knight's estranged son drove a Peterbilt semi armed with rockets and coated in KITT's own shell.
Q 21What is the name of KITT's rogue prototype?
KARR
Programmed for self-preservation rather than protecting life, it called KITT 'the inferior production line model'.
Q 22Who voiced KARR in its first appearance, 'Trust Doesn't Rust'?
Peter Cullen
The future voice of Optimus Prime; Paul Frees took over for the 1984 rematch 'K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.'.
Q 23What colour was KARR's scanner bar when it returned in 'K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.'?
Amber
It also got a two-tone black-and-silver paint job to tell it apart from KITT.
Q 24KITT's theme was partly inspired by a ballet piece by which composer?
Q 14What kind of truck was Goliath?
Peterbilt 352 Pacemaker
The rocket-armed cabover was the only thing on the show that could shrug off KITT.
Q 15Who played Wilton Knight, the founder of FLAG?
Richard Basehart
He dies in the pilot, but his voice narrates the intro and outro throughout the series.
Q 16Roughly how much did the principal KITT car cost to build?
$100,000
That is about $334,000 in 2025 money; the stunt cars came from Pontiac for $1 apiece.
Q 17For how much did Pontiac reportedly supply the stunt cars to the studio?
$1 each
Stuntman Jack Gill said many had already been damaged in a train derailment before they arrived.
Q 18KITT's pulsing red scanner was a nod to which sci-fi villains?
The Cylons
Larson created both shows and even reused the Cylon eye-scanner sound for KITT.
Q 19What is the name of KITT's near-indestructible armour?
Molecular Bonded Shell
Only heavy artillery, rockets, certain acids, lasers and electricity could get through it.
Q 20What feature lets KITT leap over obstacles in the road?
Turbo boost
Rocket boosters behind the front tyres lift the car and can also push it past 200 mph.
Léo Delibes
Larson took pieces of the 'Marche et Cortège de Bacchus' from Sylvia for the synthesizer theme.
Q 25Who co-composed the Knight Rider theme with the show's creator?
Stu Phillips
Don Peake scored 75 episodes after taking over mid-season one, but the theme was Phillips and Larson.
Q 26How many episodes did the original Knight Rider run for?
90
Across the four TV series in the franchise, 133 episodes have been made in total.
Q 27Which phrase closed the season-one outro in Wilton Knight's voice?
One man can make a difference, Michael.
The line was phased out after episode 7, 'Not a Drop to Drink'.
Q 28Michael Knight talks to KITT through what device?
A wristwatch
The modified 80s LCD radio watch also carried a micro camera KITT could use to gather information.
Q 29How many KITT cars were made for filming the original series?
23
Most were destroyed when filming ended; only five are thought to have survived.
Q 30What major upgrade did KITT gain in the season-four redesign?
Super Pursuit Mode
The rebuild followed the Juggernaut neutralising his shell, and swapped the T-top for a convertible roof.