This iconic toy debuted in the late 19th century.
What is a rubber duck?
Some people think a dirty car saves gas, but a clean one improves this.
What is aerodynamics?
Every field trip ends with this famous school bus either dusty, slimy, or coated in outer‑space residue.
What is the Magic School Bus?
Used to clean the showroom, this tool taps high-pressure water spray to remove grime, mud, and debris from surfaces and objects, including walls, trenches, floors, and equipment.
What is a pressure washer?
Tracy Chapman tells a story of escape and reinvention beginning inside a beat‑up vehicle.
What is “Fast Car”?
This medieval fairy-tale character travels with a gaggle of enchanted geese.
Who is Mother Goose?
Many people say dish soap is safe for washing cars. It’s actually known for stripping this protective layer.
What is wax?
This musical family’s multi-terrain vehicle could fly and, at one point, splashed through so much mud it practically needed gills.
What is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
This facilitates the reduction and removal of calcium and magnesium ions to treat hard water.
What is the water softener?
Rascal Flatts re‑introduced Tom Cochrane’s highway metaphor to a new generation via this Pixar tie‑in.
What is “Life Is a Highway”?
This historic grand hotel in Memphis hosts a daily duck parade, rolling out the red carpet to escort the feathered friends to an elevator that takes them to the duck palace on the roof.
What is The Peabody Hotel?
Some drivers think rain naturally cleans their car, but rainwater often causes these.
What are water spots?
After countless mystery road trips, this colorful van is usually more bug‑splattered than groovy.
What is the Mystery Machine?
This provides water treatment, forcing water molecules through a semipermeable membrane by using pressure to remove contaminants.
What is the reverse osmosis unit?
This Steppenwolf anthem invites listeners to “get your motor running” and hit the highway.
What is “Born to Be Wild”?
In the mockumentary style sitcom, The Office, Dwight Schrute hides a listening device in this waterfowl.
What is the Mallard?
Some assume more of this means a better wash, but too much actually makes rinsing harder.
What is soap?
A junkyard hiding place left this gentle yellow Beetle looking worn before revealing it could transform.
What is Bumblebee?
These work by using volumetric proportioning, ensuring that the chemical mixture remains the same regardless of variations in pressure and flow.
What are the dosatron?
Prince revved up the charts with this ode to a sporty crimson vehicle.
What is “Little Red Corvette”?
This character in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” famously recites poems about geese.
Who is the Mock Turtle?
Many believe leaving bugs on paint is harmless, but bug residue contains this damaging substance.
What are acids?
Training at Thunder Hollow left this famous racer nearly unrecognizable beneath mud.
What is Lightning McQueen?
This is used to raise freshwater pressure to meet the water demand of the wash.
What is the city water booster pump?
This Kenny Loggins song is basically the unofficial anthem for driving fast in sunglasses.
What is "Danger Zone"?
In this modern classic video game, you play as a mischievous bird wreaking havoc on a small English village.
What is Untitled Goose Game?

Many think cold weather makes washing pointless, but winter washes prevent this.
What is salt corrosion?
Endless sandstorms coated this monstrous desert war rig in a 2015 action epic.
What is the War Rig from Mad Max: Fury Road?
This pulls water from an underground collection tank (reclaim tank), filters it, and then sends it to the reclaim manifold.
What is the reclaim unit?
Queen’s drummer Roger Taylor wrote this turbo‑charged love letter to his automobile.
What is “I’m in Love with My Car”?
This waterfowl served in the British Army’s Coldstream Guards, receiving a gold gorget and a good conduct ring for alerting soldiers to threats.
Who is Jacob the Goose?

Some drivers fear cloth brushes will leave streaks, but real streaks often come from this.
What is improper drying?
This recurring Pixar car is always a little dusty, no matter which film it’s in. We can't imagine they'll wash it for the upcoming Toy Story either.
What is the Pizza Planet Truck?
This uses pistons driven by a crankshaft to deliver gases at high pressure to supply the car wash with compressed air.
What is the Reciprocating Air Compressor?
Snow Patrol’s biggest hit features lying beside someone in a metaphorical grassy field.
What is “Chasing Cars”?
This NHL team was once named after a flocking waterfowl featured in a Disney film.
Who are the Anaheim Ducks?
Some drivers think rust only forms in winter, but corrosion can happen year‑round in this region.
What is coastal or humid environments?
Sewer exits ensured this ninja-themed van never stayed clean for long.
What is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Party Wagon?
This releases the air pressure in the conveyor take-up air cylinder.
What is the chain tension release?
This Beach Boys hit celebrates a girl whose driving skills rival professional racers.
What is “Fun, Fun, Fun”?
This 1984 game used an innovative light‑gun accessory that let players shoot at the TV screen — a groundbreaking mechanic that helped popularize light‑gun games.
What is Duck Hunt?

Some may believe tire shine makes tires crack. Cracking actually occurs due to this.
What is UV exposure?
A prehistoric volcanic eruption left this time machine covered in soot and ash.
What is the DeLorean from Back to the Future?
This is a metal manifold with many ports, ball valves, and quick disconnects, providing a clean, centralized system that delivers air from the compressor to the Mac Valve applications.
What is the air tree manifold?
This Carrie Underwood hit tells the story of a young mother who loses control of her car on an icy road and turns to faith in a moment of crisis.
What is “Jesus, Take the Wheel”?
This US-based contest invites artists to create miniature works of art as collector items and is one of the most successful wildlife conservation tools in U.S. history.
What is the Federal Duck Stamp Contest?

Some believe premium washes are just “extra foam,” but premium packages usually add this protective service.
What is a ceramic coating?
Driven by two monster‑hunting brothers, this ’67 classic is as famous for road grime as rock salt.
What is the Impala from Supernatural?
This system supplies the car wash with reclaimed water for high-volume applications, providing a high-pressure rinse for vehicles with heavy snow or dirt build-up.
What is the Muddy Duck?
Johnny Cash sings of assembling a Cadillac in this novelty tale.
What is “One Piece at a Time”?