Archive for November 13, 2007

Tuesday Trivia: All Pelham, All the time

In honor of yesterday’s review, every question today will have some tie to The Taking of Pelham One Two Three:

1. Name four other movies with numbers in the title.
Solved by Ken (comment #2)

2. Name two other movies with scenes that take place on the New York City subway.
Solved by Ken (comment #3)

3. Quentin Tarantino “borrowed” the color-coded names of the criminals from this movie. From what other Walter Matthau movie did Tarantino “borrow”?
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #18).

4. Robert Shaw plays a former mercenary soldier. Name another movie featuring a former mercenary soldier.
Solved by Evn (comment #6)

5. The criminals all wear hats and mustaches. Name two other movies with disguised criminals.
Solved by Ken (comment #4)

6. Name two James Bond connections to The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.
Hint: Both connections are explicitly mentioned in my review.

7. Pelham One Two Three is the name of a specific train. Name another movie with a train’s name in the title.
Solved by Melville (comment #1) (Sorry, Evn, 9 minutes is bogus.)

Trivia will be late

I know some of you early birds check for trivia on Tuesdays. I’ve written it and scheduled it for the afternoon to give some other players a chance.