Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Heist Movie Trivia Quiz: Plan the Perfect Crime

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Think you have what it takes to mastermind the perfect cinematic heist? Dive into this 20-question trivia quiz on iconic heist movies, from classic capers to modern masterpieces. Questions range from easy starters to fiendishly tough challenges – no cheating allowed!

20 Trivia Questions on Heist Movies: Plan the Perfect Crime

Question 1: Which film features a heist crew led by George Clooney robbing three Las Vegas casinos at once?

A. Heat
B. Ronin
C. Ocean’s Eleven
D. The Italian Job

Question 2: In Heat (1995), what is the name of Robert De Niro’s master thief character?

A. Vincent Hanna
B. Waingro
C. Nate
D. Neil McCauley

Question 3: Who directed the original The Italian Job (1969) starring Michael Caine?

A. F. Gary Gray
B. Peter Collinson
C. Michael Winner
D. Noël Coward

Question 4: In Reservoir Dogs (1992), which song does Mr. Blonde play during the infamous torture scene?

A. Like a Virgin
B. Hooked on a Feeling
C. Misirlou
D. Stuck in the Middle with You

Question 5: In The Usual Suspects (1995), what is the name of the elusive crime lord played by Kevin Spacey?

A. Verbal Kint
B. Kobayashi
C. Redfoot
D. Keyser Söze

Question 6: What famous Monet painting is stolen in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair?

A. Water Lilies
B. The Scream
C. San Giorgio Maggiore – Twilight
D. Impression, Sunrise

Question 7: In Ronin (1998), what is notably never revealed about the mysterious silver case?

A. Its gold contents
B. Its diamond cargo
C. Its owners
D. Its exact contents

Question 8: The Bank Job (2008) is based on which real-life London bank robbery?

A. Brink’s-Mat Robbery
B. Hatton Garden Heist
C. Great Train Robbery
D. Baker Street Robbery

Question 9: In Inside Man (2006), who plays the cunning bank robber Dalton Russell?

A. Denzel Washington
B. Willem Dafoe
C. Clive Owen
D. Chiwetel Ejiofor

Question 10: In The Town (2010), what disguise do the heist crew use during their armoured car robbery?

A. Police officers
B. Firemen
C. Nuns
D. Clowns

Question 11: In Snatch (2000), what is the name of the massive diamond central to the plot?

A. The Graff
B. The Star
C. The Antwerp
D. The Cumberland

Question 12: In Dog Day Afternoon (1975), what is Al Pacino’s character Sonny trying to fund with the bank robbery?

A. Gambling debts
B. His lover’s gender reassignment surgery
C. A drug deal
D. His mother’s medical bills

Question 13: Who directed the classic film noir heist film The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?

A. Billy Wilder
B. Howard Hawks
C. John Huston
D. Fritz Lang

Question 14: In Set It Off (1996), which actress plays the heist leader Stony?

A. Queen Latifah
B. Vivica A. Fox
C. Jada Pinkett Smith
D. Kimberly Elise

Question 15: Logan Lucky (2017) has its heist timed around which major NASCAR event?

A. Super Bowl
B. Daytona 500
C. Coca-Cola 600
D. Brickyard 400

Question 16: In Hell or High Water (2016), what is the primary motivation for the brothers’ string of bank robberies?

A. Revenge against the bank
B. Saving their family ranch
C. Funding a casino
D. Paying off mob debts

Question 17: Who directed Widows (2018), the heist thriller starring Viola Davis?

A. Gavin O’Connor
B. Danny Boyle
C. Steve McQueen
D. Paul Feig

Question 18: In Entrapment (1999), who plays the veteran thief Robert “Mac” MacDougal opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones?

A. Michael Douglas
B. Pierce Brosnan
C. Sean Connery
D. Harrison Ford

Question 19: Rififi (1955) is famous for its nearly silent jewellery heist scene lasting approximately how long?

A. 10 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 40 minutes

Question 20: Which director helmed the 2001 remake of Ocean’s Eleven with George Clooney?

A. Michael Mann
B. Quentin Tarantino
C. Steven Soderbergh
D. Guy Ritchie

Answers

  1. C. Ocean’s Eleven – The 2001 Steven Soderbergh film features Danny Ocean (Clooney) assembling an 11-man team for the Bellagio, MGM Grand, and Mirage casinos; Heat is an L.A. bank job, Ronin involves a case in France, and The Italian Job targets gold in Turin.
  2. D. Neil McCauley – De Niro’s character is the meticulous professional thief in Michael Mann’s Heat; Vincent Hanna is Pacino’s detective, Waingro a treacherous crew member, and Nate the fence.
  3. B. Peter Collinson – He directed the 1969 classic with Michael Caine as Charlie Croker stealing gold in Mini Coopers; Gray did the 2003 remake, and the others are cast or unrelated.
  4. D. Stuck in the Middle with You – Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) tortures a cop to this Stealers Wheel track in Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs; the others are songs referenced elsewhere in the film.
  5. D. Keyser Söze – Spacey’s Verbal Kint is revealed as the mythic Söze in Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects; the others are associated characters but not the boss.
  6. C. San Giorgio Maggiore – Twilight – Brosnan’s Crown steals this Monet from the Metropolitan Museum in the 1999 remake; the others are different famous artworks.
  7. D. Its exact contents – John Frankenheimer’s Ronin famously leaves the case’s contents a mystery despite intense pursuits; the others are incorrect guesses.
  8. D. Baker Street Robbery – Roger Donaldson’s The Bank Job dramatises the 1971 burglary exposed by radio messages; the others are different UK heists.
  9. C. Clive Owen – Owen leads the elaborate bank takeover in Spike Lee’s Inside Man; Washington is the hostage negotiator, and the others play supporting roles.
  10. C. Nuns – Ben Affleck’s crew dons nun habits for the North End robbery in his directorial effort The Town; the other disguises appear in different films.
  11. C. The Antwerp – Guy Ritchie’s Snatch revolves around this 86-carat diamond stolen from an Antwerp dealer; the others are fictional or real diamonds from elsewhere.
  12. B. His lover’s gender reassignment surgery – Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon is based on the true story of Sonny Wortzik (Pacino); the other motives are fabricated.
  13. C. John Huston – The legendary director made The Asphalt Jungle, influencing countless heist films with its doomed jewel robbery; the others directed noir classics but not this one.
  14. C. Jada Pinkett Smith – She leads the all-female crew as Stony in F. Gary Gray’s Set It Off; Latifah plays Cleopatra, with Fox and Elise as the others.
  15. C. Coca-Cola 600 – Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky times the NASCAR track heist around this Charlotte race; the others are different events.
  16. B. Saving their family ranch – David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water has Texas brothers (Bridges and Teller) rob to pay off reverse mortgage debts; other reasons don’t fit.
  17. C. Steve McQueen – The Oscar-winning director of 12 Years a Slave made this female-led remake; the others directed different heist films.
  18. C. Sean Connery – He plays the suave art thief partnering with Zeta-Jones’s insurance investigator in Jon Amiel’s Entrapment; the others starred in similar thrillers.
  19. C. 30 minutes – Jules Dassin’s Rififi features a groundbreaking 28-minute (often cited as 30) dialogue-free heist sequence; it’s shorter than claimed in D but longer than A or B.
  20. C. Steven Soderbergh – He rebooted the Rat Pack classic Ocean’s Eleven with a star-studded ensemble; Mann, Tarantino, and Ritchie directed other crime films.

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