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Trains Featured in Heist Movies — Daily trivia Saturday, May 2, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which Michael Crichton heist film with Sean Connery dramatises a real Victorian gold bullion theft?
- AThe Royal Mail Heist
- BThe Gold Express
- CThe First Great Train Robbery
- DThe Victorian Vault
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The First Great Train Robbery
The First Great Train Robbery. Crichton directed it from his own novel about the real 1855 theft of gold from the guard's van of the London-to-Folkestone train.
Q 02In 'Money Train', what type of train do transit cops John and Charlie plan to rob?
- AA high-speed bullet train
- BA luxury sleeper car
- CA subway revenue car
- DAn armored military transport
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A subway revenue car
A subway revenue car. The foster brothers are decoy transit cops, and Charlie turns to robbery because he owes a mobster money he can't repay.
Q 03In which city is the subway-hijack thriller 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' set?
- ANew York
- BLondon
- CSan Francisco
- DChicago
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New York
New York. For years afterwards the city's Transit Authority refused to schedule any train to leave Pelham Bay Park at 1:23.
Q 04In 'Under Siege 2', hijackers use a Denver-to-Los Angeles train as a mobile command post for what?
- AA military satellite weapon
- BA stolen stealth bomber
- CA nerve-agent release
- DA rogue nuclear submarine
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A military satellite weapon
A military satellite weapon. The hijackers are led by the fired scientist who designed the satellite, and they seize control of it from a computer centre aboard the Grand Continental.
Q 05Which Mission: Impossible film has Ethan Hunt chasing a key aboard a train in the Alps?
- AGhost Protocol
- BFallout
- CRogue Nation
- DDead Reckoning Part One
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Dead Reckoning Part One
Dead Reckoning Part One. The runaway train's plunge off a blown-up bridge was filmed by sending a mock-up locomotive off a cliff at a Derbyshire quarry.
Q 06In the Western comedy 'Bandidas', what kind of target do Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz's outlaws mainly hit?
- AStagecoaches
- BBanks
- CGold mines
- DSaloons
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Banks
Banks. They learn the trade from famed bank robber Bill Buck, played by Sam Shepard, and give the loot back to poor Mexicans who lost their land.
Q 07In '3:10 to Yuma', which state's territorial prison is the train from Contention bound for?
- ANevada
- BArizona
- CNew Mexico
- DColorado
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Arizona
Arizona. Outlaw Ben Wade admits he has already been to Yuma Prison and escaped twice, which is partly why he agrees to board the train.
Q 08Which Burt Lancaster thriller has French railwaymen scheming to stop a German colonel shipping looted art?
- AThe Art Convoy
- BThe Iron Horse
- CThe Resistance Express
- DThe Train
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The Train
The Train. It is loosely based on Rose Valland's book Le front de l'art, and Arthur Penn left as director soon after shooting began, replaced by John Frankenheimer.
Q 09In 'The Wild Bunch', a Mexican general pays Pike Bishop's gang to rob a US Army train carrying what?
- ASixteen crates of rifles
- BA silver payroll
- CA Gatling gun
- DConfiscated whisky
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Sixteen crates of rifles
Sixteen crates of rifles. The gang's earlier raid on a railroad payroll office had netted only worthless steel washers planted as bait.
Q 10The silent Western 'The Great Train Robbery' ends, or begins, with a close-up of its outlaw leader doing what?
- ATipping his hat
- BCounting the loot
- CFiring his gun at the camera
- DLighting a cigar
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Firing his gun at the camera
Firing his gun at the camera. It is the film's only close-up, and Edison's catalogue sold it as the outlaw firing point blank at each individual in the audience.
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