Q 01/05

Who plays Willie T. Soke, the drunken thief in the title role?

A) Bill Murray

B) Billy Bob Thornton

C) Jack Nicholson

D) Robert De Niro

Answer · why

B) Billy Bob Thornton

Several bigger names were considered for the part before it went to Thornton, who won a Golden Globe nomination for it.

Q 02/05

Which actor plays Marcus Skidmore, the brains of the safe-cracking duo?

A) Tony Cox

B) Danny Woodburn

C) Warwick Davis

D) Verne Troyer

Answer · why

A) Tony Cox

Cox had earlier played an Ewok in Return of the Jedi and the Preacher in Beetlejuice.

Q 03/05

Who plays Thurman Merman, the gullible boy who believes Willie is really Santa?

A) Angus T. Jones

B) Josh Hutcherson

C) Spencer Breslin

D) Brett Kelly

Answer · why

D) Brett Kelly

The Coens had originally tailored the part for Two and a Half Men's Angus T. Jones.

Q 04/05

While Willie works as a department-store Santa, what costume role does Marcus take for the heists?

A) A reindeer

B) A snowman

C) A toy soldier

D) An elf

Answer · why

D) An elf

Marcus takes the job seriously; Willie, an alcoholic, is steadily unable to perform around children.

Q 05/05

In which city is the mall where Willie and Marcus take their jobs?

A) Tucson

B) Milwaukee

C) Las Vegas

D) Phoenix

Answer · why

D) Phoenix

The pair had worked a Milwaukee mall the previous year, which is where the film's opening robbery is set.