Q 01/05
A) Beheading parking meters
B) Smashing a row of shop windows
C) Stealing a police cruiser
D) Setting a hay barn on fire
Answer · why
The word 'Violation' flashes on the meters as he works, the first of the film's many pointed traffic signs.
Q 02/05
A) Steve McQueen
B) Robert Redford
C) Warren Beatty
D) Paul Newman
Answer · why
He asked for the part after hearing about the project, and the film cemented his standing as one of the era's top box-office stars.
Q 03/05
A) World War I
B) The Korean War
C) World War II
D) The Spanish Civil War
Answer · why
The story is set in the early 1950s, so his medals are only a few years old when he lands on the chain gang.
Q 04/05
A) A royal flush in spades
B) Four aces and a king
C) A hand worth nothing
D) A pair of red twos
Answer · why
His reply that 'sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand' is what prompts Dragline to christen him.
Q 05/05
A) 50
B) 60
C) 75
D) 100
Answer · why
After the bet he lies on the table with arms outstretched and feet crossed, a deliberate crucifixion pose.
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