| 1. | Let’s start off with a pair of easy ones: First, what is Ryan Gosling’s character's name? | ||
| Buddy | |||
| Danny | |||
| Shane | |||
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his name is never said | ||
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By way of explanation.....
He’s called “kid” or “the Driver” throughout the film. |
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| 2. | What creepy crawly creature is emblazoned on the Driver’s jacket? | ||
| Tarantula | |||
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Scorpion | ||
| Komodo Dragon | |||
| Bat | |||
| 3. | Which is not one of the three professions that the Driver has during the film? | ||
| getaway car driver | |||
| stunt driver | |||
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security guard | ||
| mechanic | |||
| 4. |
When briefing his client, according to the Driver, |
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| thousand | |||
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hundred-thousand | ||
| million | |||
| maze | |||
| 5. | What is the very specific window of time that the Driver gives the people who hire him? | ||
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five minutes | ||
| six and a half minutes | |||
| eight minutes | |||
| nine minutes | |||
| 6. | Shannon (Bryan Cranston) supplies the Driver with what car that he says "is the most popular car in California"? | ||
| Ford Mustang | |||
| Toyota Camry | |||
| Honda Accord | |||
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Chevy Impala | ||
| 7. | On this first job, he evades the police and ditches his car where? | ||
| LAX | |||
| Rodeo Drive | |||
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Staples Center | ||
| La Brea tar pits | |||
| 8. | Shannon is trying to convince Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks) to give him funding for a stock car. How much does Shannon ask for? | ||
| $250,000 | |||
| $300,000 | |||
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$430,000 | ||
| $500,000 | |||
| 9. | This business meeting is taking place at the pizza place owned by Bernie’s partner Nino (Ron Pearlman). Nino chastises Bernie for eating what in his pizza joint? | ||
| Mexican food | |||
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Chinese food | ||
| pancakes | |||
| fried chicken | |||
| 10. | After witnessing the Driver’s skills behind the wheel of a stock car, Bernie agrees to invest in Shannon’s car. He gives them $300,000 for ___ percent ownership? | ||
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70 | ||
| 80 | |||
| 90 | |||
| 95 | |||
| 11. | When driving home Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her son from the shop, the Driver takes them where before going home? | ||
| the grocery store | |||
| the movies | |||
| the beach | |||
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the LA river basin | ||
| 12. | According to Irene’s son, who are the bad guys in the cartoon he is watching with the Driver? | ||
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sharks | ||
| snakes | |||
| bears | |||
| turtles | |||
| 13. | Bernie explains that he met Shannon in the 80s. How did they meet? | ||
| Shannon was his personal mechanic | |||
| Shannon married Bernie’s sister | |||
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Shannon supplied cars for Bernie’s movies | ||
| in prison | |||
| 14. | Unfortunately, during the 80s, Shannon got on the wrong side of some rough people, including Nino. In order to repay his debt to them, what lasting injury did Shannon endure? | ||
| punctured lung | |||
| broken jawbone | |||
| concussion | |||
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broken pelvis | ||
| 15. | Standard (Irene’s newly paroled husband) is telling their son about when he met his mom. He thought she was 19 years old but in reality, she was __ years old. | ||
| 15 | |||
| 16 | |||
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17 | ||
| 21 | |||
| 16. | Standard gets beat to a pulp by low-level criminal Cook. Why does Standard owe him money? | ||
| His bail bond. | |||
| Old gambling debt. | |||
| He kept Cook’s share from a robbery. | |||
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Protection money from when he was in jail. | ||
| 17. | Who does Cook give a bullet to as a warning? | ||
| Irene | |||
| Standard | |||
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Benicio | ||
| the Driver | |||
| 18. | The Driver agrees to help with the pawn shop robbery to settle Standard’s debt. For this job, he steals what muscle car to use? | ||
| Dodge Charger | |||
| Pontiac GTO | |||
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Ford Mustang | ||
| Chevy Camaro | |||
| 19. | After the set-up leaves both Standard and Blanche (Christina Hendricks) dead, the Driver seeks out Cook. He uses what handy tool to torture Cook for more information. | ||
| screwdriver | |||
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hammer | ||
| mallet | |||
| hatchet | |||
| 20. | How much money were they supposed to have gotten in the pawn shop robbery? | ||
| $10,000 | |||
| $25,000 | |||
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$40,000 | ||
| $50,000 | |||
| 21. | In actuality, they stole a whopping ________. | ||
| Half a million dollars | |||
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$1 million | ||
| $2 million | |||
| $5 million | |||
| 22. | The brutal, Shannon-disabling Nino is the one behind the robbery. The million dollars actually belonged to a mob family from city? | ||
| Boston | |||
| New York | |||
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Philadelphia | ||
| Chicago | |||
| 23. | Bernie must step in to clean up Nino’s mess. In doing so, he stabs Cook with a fork and knife and uses what to kill Shannon? | ||
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a straight razor | ||
| a switchblade | |||
| a box cutter | |||
| a butcher knife | |||
| 24. | After killing Nino, the Driver calls Bernie and asks if he knows the story of the ____ and the _____. He then tells him that Nino didn't make it across the river. | ||
| fox / hen | |||
| troll / goats | |||
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scorpion / frog | ||
| tortoise / hare | |||
| 25. | Despite a stab wound to his gut, the Driver’s fate is unknown, but he is last seen, appropriately, driving. Earlier in the film, he says he doesn’t carry a gun. So, how many people does he actually kill with a gun? | ||
| zero | |||
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one | ||
| two | |||
| four | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The only one he shoots is a henchmen that ambushes the motel. But he does stab Bernie with a knife, drowns Nino, impales a guy with bathroom towel rod and stomps one to death. |
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