The Italian Job Trivia Questions

Answer: 4 million US dollars

When Charlie mentions the amount of 4 milion to Mr Bridger, Bridger is delighted, assuming it is in pounds (UKP). In 1969, 4m UKP would have been about 9.6m dollars (USD), as the exchange rate was 2.41USD to the pound. In fact, it's 4m USD, which would have been about 1.66m UKP, still a considerable amount back then.

Answer: Wrench

Wrench does some bodywork on the Minis so that they can hold the large weight of the gold without compromising speed or control. Later, he covers up the hole that the gold-bearing truck blows through in the street.

Answer: 4 minutes, 41 seconds

Just like her father, Stella has an aptitude for cracking safes. She, however, chooses to use this talent to help the police. She announces this to her assistant as she walks back into her office.

Answer: Becky

The gang needs to get inside Steve's house and by disconnecting the cable system, they ensure that he will call the engineers. The call is intercepted and Stella goes in (wearing Becky the technician's uniform) to secretly film the interior of the house and ascertain exactly which kind of safe she is likely to be dealing with.

Answer: Steve

Edward also was in the movies "Red Dragon" and "Fight Club". Steve is the villain in the movie. He does everything he can to keep the gold away from Charlie and his team.

Answer: Bill

According to the documentary on the 40th anniversary DVD, the office used in this scene was in the same building as the home of disgraced British novellist and politician Jeffrey Archer.

Answer: Skinny Pete

The name is ironic because Pete weighs over 400 pounds. Charlie warns Left-Ear not to stare when they go to see him, but Left-Ear fails miserably at it.

Answer: 32 minutes

Rob gets frustrated when another driver holds him up at a green light. Statistics say that during this time, 5 people die of smoking cigarettes, just to give you an idea of how long Rob was stuck at the light. The high times are due to the "either bad traffic, peak traffic or slit-your-wrist traffic", as Rob eloquently puts it.

Answer: Napster

Lyle wants to be known by this nickname because he insists that the idea for the computer website 'Napster' was his idea, but was in fact, stolen from him by his college roommate. Lyle/Napster is played by Seth Green.

Answer: Coco

Stanley Caine, who played Coco, also appeared with his brother in "Billion Dollar Brain" (1967), the third of the Harry Palmer movies, and "Play Dirty" (1968). In "Brain", Stanley plays a postman who delivers a box of eggs to Michael (a key plot point, but a tiny role) and in "Play Dirty", he is a Gestapo Officer.

Answer: 110

Charlie tells us this when he is recounting the group members' respective histories. Rob was sent to prison while setting the record for longest freeway chase. On the bridge, we see signs reading "We Love You Rob", "U Rule", and "Go Rob".

Answer: Michael Caine

Michael Caine was in films "Austin Powers in Goldmember" and "Miss Congeniality".

Answer: Raf Vallone

Raf Vallone had a fifty year career in both Europe and America, featuring in films such as "El Cid" (1961) and "The Godfather Part III" (1990). He retired from the movies in 1990 and died at home in Calabria, Italy, in October 2002, aged 86. Vallone and Rossano Brazzi (who played Beckerman) were hired to give the film appeal in continental Europe. (sources: imdb.com, Italian Job DVD).

Answer: Spider-Man

If you look closely just after the explosion, you can see him front and centre in the crowd for a second. He is looking back and forth, perhaps to locate the source of the panic so that he can leap to the rescue. Hope you enjoyed this quiz!

Answer: 1000

Charlie mentions the Worthington 1000 when he first approaches Stella with his plan to get back at Steve. But when Charlie breaks open the truck below the subway, they are shocked to discover that the safe inside is not, in fact, the Worthington 1000.

Answer: stare.

'Skinny Pete' is something of a misnomer and his appearance shocks Left Ear (played by Mos Def) so Charlie's advice was spot on! Left Ear is so called because during a childhood experiment, he caused an explosion which left him deaf in his right ear. We see this in a flashback.

Answer: his putting

Skinny Pete is practising his putting with a female partner who responds extremely positively to every shot that he plays. He is hitting the ball so hard that the shots are going nowhere near the hole!

Answer: larger ladies

Professor Peach is, indeed, addicted to ladies of ample proportions. In fact, when we first meet him, he's already in a sanatorium because he's been trying to force his advances on his sister's frightening maid.

Answer: Bridger

Stella is John Bridger's daughter. Croker is Charlie's surname while Fruselli is similar to the assumed name of Steve the traitor.

Answer: Turin

Answer: 128

Steve hires three drivers to create a diversion so the gang will not know which one to follow. We are shown the vans going in different directions from the view of the helicopter in which Steve is travelling and the number is clearly displayed on the roof of the vehicle. The gang identify which is the loaded van by calculating the tyre pressure to see which one has the heaviest load.

Answer: red, white and blue

Michael Caine states in his 1993 autobiography "What's It All About?" that the makers (BMC) were short-sighted in seeing the marketing opportunity and would not give the production any Minis for free - only at cost.

Answer: at the train station

We see Lyle being dropped off here beforehand and also hear the train announcements in the background. Lyle manipulates the traffic signals with his laptop computer to enable the minis to travel more easily, and causes a fair amount of chaos in the process! When he loudly exclaims that the gang has been successful, the nearby passengers are startled.

Answer: piazza

Answer: the blue one

Charlie Croker, played by Mark Wahlberg, mastermind of the group is driving this mini. He is not injured in the accident and manages to escape. I hope you enjoyed this quiz as much as the film!