Collateral Trivia Quiz

Answer: He is a taxi driver.

Max drives a taxi, which is purportedly the cleanest cab in town. Max takes his job very seriously and is quite adept at it. He knows the best routes and doesn't cheat his customers.

Answer: Los Angeles

The film takes us on a ride through L.A. at night. Los Angeles is depicted as a sprawling, disconnected city, with a population of seventeen million people, where no one knows each other.

Answer: Jada Pinkett Smith

You may remember her as the character Niobe from the "Matrix" series. Here, she plays an attorney who befriends Max during their casual encounter.

Answer: professional killer

Vincent (Tom Cruise) is a contract killer, who hires Max to drive him around L.A. to complete the tasks assigned to him from a temporary employer. Vincent tells Max that if he makes his rounds that he might make it through the night.

Answer: Maldives Island

Max carries a picture of a scenic island vista, located in the Maldives. Max's dream is to create a company called "Island Limos". Whenever Max is upset, he looks lovingly at his photograph of that picturesque island in the Maldives.

Answer: Where did Miles Davis learn music?

In one of the coldest scenes of the film, Vincent asks Daniel where Miles Davis learned music. Daniel provides a credible reply but Vincent shoots him anyway, since it is part of his contract.

Answer: Pedro El Negro

Felix is upset that the list has been lost. He tells Max a story about Santa Claus and his helper, Peter (Pedro) or Black Peter. It's Peter's job to keep the list of bad children. Max says that he is sorry, but Felix says that "Sorry, does not put Humpty Dumpty back together again."

Answer: Peter Lim

Vincent pursues his next target into a rave club in Korea town. It so happens that Peter Lim is another witness on Vincent's list of five.

Answer: Detective Fanning

Detective Fanning has discerned a pattern based on the murder victims. He believes that he has found the murderer. He confides to Max that he understands that Max is not the murderer.

Answer: Annie

Annie, the prosecuting attorney, is the final victim on Vincent's list of five to be executed. Max, realizing this, tries to warn her, but his cell phone dies. In the final exciting scene, Max protects Annie and in doing so, mortally wounds Vincent. Vincent's final words are: "Hey, Max. We're almost at the next stop. A guy gets on the MTA in L.A. and dies. Think anybody will notice?"