"The Italian Job" (2003) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Venice

The opening sequence is highly memorable because it involves a high-speed boat chase along Venice's somewhat narrow canals. Little do the police know that the chase is a diversion: the safe which they believe they are chasing is underwater, exactly where it landed!

Answer: "They've got the safe in the boat!"

The words are uttered in Italian as the guards (who until this point were preoccupied watching a soccer match) stare frustratedly from the balcony towards the canal as the departing speedboat containing what appears to be the stolen safe races off.

Answer: Austria

The name appears behind the gang on a signpost as they celebrate their success by drinking champagne and discussing how they each intend to spend their ill-gotten gains.

Answer: $35 million

The amount of gold stolen is first mentioned in Austria but is repeated on several occasions throughout the film as the gang reunite (minus John and with the addition of Stella) to steal back the gold.

Answer: Steve

Steve is played by Ed Norton. The gang are hijacked whilst travelling on a narrow road and their van is pushed into the freezing water. Steve waits with his gun to see if there are any survivors and eventually John's body floats to the surface. Fortunately for the gang, they remain underwater until the danger has passed. Donald Sutherland played the role of John.

Answer: red

Stella, played by Charlize Theron, is a very fast driver and drives her red mini during the chase in LA. She is the daughter of the deceased John Bridger and decides to get involved in the plot to recover the gold, playing the role of safecracker, a job which she usually does to help the police.

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: 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: True

The Ukrainians want to take their revenge on the killer and join forces with Charlie's team in order to do so.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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!