"Throw Momma From the Train" Part 2 Quiz

Answer: letter

According to Momma, Owen was writing a letter telling its recipient to "take her away." She also suspected Owen of writing a love letter to a woman. Neither of these were true, though.

Answer: Frankly, I don't really care how he feels

Supposedly, the novel that Margaret has published was actually written by Larry. When this novel becomes a best seller, Larry is overcome with jealousy and rage and vows to write another book in its place, however, Larry runs into writer's block and can only come up with, "The night was..." for the beginning of his new book.

Answer: train

This film is filled with references to trains. Not only is a train mentioned in the title of the film, but Larry and Beth make out on a kiddie train, Beth reads "The Little Engine That Could," Owen plays with a model train set, and, of course, Larry tries to throw Momma off the train in the famous train scene toward the end of the movie.

Answer: earring

The earring she is trying to get is the one she was wearing in her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show early in the film. We are lead to believe that she was killed by Owen, who was standing right behind her with his hands positioned to push her overboard. However, it is revealed later in the film that she slipped and was picked up by a fishing boat.

Answer: fat and stupid

Momma says this when she discovers that Owen has gone out bowling and has left Larry to take care of her. Larry tells her that he is Owen's friend, but Momma doesn't believe him because Owen is "fat and stupid."

Answer: the girl in the taco commercial

Pinsky has written a book about women he'd like to have sex with. When asked how his book can be considered legitimate literature, Pinsky explains that it is a fantasy. Like Melville, it was his "great white whale."

Answer: Louis Armstrong

In an attempt to kill Momma, Owen blasts a trumpet into her ear while she is sleeping. While he's blasting into her ear, Momma wakes up momentarily and slumps back into her chair. Both Owen and Larry think she's dead until she bolts awake and shouts, "What a dream I was having! Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!"

Answer: 3

When Larry tells Owen that he didn't like his story, Owen asks Larry why it was so bad. Larry says, "It was a murder mystery that was three pages long, which, by the way, was no big trick in finding the murderer." Owen then asks, "What gave it away?" To which, Larry responds, "You only had two characters! One of which was that on page two!"

Answer: Momma and Owen and Owen's Friend, Larry

Larry has been writing a novel about his experiences with Owen and Momma. When Larry finds out that Owen had a book published about their experiences together, Larry, thinking another one of his novels had been stolen, goes into a rage and begins choking Owen. Owen then reveals that his book is a pop-up book for kids, which Larry thinks is the cutest thing he's ever seen.

Answer: misty

He eventually settles on the word humid. The next day in class, Larry picks up Owen's story to read to the rest of the class. He flips to the first page only to discover that Owen has already chosen to start his story with the sentence, "The night was humid." Larry immediately dismisses classes because of an enormous head ache in his eye.