Get in shape for those summer movie trivia sessions. Find the common denominator for each trio below: tag the actor in all three roles or the common characters’ profession, map the three identical movie settings or name the director of the three movies, or maybe even tag the shared plot device or insider reference. Can you find the common denominator for each trio below? If you do, score a cinematic home run; if you don’t…three strikes, and you’re out!
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Roy Hobbs / Oscar “Hap” Felsch / Crash Davis
LaLa Land / Whiplash / Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Red Desert / The Passenger / Beyond the Clouds
Peter O’Toole / Peter O’Toole / Malcolm McDowell
Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti / Cinzia Zaccardi / Anna Cabot
All About Eve / Birdman / The Producers
Rhett Butler / Hamish Bond / Blackie Norton
The Man Who Knew Too Much / Psycho / Rear Window
Gloria Wandrous / Vivian Ward / Holly Golightley
Queen Freya / Queen Victoria / Princess Mary
Lt. Daniel Kaffee / Elle Woods / Atticus Finch
Mark Schultz / Jimmy Logan / Pretty Boy Floyd
Hoyt Brecker / Parrish McLean / Johnny Hunter
Annie Hall / Vicky Cristina Barcelona / Deconstructing Harry
Play Misty for Me / Flags of Our Fathers / Unforgiven
Lady Edwina Esketh / Adela Quested / Elizabeth Gilbert
Georgie Elgin / Linda Nordley / Lisa Carol Fremont
Ens. Frank Pulver / Nestor Patou / CC Baxter
Up the Down Staircase / Good Morning, Miss Dove / Mr. Holland’s Opus
Tracy Lord / Jane Hudson / Violet Venable
Claudette Colbert / Sophia Loren / Elizabeth Taylor
Harry Sanborn / Jake Gittes / Jack Torrance
Link Larkin / Charlie St. Cloud / Matt Brody
Mikael Blonkvist / Perry Smith / James Bond
Viridiana / Black Narcissus / The Sound of Music
Ramon Navarro / Charlton Heston / Jack Huston
The Apartment / Stalag 17 / Some Like It Hot
Kathy Bates / Judi Dench / Emily Blunt
Gangs of New York / Hugo / Silence
Maggie Pollitt / Martha Pineda / Leslie Benedict
Barry Lyndon / Eyes Wide Shut / The Shining
Jo Stockton / Regina Lampert / Holly Golightley
Charles Laughton / Richard Burton / Eric Bana
Lora Meredith / Marianne Patourel / Constance MacKenzie
Arthur Chipping / T.E. Lawrence / Robinson Crusoe
The High & the Mighty / Sully / Memphis Belle
Walt Disney / Chelsey Sullenberger / Sam Baldwin
The Graduate / The Birdcage / Carnal Knowledge
Alan Bosley / Stephen Myers / Holland March
Bob Falfa / Jack Ryan / Rick Deckard
Gustav von Aschenbach / John Baxter / Vesper Lynd
Brokeback Mountain / Life of Pi / Wedding Banquet
Andrea Riseborough / Eve Best / Lia Williams
Humbert Humbert / Rene Gallimard / Alfred Pennyworth
The Secret of Santa Vittoria / Sideways / This Earth Is Mine
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers / Charade / Royal Wedding
Lise Bouvier / Suzanne de Persand / Lili Daurier
The Piano / Big / Sincerely Yours
Roman Holiday / The Collector / The Little Foxes
The Trouble With Harry / Weekend at Bernie’s / Corpse Bride
Dirty Pretty Things / Prick Up Your Ears / The Queen
Domenico Soriano / Marcello Rubini / Ferdinando Cefalu
Paolo di Leo / Neil McCormick / Joe Buck
Nora Charles / Ursula Georgi / Milly Stephenson
Jane Hudson / Sebastian Flyte / Maria Williams
Mildred Pierce / Harriet Craig / Crystal Allen
And the Ship Sails On / Amarcord / Ginger & Fred
Die Hard / Fountainhead / Towering Inferno
Gwen Stacy / Allison Vandermeersh / Skeeter Phelan
Inland Empire / To Be Or Not To Be / A Short Film About Killing
Abby Yates / Susan Cooper / Michelle Darnell
Nickie Ferrante / Cole Porter / Philip Shayne
Bang the Drum Slowly / Field of Dreams / It Happens Every Spring