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