Roger Ebert's Movie Quiz

When people cheerfully tell me, "I have a trivia question" for you, I have a cheerful answer for them, but I rarely express it: "I'm a professional. Ask an amateur." ...

I know something about the movies, and here is how I really should reply: "Before I even attempt to answer your question, let me ask you five questions... (1) What is the name of the film that codified the language of the cinema? (2) Who was the third great silent clown? (3) Is color intrinsically better than black-and-white? (4) What movie set key scenes on board a train going from Chicago to Urbana, Illinois? [Ebert got his own question wrong](5) Name at least five directors of the French New Wave.

[1] Footnote: "Birth of a Nation;" Harold Lloyd; No, it is an artistic choice; "Some Like It Hot;" Varda, Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol, Resnais, Rivette, Rohmer. However, I am mistaken about "Some Like It Hot." Gotme!

I got all except #4 right, but I haven't seen enough French New Wave Films. How did you do?

source: The Plague of Movie Trivia

I got #3 right, so I'm one-for-five.

I had 1,3 and 5 right and I should have known 2 but I couldn't come up with the name. 4 is kind of worthless since even Ebert doesn't know the answer. 3 is also barely interesting.

4, isn't it this classic romantic comedy with Clark Gable where he is a journalist in a train with a famous actress, pretending to be friend with her when in fact he wants to write a story about her but eventually, falls in love with her? How was it called....

I looked it up and it is called 'It happened one night' but is not the right answer. In this movie, they take the bus from New York.