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Movie Trivia Quiz - Not-so-recent movies.

Post by Doreen Peri » November 17th, 2004, 4:42 pm

This Movie Trivia Quiz was written by Ben Burgraff.
http://studioeight.tv/artists/benburgraff/artben.html

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The following questions are all multiple choice, and there are just ten questions and a 'bonus' one, worth ten points, each...and again, the answers are at the bottom of the page!

NO CHEATING...Good Luck!

QUESTION 1: "Bullitt", Steve McQueen's cop classic, was intended for another actor, as well! Who was the ORIGINAL choice for the role?

a) James Garner
b) Robert Mitchum
c) Spencer Tracy
d) Paul Newman

QUESTION 2: He's a star, today, but in "Tombstone", he was just a supporting player with a couple of memorable scenes with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer...Who is he?

a) Billy Bob Thornton
b) James Caviezel
c) Willem Dafoe
d) Kevin Bacon

QUESTION 3: He's a star, today, but in "Wyatt Earp", he was just a supporting player with one brief scene with Kevin Costner...Who is he?

a) Billy Bob Thornton
b) James Caviezel
c) Willem Dafoe
d) Kevin Bacon

QUESTION 4: There are a LOT of brothers acting in film, today...Dennis and Randy Quaid, those pesky Baldwin boys, the Carradines, James and Stacey Keach...but which of the following pairs AREN'T brothers?

a) Bing Crosby and Bob Crosby
b) James Arness and Peter Graves
c) Patrick Swayze and Don Swayze
d) John Huston and Walter Huston

QUESTION 5: "A Star Is Born", the tearjerker about a rising starlet and her fading movie star husband, has been filmed 3 times with 3 different female leads. Which actress was NOT the leading lady in the film?

a) Barbra Streisand
b) Barbara Stanwyck
c) Janet Gaynor
d) Judy Garland

QUESTION 6: Marilyn Monroe was fired while making what would have been her final film, "Something's Got to Give" (despite her infamous nude swimming pool scene). It was later finished as "Move Over, Darling", with what actress in the Monroe role?

a) Doris Day
b) Sandra Dee
c) Brigitte Bardot
c) Sophia Loren

QUESTION 7: As long as we're talking about "Move Over, Darling", and "Something's Got To Give", both were remakes of an earlier Cary Grant comedy...What was the earlier version's name?

a) "Bringing Up Baby"
b) "My Favorite Wife"
c) "Dream Wife"
d) "Mr. Lucky"

QUESTION 8: Speaking of remakes, and Cary Grant, his last film, "Walk, Don't Run" (1966), was a remake of what WWII comedy classic?

a) "The More the Merrier"
b) "George Washington Slept Here"
c) "To Be, or Not To Be"
d) "Sullivan's Travels"

QUESTION 9: Everybody knows actors think they're God, but they are sometimes cast as Satan, instead! Which of the following actors has NOT played the Devil?

a) Ray Walston
b) Robert DeNiro
c) Al Pacino
d) Anthony Hopkins

QUESTION 10: I opened the door...Which of the following actors have NOT played God (yet)?

a) George Burns
b) Morgan Freeman
c) Charlton Heston
d) Robert DeNiro

BONUS QUESTION (worth 10 points): You know 'em, you love 'em, you can't get enough of 'em...How many "Police Academy" movies have been made?

a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
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Answers:

QUESTION 1: c (Spencer Tracy, believe it or not!)

QUESTION 2: a (Billy Bob Thornton...in his chubby days!)

QUESTION 3: b (James Caviezel...look quick, or you'll miss him, as yet another Earp brother!)

QUESTION 4: d (John Huston and Walter Huston were son and father!)

QUESTION 5: b (Barbara Stanwyck...although she'd have been great in the role!)

QUESTION 6: a (Doris Day, without, alas, a nude scene!)

QUESTION 7: b ("My Favorite Wife", with Irene Dunne in the female lead!)

QUESTION 8: a ("The More the Merrier", with aged Charles Coburn, who won an Oscar, in the role Grant would play!)

QUESTION 9: d (Anthony Hopkins...although some of his roles have been Satan-like!)

QUESTION 10: d (Robert DeNiro...he just THINKS he's God!)

BONUS QUESTION: b (7, so far...number 8 is due out in 2006!!!!)

SCORES:

10-30 pts: Face it, you've GOT to buy a TV...

40-60 pts: You did more in the back of the theatre than just 'neck'...

70-90 pts: Congratulations, you're smarter than 99% of the film executives in Hollywood, today...

100-110 pts: Has anybody learned of your secret crush on Roger Ebert? CONGRATULATIONS!

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OK, so how did you do? :)

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Ehh....

Post by izeveryboyin » November 18th, 2004, 7:43 pm

ehhh... not s' good. I think i got maybe five right? damn youth.
sometimes I just like to breathe.

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Post by Scootertrash » December 6th, 2004, 1:28 am

missed three counting the bonus q.

Tracy as Bullit?
Cavaziel or whoever he is-I did not get-the rest were fairly easy

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