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Old 09-25-2003, 04:41 AM   #2
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3.“The Towering Inferno” served as the last movie for which Oscar-winning actress?
Jennifer Jones


5.Which actor’s character didn’t die in “The Poseidon Adventure? (Jack Albertson, Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons)
Jack Albertson, Ernest Borgnine and Red Buttons all lived.


9.What action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger did “Jurassic Park” virtually wipe out at the box office?
The Last Action Hero (wild guess)

10.What device was originally considered for use as a time travel machine in “Back to the Future?”
a refrigerator (or a toaster. something like that)


11.What “Happy Days” cast member had a short uncredited role in the movie “Scream?”
Henry Winkler


14.What Oscar-winning film resulted in the decrease of undershirt sales by 75%?
It Happened One Night


16.In what movie would you find OJ Simpson rescuing a cat?
The Naked Gun? (another wild guess)


17.Billed as “Paul Mall”, who was the actor who supplied the voice of Max in “Flight of the Navigator?”
Paul Reubens


19.In “Chinatown”, who played the thug who slit Jack Nicholson’s nose?
Roman Polanski


20.What is the only X-rated film to win an Oscar?
Midnight Cowboy


22.What was the first Cinerama film which used anamorphic lenses?
The Robe


23.What early 1990s film had to be submitted seven times to the MPAA to avoid an NC-17 rating?
Showgirls or Striptease, probably


24.In “North by Northwest” what was the name of the made-up double spy which Cary Grant’s character was mistaken for?
George Kaplin - I can't believe I remembered that!


27.What film features almost all movement going from left to right?
Star Wars?


32.What was Adolf Hitler’s favorite movie?
Fritz Lang's "Metropolis"


33.Who ate a cake that said “Eat me?”
Alice in Wonderland


35.What young actress was brutally murdered by the Manson Family in August of 1969?
Sharon Tate (Polanski)


39.What are the only three films to sweep the five major Oscars?
By "five major Oscars" I assume you mean picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay - correct? Since no movie has ever won all four acting Oscars
"It Happened One Night" "Kramer vs. Kramer" "Terms of Endearment"


40.What movie featured the tagline, “Your senses will never be the same?”
The Sixth Sense


43.Which two actors refused Oscars?
Marlon Brando


45.What film was banned in England until Stanley Kubrick died?
2001: A Space Oddysey


46.In what film would you see Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear to the song “Old Time Rock and Roll?”
Risky Business


49.In “The Sting” what form of music was used which set the mood of the film, even though such music wasn’t popular at the time the film was set?
Nickelodean I think - the song was "The Entertainer"


50.What movie featured three main actors who died under tragic circumstances?
Rebel Without a Cause: James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood
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