The ultimate movie quiz

[Brian]

1.Who made up the Magnificent Seven? (actors, not characters)

2.During the production of what Jim Carrey movie were people on the set forbidden from uttering the actors’ phrases from his previous “silly” movies?

3.“The Towering Inferno” served as the last movie for which Oscar-winning actress?

4.What 1980 flop at the box office was nicknamed as “Gone with the Wind, without the wind” and bankrupted United Artists, forcing their sale to MGM?

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

6.What was Popeye Doyle’s real first name?

7.Which of the following movies were not filmed in sequence? (Stalag 17, ET, The Poseidon Adventure, Sunset Boulevard)

8.What does Steven Spielberg portray in his movies as reluctant, absent, or irresponsible?

9.What action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger did “Jurassic Park” virtually wipe out at the box office?

10.What device was originally considered for use as a time travel machine in “Back to the Future?”

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

12.What color does Freddy Krueger bleed?

13.What yearly event takes place in “Frequency.”

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

15.Who turned down two Oscar-winning roles in “Cat Ballou” and “Stalag 17?”

16.In what movie would you find OJ Simpson rescuing a cat?
17.Billed as “Paul Mall”, who was the actor who supplied the voice of Max in “Flight of the Navigator?”

18.What movie holds the record for the most Razzie nominations (13) and “wins?” (7)

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

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

21.Who was originally offered the role of Mr. Hand in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High?”

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

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

24.In “North by Northwest” what was the name of the made-up double spy which Cary Grant’s character was mistaken for?

25.In what movie would you hear the line “Is it safe?”

26.“Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn” was the sequel to what Star Trek episode?

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

28.In “High Anxiety” who played the frustrated bellboy who screams and attacks a showering Mel Brooks in a spoof of “Psycho?”

29.What John Wayne film filmed near nuclear testing grounds caused scores of cast and crew members to develop cancer-related deaths?

30.What was Tonto in “Harry and Tonto?”

31.What was the first movie that the late film critic Gene Siskel walked out on in 25 years of reviewing movies?

32.What was Adolf Hitler’s favorite movie?

33.Who ate a cake that said “Eat me?”

34.What was the name of the “Twilight Zone” episode that Garth in “Wayne’s World” describes to the audience?”

35.What young actress was brutally murdered by the Manson Family in August of 1969?

36.Who was originally cast as Benjamin in “The Graduate” but was dropped due to a disagreement over salary?

37.What was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous debut line “I’ll be back” originally scripted as in “The Terminator?”

38.What cereal was immortalized in “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure?”

39.What are the only three films to sweep the five major Oscars?

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

41.What film is internationally known as “The worst movie ever made?”

42.What film features a captain whose mission is to “terminate with extreme prejudice?”

43.Which two actors refused Oscars?

44.What is Cary Grant’s least favorite movie because of the overacting?

45.What film was banned in England until Stanley Kubrick died?

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

47.Before Gene Hackman accepted it, which actors turned down the role of Popeye Doyle in “The French Connection?”

48.In what film did Jackie Gleason star in but cannot be heard?

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?

50.What movie featured three main actors who died under tragic circumstances?

[Liza]

Well, I'm not that good, but I do know some


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

[Penny Lane]

These are the ones that I think are right?

4. Heaven's Gate

5. Red Buttons

14. It Happened One Night

16, Towering Inferno

20. Midnight Cowboy

21. The Conquerer

22. A cat

35. Sharon Tate

41. Hudson Hawk

43. George C Scott & ??

46. Risky Business

49. Ragtime music

50. Poltergeist

[Brian]

Originally posted by Penny Lane


50. Poltergeist

Forgot about that one. That's right, too.

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Brian
Forgot about that one. That's right, too.

I forgot about Rebel Without A Cause!

[Liza]

Originally posted by Brian
Forgot about that one. That's right, too.

Poltergeist??? Three stars died in that movie? I know Dominique Dunne and Heather O'Rourke did, but who else? Three LEAD actors? Beatrice Straight just passed away last year, but she was a supporting role, and she died of natural causes.

[Brian]

Originally posted by Liza
Poltergeist??? Three stars died in that movie? I know Dominique Dunne and Heather O'Rourke did, but who else? Three LEAD actors? Beatrice Straight just passed away last year, but she was a supporting role, and she died of natural causes.

I forgot the question was three LEAD actors.

[dlemond]

1.Who made up the Magnificent Seven? (actors, not characters)
*Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Steve McQueen, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz

2.During the production of what Jim Carrey movie were people on the set forbidden from uttering the actors’ phrases from his previous “silly” movies?
*The Truman Show

3.“The Towering Inferno” served as the last movie for which Oscar-winning actress?
*Jennifer Jones

4.What 1980 flop at the box office was nicknamed as “Gone with the Wind, without the wind” and bankrupted United Artists, forcing their sale to MGM?
*Heaven's Gate

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

6.What was Popeye Doyle’s real first name?
*Jimmy

7.Which of the following movies were not filmed in sequence? (Stalag 17, ET, The Poseidon Adventure, Sunset Boulevard)
*Sunset Boulevard

8.What does Steven Spielberg portray in his movies as reluctant, absent, or irresponsible?
*Fathers

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

10.What device was originally considered for use as a time travel machine in “Back to the Future?”
*A refridgerator

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

12.What color does Freddy Krueger bleed?
*Green

13.What yearly event takes place in “Frequency.”
*The World Series

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

15.Who turned down two Oscar-winning roles in “Cat Ballou” and “Stalag 17?”
*Kirk Douglas

16.In what movie would you find OJ Simpson rescuing a cat?
*The Towering Inferno

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

18.What movie holds the record for the most Razzie nominations (13) and “wins?” (7)
*Showgirls

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

21.Who was originally offered the role of Mr. Hand in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High?”
*Fred Gwynne

22.What was the first Cinerama film which used anamorphic lenses?
*"How to Marry a Millionaire" was filmed first/"The Robe" was released first

23.What early 1990s film had to be submitted seven times to the MPAA to avoid an NC-17 rating?
*Hard Target

24.In “North by Northwest” what was the name of the made-up double spy which Cary Grant’s character was mistaken for?
*George Kaplan

25.In what movie would you hear the line “Is it safe?”
*Marathon Man

26.“Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn” was the sequel to what Star Trek episode?
*Space Seed

27.What film features almost all movement going from left to right?
*Lawrence of Arabia

28.In “High Anxiety” who played the frustrated bellboy who screams and attacks a showering Mel Brooks in a spoof of “Psycho?”
*Barry Levinson

29.What John Wayne film filmed near nuclear testing grounds caused scores of cast and crew members to develop cancer-related deaths?
*The Conqueror

30.What was Tonto in “Harry and Tonto?”
*A cat

31.What was the first movie that the late film critic Gene Siskel walked out on in 25 years of reviewing movies?
*Black Sheep

32.What was Adolf Hitler’s favorite movie?
*King Kong

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

34.What was the name of the “Twilight Zone” episode that Garth in “Wayne’s World” describes to the audience?”
*It doesn't exist.

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

36.Who was originally cast as Benjamin in “The Graduate” but was dropped due to a disagreement over salary?
*Charles Grodin

37.What was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous debut line “I’ll be back” originally scripted as in “The Terminator?”
*I'll come back.

38.What cereal was immortalized in “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure?”
*Mr. T. Cereal

39.What are the only three films to sweep the five major Oscars?
*It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs

40.What movie featured the tagline, “Your senses will never be the same?”
*Tommy

41.What film is internationally known as “The worst movie ever made?”
*Plan Nine From Outer Space

42.What film features a captain whose mission is to “terminate with extreme prejudice?”
*Apocalypse Now

43.Which two actors refused Oscars?
*Marlon Brando and George C. Scott

44.What is Cary Grant’s least favorite movie because of the overacting?
*Arsenic and Old Lace

45.What film was banned in England until Stanley Kubrick died?
*A Clockwork Orange

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

47.Before Gene Hackman accepted it, which actors turned down the role of Popeye Doyle in “The French Connection?”
*James Caan and Peter Boyle

48.In what film did Jackie Gleason star in but cannot be heard?
*Gigot

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?
*Ragtime

50.What movie featured three main actors who died under tragic circumstances?
*Rebel Without a Cause (main actors- Dean, Mineo and Wood)


How'd I do?

[Brian]

Originally posted by dlemond
1.Who made up the Magnificent Seven? (actors, not characters)
*Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Steve McQueen, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz

2.During the production of what Jim Carrey movie were people on the set forbidden from uttering the actors’ phrases from his previous “silly” movies?
*The Truman Show

3.“The Towering Inferno” served as the last movie for which Oscar-winning actress?
*Jennifer Jones

4.What 1980 flop at the box office was nicknamed as “Gone with the Wind, without the wind” and bankrupted United Artists, forcing their sale to MGM?
*Heaven's Gate

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

6.What was Popeye Doyle’s real first name?
*Jimmy

7.Which of the following movies were not filmed in sequence? (Stalag 17, ET, The Poseidon Adventure, Sunset Boulevard)
*Sunset Boulevard

8.What does Steven Spielberg portray in his movies as reluctant, absent, or irresponsible?
*Fathers

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

10.What device was originally considered for use as a time travel machine in “Back to the Future?”
*A refridgerator

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

12.What color does Freddy Krueger bleed?
*Green

13.What yearly event takes place in “Frequency.”
*The World Series

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

15.Who turned down two Oscar-winning roles in “Cat Ballou” and “Stalag 17?”
*Kirk Douglas

16.In what movie would you find OJ Simpson rescuing a cat?
*The Towering Inferno

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

18.What movie holds the record for the most Razzie nominations (13) and “wins?” (7)
*Showgirls

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

21.Who was originally offered the role of Mr. Hand in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High?”
*Fred Gwynne

22.What was the first Cinerama film which used anamorphic lenses?
*"How to Marry a Millionaire" was filmed first/"The Robe" was released first

23.What early 1990s film had to be submitted seven times to the MPAA to avoid an NC-17 rating?
*Hard Target

24.In “North by Northwest” what was the name of the made-up double spy which Cary Grant’s character was mistaken for?
*George Kaplan

25.In what movie would you hear the line “Is it safe?”
*Marathon Man

26.“Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn” was the sequel to what Star Trek episode?
*Space Seed

27.What film features almost all movement going from left to right?
*Lawrence of Arabia

28.In “High Anxiety” who played the frustrated bellboy who screams and attacks a showering Mel Brooks in a spoof of “Psycho?”
*Barry Levinson

29.What John Wayne film filmed near nuclear testing grounds caused scores of cast and crew members to develop cancer-related deaths?
*The Conqueror

30.What was Tonto in “Harry and Tonto?”
*A cat

31.What was the first movie that the late film critic Gene Siskel walked out on in 25 years of reviewing movies?
*Black Sheep

32.What was Adolf Hitler’s favorite movie?
*King Kong

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

34.What was the name of the “Twilight Zone” episode that Garth in “Wayne’s World” describes to the audience?”
*It doesn't exist.

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

36.Who was originally cast as Benjamin in “The Graduate” but was dropped due to a disagreement over salary?
*Charles Grodin

37.What was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous debut line “I’ll be back” originally scripted as in “The Terminator?”
*I'll come back.

38.What cereal was immortalized in “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure?”
*Mr. T. Cereal

39.What are the only three films to sweep the five major Oscars?
*It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs

40.What movie featured the tagline, “Your senses will never be the same?”
*Tommy

41.What film is internationally known as “The worst movie ever made?”
*Plan Nine From Outer Space

42.What film features a captain whose mission is to “terminate with extreme prejudice?”
*Apocalypse Now

43.Which two actors refused Oscars?
*Marlon Brando and George C. Scott

44.What is Cary Grant’s least favorite movie because of the overacting?
*Arsenic and Old Lace

45.What film was banned in England until Stanley Kubrick died?
*A Clockwork Orange

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

47.Before Gene Hackman accepted it, which actors turned down the role of Popeye Doyle in “The French Connection?”
*James Caan and Peter Boyle

48.In what film did Jackie Gleason star in but cannot be heard?
*Gigot

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?
*Ragtime

50.What movie featured three main actors who died under tragic circumstances?
*Rebel Without a Cause (main actors- Dean, Mineo and Wood)


How'd I do?

Of the 50 you got two wrong. Not bad at all. Looks like somebody has been to the IMDB. That's where I got all the questions except the Adolf Hitler one (I got that from a Trvial Pursuit game) In question 5 I made a typo. It was supposed to be which actor's chacter died, not didn't die.

[dlemond]

Originally posted by Brian
Of the 50 you got two wrong. Not bad at all. Looks like somebody has been to the IMDB. That's where I got all the questions except the Adolf Hitler one (I got that from a Trvial Pursuit game) In question 5 I made a typo. It was supposed to be which actor's chacter died, not didn't die.

But I answered question correctly the way you asked it.




and as far as Hitler's favorite movie, it was King Kong as far as I saw, and not Metropolis.

http://www.amusingfacts.com/facts/En...ent/more2.html
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/ffpeople.html
http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/useless...celeb/007.html

Did you make up those questions based on imdb trivia, or was that an actual quiz - because I looked up the ones I didn't know.
I didn't just find these answers in one place).

Hard Target took forever to find.
Lawrence of Arabia was tough too.

[Brian]

Originally posted by dlemond
But I answered question correctly the way you asked it.




and as far as Hitler's favorite movie, it was King Kong as far as I saw, and not Metropolis.

http://www.amusingfacts.com/facts/En...ent/more2.html
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/ffpeople.html
http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/useless...celeb/007.html

Did you make up those questions based on imdb trivia, or was that an actual quiz - because I looked up the ones I didn't know.
I didn't just find these answers in one place).

Hard Target took forever to find.
Lawrence of Arabia was tough too.

Actually Hard Target was not the answer I was looking for. It was Basic Instinct I was looking for. This was not an actual quiz I got from another web site. I actually made this one up based on IMDB trivia. Questions 32 and 33 did not come from the IMDB but from Trivial Pursuit cards. Besides those, every one of those questions came from the IMDB.

[webuster]

11. henry winkler was in Scream
12: i'm almost sure Krueger bleeds green- sticking with the movies colour scheme
16: Naked Gun
25: Lord of the Rings: fellowship (Is it secret, is it safe?)
30: A horse?
32: Metropolis
33: Alice
35: Sharon Tate
39: Ben Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Shakespeare in Love (last ones a guess
41: Plan 9 from outer space
46: Risky Business

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Brian
I forgot the question was three LEAD actors.

Well there was another actor in Poltergeist 2 that died. Guess that doesn't count.


The cast and crew of The Conquerer mostly died from some form of cancer which is attributed to the movie being filmed in Utah where, at the time, was a testing ground for nuclear bombs. Many of the people suffered the effects of radiation(or so was suspected). Susan Hayward developed and died of a brain tumor. John Wayne had lung cancer, I cannot remember who else but there were several people who died of cancer. To make matters worse when they all went back to Hollywood to film the interior shots the radioactive sand from Utah was hauled in and dumped on the sets! Of course in those days(the 50's) little was known about the side effects of radiation! So I would say that this film should be right up there with Rebel and Poltergeist in this question!

[dlemond]

Originally posted by Brian
Actually Hard Target was not the answer I was looking for. It was Basic Instinct I was looking for. This was not an actual quiz I got from another web site. I actually made this one up based on IMDB trivia. Questions 32 and 33 did not come from the IMDB but from Trivial Pursuit cards. Besides those, every one of those questions came from the IMDB.

I thought it was Basic Instinct but saw no information to confirm this.
On the other hand when I found Hard Target, it said exactly what you asked- http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0107076/trivia.

[Brian]

Originally posted by dlemond
I thought it was Basic Instinct but saw no information to confirm this.
On the other hand when I found Hard Target, it said exactly what you asked- http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0107076/trivia.

The information on Basic Instinct was actually in the "Alternate Versions" part of the site.