Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!reiher From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies,net.games.trivia Subject: movie trivia quiz Message-ID: <2693@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 01:43:01 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.2693 Posted: Mon Dec 10 01:43:01 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 05:38:31 EST Distribution: net Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 71 Xref: watmath net.movies:5181 net.games.trivia:1465 Here's a rather difficult movie trivia quiz. If you happen to have seen some of the films in question, those questions won't be too hard. Otherwise, most of the questions will require a lot of research if you don't know the answer. Other than the general difficulty of the questions, there are no common threads. Each question is worth five points, unless otherwise indicated. Send your answers to me, by mail. I will post scores and answers in about a month. I probably will not respond individually to postings. 1. Julie Andrews starred in three Broadway hits which were made into movies, but she didn't star in any of the films. Name the films and the actresses who played the roles. (6 pts) 2. What was the largest film set ever constructed in Hollywood? 3. Otto Preminger approached a well-known public figure to play a southern senator in "Advise and Consent". After some consideration, this person declined. Who was it? 4. What actor was the first choice for the title role in the original Hollywood production of "Dracula"? 5. What famous figure in the British entertainment world had his first screen role in D. W. Griffith's "Hearts of the World"? 6. Who played the admiral in "Seven Days in May"? 7. According to Harry Lime, what is Switzerland's greatest contribution to civilization? 8. What director was Goebbels' first choice to head film production for the Third Reich? 9. At the end of "The Big Sleep", one murder is left unsolved, and neither Raymond Chandler, nor the screenwriters (including William Faulkner), nor the director (Howard Hawks) could figure out who did it. What character was the victim? 10. Who did Irving Thalberg describe as "a footage fetishist"? 11. Peter Bogdanovich appears as an actor in what is probably one of the most famous unfinished films. What is the film's title? 12. Name three films other than the original "King Kong" which used sets from that film. (There are at least four.) (9 pts.) 13. What two men were the creative forces behind the Archers production company? 14. Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith were the original United Artists. What major star was asked to join them in forming the company, but declined? 15. There was a scandal on the set of "Apocalypse Now" when it was revealed that members of the crew were smuggling a certain substance into the Phillipines in film cans at the company's expense. What was the substance? 16. What were the words Robert Mitchum had tattooed on his fingers in "Night of the Hunter"? 17. Where did William Friedkin's film "Sorcerer" get its title from? 18. What is the full title (in English) of the Japanese film which inspired "Star Wars"? 19. Who is the only person ever to win an Acadamy Award on a write-in campaign? -- Peter Reiher reiher@ucla-cs.arpa {...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher