Filmsite's Test your knowledge of Movie Trivia |
1. In the biopic Man on the Moon (1999) about eccentric American entertainer Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), which major event in Kaufman’s life was chronologically placed at the end of the film but actually occurred much earlier?
2. In the offbeat comedy Napoleon Dynamite (2004), the carrot-topped, geeky high-school character (Jon Heder) became the manager of the Class President campaign for which other character?
3. In how many films did Bela Lugosi portray the character of Count Dracula?
4. In what film did Spencer Tracy receive a Best Actor nomination for his role as a one-armed WWII veteran who uncovered a hostile desert town's awful past secrets?
5. Who was the only actor to play all four classic movie monsters: the Wolf Man, the Frankenstein Monster, the Mummy, and Count Dracula?
6. Which of the following films won a Razzie Award in every category in which it was nominated?
7. All of the following films are considered film noirs except…?
8. On a film set, who has the overall responsibility for managing the lighting in a film production?
9. Which film had the tagline: "Heaven and Earth are About to Collide”?
10. How many Oscar nominations did actor Cary Grant receive during his entire career?
11. "Prepare to be blown out of the water" was the tagline for which film?
12. Which early movie studio was known for B-westerns, serials and for burgeoning star John Wayne?
13. In what country did the classic adventure film The General Died at Dawn (1936) take place?
14. Who was the only six-time Best Actress Oscar nominee who never won?
15. Which Buster Keaton film was claimed to be a parody or satire of director D.W. Griffith's epic Intolerance (1916)?
16. What is the name of the film crew individual who creates naturalistic sound effects for a film after it has been shot?
17. Which 1920s film is generally considered the first feature-length formal documentary film?
18. All of the following pairings of film movements with representative films are correct, except which one?
19. In the opening scene of the classic film noir D.O.A. (1950), what was the lead character, small-town accountant Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien), dying from?
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Quiz # 18: Answers |
1. Answer: His Carnegie Hall “milk
and cookies” performance 2. Answer: Pedro 3. Answer: Two 4. Answer: Bad
Day at Black Rock (1955) 5. Answer: Lon Chaney, Jr. 6. Answer: The Postman (1997) 7. Answer: Meet John Doe (1941) 8. Answer: Gaffer 9. Answer: Deep Impact (1998) 10. Answer: Two 11. Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 12. Answer: Republic Pictures 13. Answer: China 14. Answer: Deborah Kerr 15. Answer: Three Ages (1923) 16. Answer: Foley Artist 17. Answer: Nanook of the North 18. Answer: French Poetic Realism
- Breathless (1960) 19. Answer: Radiation poisoning |