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Re: Please help with movie trivia.

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From: Matthew Foster
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00
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cpluton@mail.act.apana.org.au wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to help a friend win a trivia quiz but I'm lousy with movie
> trivia, I could only get about 3 of these.  Can anyone help with these
> questions?  Even one answer will help.  Thanks.
> 
> Chris
> cpluton@mail.act.apana.org.au
> 

I'm sure you've probably been swamped with answers, so I'll just add
some more.

> CHARACTERS
> ----------
> Ratso Rizzo

Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy

> Aurora Greenway

Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment

> Althea Leasure

Courtney Love in The People vs. Larry Flynt

> Travis Bickle

Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver

> Sherman Klump

Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor

> Nurse Ratched

Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

> Count Almasy

Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient

> Ethan Hunt

Tom Cruise in Mission:Impossible

> LINES
> -----
> I'll have what she's having

When Harry Met Sally...

> I remember every detail.  The Germans wore grey, you wore blue.

Casablanca

> Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents too.

The Wizard of Oz

> Stupid is as stupid does

Forrest Gump 

> He has given us a sign!  He has given us his shoe!

Monty Python's Life of Brian
 
> There's no such thing as a sanity clause.

A Night at the Opera

> SONGS
> ------

> Love Is All Around

Four Weddings and a Funeral

> Moon River

Breakfast at Tiffany's

> I Finally Found Someone

The Mirror has Two Faces

> Beauty School Drop-out

Grease

> ADVERTISEMENTS
> ----------------

> They're young...they're in love...and they kill people.

Natural Born Killers

> TRIVIA QUESTIONS
> -----------------

> What move featured the Pushmi-Pullu?

Dr. Dolittle
 
> What was the first line in the first talkie?

You ain't seen nothing yet.

> Who played the role of Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved"?

Gary Oldman

> Who played Deputy Samuel Gerard in "The Fugitive" (1993)?

Tommy Lee Jones
 
> What 1990 movie starred Robin Williams and Robert De Niro?

Awakenings
 
> Who played Tina Turner in "What's Love Got To Do With It?"?

Angela Bassett
 
> What was the hotel name stuttering Ken had so much trouble with in "A
> Fish Called Wanda"?

Cathcart Towers Hotel 

> Which of these was NOT directed by The Coen Brothers?  Fargo, The
> Brothers McMullen, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona

The Brothers McMullen
 
> ACADEMY AWARDS
> ----------------
> What 1991 move won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best
> Actress?

The Silence of the Lambs 

> Which two actors have received Best Actor Oscars in two consecutive
> years?

Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks
 
> What actress won four Best Actress Oscars?

Katherine Hepburn
 
> Which of the following movies won the most Academy Awards? One Flew Over
> The Cuckoo's Nest, Driving Miss Daisy, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump

Schindler's List with seven.
 
> How many times has Martin Scorsese won Best Director?

None.
 
> Name the 5 movies nominated for this year's Best Picture Oscar

The English Patient, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets and Lies and Shine.
 
> SETTING THE SCENE
> -----------------

> Man whose wife thinks he is a boring computer salesman is really a top
> secret agent

True Lies
 
> Road movie meets vampire movie

From Dusk Till Dawn
 
> Four boys abused at a detention centre seek revenge when they grow up

Sleepers


Hope I answered some that others didn't

Matt
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From: Matthew Foster <mattf@zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: Please help with movie trivia.
Date: 1997/03/23
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