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On Fri, 21 Mar 1997 17:22:53 +1000, 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 just guessing so please feel free to correct my answers.
Here goes:
>CHARACTERS
>------------
>What movies featured these characters and who played them?
>
>Ratso Rizzo
Dustin Hoffman in "Hero"?
>Aurora Greenway
Shirley McClaine in "Terms of Endearment"
>Althea Leasure
Courtney Love in "People vs. Larry Flynt"
>Travis Bickle
Robert DeNiro in "Taxi"
>Sherman Klump
Eddie Murphy in "Nutty Professor"
>Nurse Ratched
Louise Fletcher "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest"
>Lando Calrissian
Billy Dee Williams in  "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of
Jedi".
>Count Almasy
Ralph Fiennes in "The English Patient"
>Charlie Allnut
??
>Ethan Hunt
Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible"
>
>LINES
>-----
>Which movies do these lines come from?

>I'll have what she's having

>
>To be or not to be...not to be

Are you kidding??  "Hamlet" (any version)
>
>I remember every detail.  The Germans wore grey, you wore blue.
You're joking right???  "Casablanca"
>
>The Irish are the blacks of Europe and the Dublines are the blacks of 
>Ireland.
>
"The Commitments"
>
>Klaatu barada nikto

"The Day the Earth Stood Still"
>
>I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast.  When I 
>run, I feel his pleasure
>
"Chariots of Fire"

>My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I 
>thank you.

"Yankee Doodle Dandy" (James Cagney had this line)
>
>There's no such thing as a sanity clause.

Some Marx Brothers pic, was it "Duck Soup"??
>
>SONGS
>------
>
>What movie were they featured in?
>
>They call the wind Maria
Hmm.. "The Sound of Music"?
>
>Love Is All Around
>
?
>When You Wish Upon a Star

"Pinnochio"  (Disney animated version)
>
>Forbidden Colours
?
>
>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

"Meet Me in St. Louis"
>
>Moon River
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"
>
>Sound of Silence
?
>
>I Finally Found Someone
?
>
>Let's Hear It For The Boy
?
>
>Beauty School Drop-out
?
>
>ADVERTISEMENTS
>----------------
>These lines were used to advertise what movies?
Snipped, I just don't know.

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

>What famous Paris restaurant was featured in Gigi?
Maxim's (How can you not know?? Maurice Chevalier
even sang a song about it!)

>
>In what movie did Fred Astaire dance on the ceiling?
"Royal Wedding"
>
>How old was James Dean when he died?
24 years old.

>Where did the von Trapps escape to?
Switzerland

>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?

>Which of these was NOT directed by The Coen Brothers?  Fargo, The 
>Brothers McMullen, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona
Barton Fink (wasn't by by Atom Egoyan?)

>SETTING THE SCENE
>-----------------
>What movies do these scenarios describe?
>
>Gangster musical where all the parts are played by kids.
?
>
>Bored housewife trails someone she reads about in the Personal Columns 
>and finds adventure
"Desperately Seeking Susan"
>Three all singing, all dancing sailors on liberty in New York
"On the Town"
>
>Revenge-seeking convict preys on the lawyer who sent him to prison
"Cape Fear" (both versions)
>
>Shy girl marries brooding man who is haunted by his mysteriously 
>deceased first wife
"Rebecca"
>Story of a man's inability to cope with his mutant child
I know this doesn't really isn't it but how about "Species"? :)
>
>Flower seller becomes gracious lady
"My Fair Lady" (musical)
>
>Lawman has to face outlaws sworn to kill him on his wedding day
"High Noon" (Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly)
>
>Alien zombies raise the dead
"Plan 9 from Outer Space"?
>
>A man, a dog, and a very suspicious penguin
Wallace and Gromit in "The Wrong Trousers"
>
>Man whose wife thinks he is a boring computer salesman is really a top 
>secret agent
"True Lies"
>
>Road movie meets vampire movie
Hmm... "Dusk at Dawn"  that movie starring
George Clooney and Tarantino?
>
>Four boys abused at a detention centre seek revenge when they grow up
"Sleepers"
>
>Young woman's quest for love and sex in the Italian countryside
"Stealing Beauty"
>
>Allied Prisoners attempt a daring breakout from a WWII POW camp.
"The Great Escape"?

Oh boy I can't believe I have so much *useless* trivia knowledge in
my head. :>
--Ilsa