Topic: Daily movie quiz

[Redcap]

A colleague has been sending out daily afternoon film trivia questions. I thought I'd share.

I'll provide the answers when I post the next round of questions.

Q1. Most recently on the big screen in 2017, what locale is being spied for the first time off the deck of the S.S. Venture?
 

Q2. What film is this?
 

Q3. Dracula is about to meet his maker, clad in a resplendent robe inspired by the work of what Austrian painter?
 

Q4. This Cantonese kung fu master has been portrayed over the past decade by four different actors in six varyingly loose biopics. Name any one of these four actors.
 

Q5. The Academy has assembled what three legendary directors (two of whom were nominees that year) as award presenters?
 

Q6. Weronika has just spotted her doppelganger boarding a tour bus in Krakow's Main Square. What is her counterpart's name?
 

[SP]

Gotta love some Krzysztof Kieślowski.

[Thush]

Q1.

Spoiler

Skull Island?

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[KillieRed]

Q1.

Spoiler

Skull Island

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Q2.

Spoiler

Night of the Hunter

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[Sheer Magnetism]

Was busy putting down answers when I saw Dave's post, in which case I'll just say Thush is probably right on 1), and 3) is Gustav Klimt.

[dave 5516]

Amended post...coz I'm stoopid.

Spoiler

The Night of the Hunter.

Donnie Yen.

Wilder, Huston, Kurosawa.

Veronique.

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[dave 5516]

Was busy putting down answers when I saw Dave's post, in which case I'll just say Thush is probably right on 1), and 3) is Gustav Klimt.

Sorry mate..I should have done as I just managed to do.

[Craig S]

Q1

Spoiler

Kong/Skull island

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Q3

Spoiler

Klimt

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Q4

Spoiler

Yip man - but don't know the actor name

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[Sheer Magnetism]

Sorry mate..I should have done as I just managed to do.

Eh, I don't really see an issue with spoilers here. It's not like this is a wide-ranging discussion thread - if you don't want to see the answers don't scroll down.

[dave 5516]

Eh, I don't really see an issue with spoilers here. It's not like this is a wide-ranging discussion thread - if you don't want to see the answers don't scroll down.

You know what people are like.

[Redcap]

And the answers are:

1. Skull Island
2. Night of the Hunter
3. Gustav Klimt
4. Donnie Yen, Tony Leung, Dennis To, Anthony Wong
5. Billy Wilder, Akira Kurosawa and John Huston
6. The Double Life of Veronique

I got 3/6 plus only getting Kurosawa of the three directors.




Round 2 - And I think spoilering your answers is probably a good idea.

1. This fan mashup references what two movies, which share a very specific leporine trope?



2. Abraham Lincoln has just been shot—in one of the less controversial scenes of what Civil War epic?



3. Monkey ghosts appear to the relatives of what title character of a Palme d'or winner?



4. This fictional Hollywood studio is featured in two films made twenty-five years apart by the same auteurs. Name either film



5. What ominous 1875 tune is being whistled in this 1930s scene?



6. This is the cast of the improbable 1980s sequel to what 1970s hit?



It's a pretty easy round. I only missed the one.

[Hazell]

1.

Spoiler

Harvey & Donnie Darko?

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4.

Spoiler

The Player?

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5.

Spoiler

M?

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[Crosby Nick]

4.

Spoiler

Hail Caesar?

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[classycarra]

3.

Spoiler

uncle boonmee?

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Agree with nick on 4. For 5, you need the tune not the film

[Thush]

Agree with Hazell on #1

#2

Spoiler

Birth of a Nation?

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Agree with Nick on #4, the other film being:

#4

Spoiler

Barton Fink

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[classycarra]

#2

Spoiler

Birth of a Nation?

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Ah I forgot to say that! Haven't seen it, but think the same film as you

[Vishwa Atma]

6.

Spoiler

Staying Alive? (Sequel to Saturday Night Fever)

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[dave 5516]

3.

Spoiler

uncle boonmee?

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Agree with nick on 4. For 5, you need the tune not the film

Lets narrow it down.....

Spoiler

It's a piece by Grieg.

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[Craig S]

Lets narrow it down.....

Spoiler

It's a piece by Grieg.

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Spoiler

It's the theme tune for the Alton Towers adverts. That's got to be the official name of it
That's what i thought when I watched M.

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[Titi Camara]

Snip

1.

Spoiler

Donnie Darko / Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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3.

Spoiler

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

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4.

Spoiler

Hail Ceaser / Barton Fink?

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6.

Spoiler

I'm guessing Fame but I'm sure I give a monkey's left nut to be honest.

EDIT: Just spotted JT's ugly mug, so it's Staying Alive,

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[Redcap]

And the answers are:

1. Donnie Darko/Harvey - Well done Hazell & Thush
2. Birth of a Nation - You got it, Thush
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - Titi + Classycarra
4. Barton Fink/Hail Caesar - Titi + Thush
5. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Dave
6. Lots of you said "Stayin Alive", but the question asked what movie the picture was a sequel to - which is Saturday Night Fever - all of which you would have got anyway.

Anyway, next round.

1. What auteur is directing himself as the title character(s) in a 1953 film?



2. These protagonists' ordeals give us two terms for psychological manipulation. Name either term.



3. Whom does this sinister parental figure hope to add to her wall of victims?



4. Careful! The climax to what silent comedy is advertised in this poster?



5. What character should have stuck to the big screen instead of moonlighting in a cataclysmic Atari tie-in?



6. What titan of independent filmmaking is sporting a Hugh Hefner look in this publicity still?



Kudos to you if you manage to get #4 - but the other ones are gettable. 1 & 6 are definitely guessable if you have some reasonable knowledge of directors of a certain type. Independent isn't necessarily the first word that comes to mind.

[Crosby Nick]

5.

Spoiler

ET - voted worst game ever I think?

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I got Hail Caesar last time and wasn't namechecked. You're a monster!

[Redcap]

5.

Spoiler

ET - voted worst game ever I think?

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I got Hail Caesar last time and wasn't namechecked. You're a monster!

So you did - I misread the question and thought you had to get both

[classycarra]

3.

Spoiler

Coraline

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5.

Spoiler

ET

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6.

Spoiler

Tony Curtis?

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Recognised the films in 1, 4 and the top picture in 2, but only from documentaries/clips. Will kick myself at 2 and 4 I expect

These are great, by the way. Thanks for sharing. Perfect combination of being relatively difficult, but not so much so that you don't come running back for more!

[Titi Camara]

2.

Spoiler

Catfish

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3.

Spoiler

Coraline

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4.

Spoiler

Safety Last!

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5.

Spoiler

E.T. - I believe there are ten's of thousands of copies of this in a land fill somewhere in the states!

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[richmond-red]

4.

Spoiler

Harold Lloyd's Safety Last?

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2.

Spoiler

Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight

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[Sheer Magnetism]

Since other people have got most of them:

1.

Spoiler

Ed Wood, and the film is Glen or Glenda

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6.

Spoiler

Roger Corman?

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[dave 5516]

What he said, above.

The second image does look like him.

[Redcap]

Wow.. good work team. Just about all done in record time.

[SP]

The landfill of Atari cartridges got excavated.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/video-games/those-old-e-t-atari-games-dug-desert-sold-108-n418971

[Titi Camara]

The landfill of Atari cartridges got excavated.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/video-games/those-old-e-t-atari-games-dug-desert-sold-108-n418971

Ha ha fucking hell! The world is a truly odd place!

[Redcap]

Okie dokey, sports fans.

1. Ed Wood
2. Gaslighting/Catfishing
3. Coraline
4. Safety Last
5. ET
6. Roger Corman

I actually thought 6 was Ed Wood. And I'd never heard of Safety Last. Shame on me.

Next round:

1. Who is delivering an Oscar-winning performance in this production still?


2. Give the common title of these films, both monumental feats of production design and visual effects in their day?


3. These animated sequences, featured in a 2015 feature film, were inspired by what 1920s book of poetry?


4. Lon Chaney's character from the lost silent film London After Midnight, pictured here, inspired the look of what recent horror antagonist (and inadvertent LGBT icon)?


5. What 1980s gathering is represented by this minimalist layout?


6. This is a poster for what 1970s thriller?

[Buck Pete]

4. Careful! The climax to what silent comedy is advertised in this poster?

Bloody Hell, used to love Harold Lloyd as a kid.  "A pair of glasses and a smile"!!!

BBC2 used to re-run them sometime during the mid 80's.  Every weekday night about 6pm they alternated between Harold Lloyd, Flash Gordon and Laurel & Hardy.

[Titi Camara]

1.

Spoiler

Kathy Bates

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2.

Spoiler

Arabian Nights

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3.

Spoiler

The Prophet

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4.

Spoiler

Babadook

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5.

Spoiler

Clue

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6.

Spoiler

Deliverance

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[Redcap]

1.

Spoiler

Kathy Bates

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2.

Spoiler

Arabian Nights

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3.

Spoiler

The Prophet

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4.

Spoiler

Babadook

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5.

Spoiler

Clue

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6.

Spoiler

Deliverance

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Not sure why, but I can't open your answer for 3 :/

[Titi Camara]

Next

Not sure why, but I can't open your answer for 3 :/

EDIT: Try again

[classycarra]

Well played - only knew 6!

What's the film in 1 guys?

[Craig S]

5

Spoiler

breakfast club? Going by checked shirt of Nelson and pink of ringwald

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[dave 5516]

Well played - only knew 6!

What's the film in 1 guys?

Misery.

[Redcap]

Next ;DEDIT: Try again

You have 4/6 correct