Spectrum 14' Movies Quiz (mains)

Archish Mazumdar

Pratik Somani

• Written Round

• 8 slides

• Videos / Images

• Each contain a movie reference/parody, get as many as you

can

• 10 points per slide

Movie References/Parodies

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSMOKIN!

ANSWER

• Catch Me If You Can

• Requiem for a Dream

• Fantasia

• The Big Lebowski

• Goldfinger

• Dumb and Dumber

• Home Alone

• Grease

INFINITE POUNCE

• 12 questions, clockwise

• +10/0 on the bounce

• +10/-5 on the pounce

Q.1• Connect the people in the following images

ANSWER

These are the only 6 actors to have won both an

Oscar and a Razzie award

• LAURENCE OLIVIER

• LIZA MINNELLI

• KEVIN COSTNER

• ROBERTO BENIGNI

• HALLE BERRY

• SANDRA BULLOCK

Q.2• Sacheen Littlefeather (born Marie Louise Cruz,

November 14, 1946) is an Native American civil rights

activist.

• Born in Salinas, California, her ancestry

is Apache, Yaqui, Pueblo on her father's side and her

mother is of French, German, and Dutch descent. On her

official website, she states her father was from the White

Mountain Apache and Yaqui tribes from Arizona and that

"Cruz" is her father's recognized tribe name.

• However, she is known for a famous event in the history of

Hollywood. Give me the event.

• (image on next slide)

ANSWER

She presented a speech on behalf of actor Marlon

Brando, for his performance in The Godfather, when

he boycotted the 45th Academy Awards ceremony on

March 27, 1973, in protest of the treatment of Native

Americans by the film industry

Q.3• X played John Lennon in Chapter 27 (2007), about

Mark David Chapman's interpretation of "A Catcher in

the Rye" as an order to kill John Lennon.

• Coincidentally, X was also supposed to play John

Lennon in John and Yoko: A Love Story(1985), but

was fired without warning for some reason, which was

no fault of his own.

• Why did he lose the role?

• (image on next slide)

ANSWER

X is Mark Lindsay Chapman

Q.4• X is a 1964 B&W Hindi film directed and produced by Sunil

Dutt also starring himself.

• This film is first-ever Indian and one of kind films in world

cinema and has found an entry in the Guinness Book of

World Records.

• Film narrative progresses through dialogues and background

music composed by Vasant Desai, who also gave a

song, Dekha hai sapna koi, sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

• Give me X and the record it holds.

ANSWER

Q.5Put funda (image on next slide)

ANSWER

Released in 2002, this issue

introduced the concept

shown in Inception, staking

claims that the movie was

copied from it.

Q.6• The Pizza Underground is an

American comedy rock band based in New York City,

who generally parody songs by The Velvet

Underground with pizza-themed song names and lyrics.

• On the next slide is a short clip of their first music

video.

• One of the participants in the band is the reason why

this band features on this quiz.

ANSWER

Macaulay Culkin

Q.7• X won the Golden Raspberry Award for worst actor of

the year for his appearance in Michael

Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.

• X not only was named worst male actor in a leading

role, he also won for being half of the year's worst

screen couple when paired with either Y or My Pet

Goat, the book he was reading to schoolchildren one

morning.

• Give me X, Y

ANSWER

Q.8• A Japanese immigrant to the United States, X learned his trade

originally from his father, who had been a fisherman. After first

arriving in Los Angeles, X attended Armijo High School,

which is in Fairfield, California, and then he attended the

University of California Santa Barbara.

• During this time, X joined the U.S. Army and received

the Medal of Honor (he was a member of the 442nd Infantry

Regiment, one of the most highly decorated regiments in the

history of the United States Armed Forces)

• ID X

• (Hint: If you get the guy on the next slide, you ought to get X)

ANSWER

Q.9• Filmstan announced X where the evergreen Dev Anand was

suppose to play the hero but Dev refused to do the film when he

found that a newcomer Ameeta is selected to be his heroine. Dev

wanted to feature alongside a star and was not willing to share the

screen with a newcomer.

• But Ameeta couldn't be replaced as she was the protégé of Tularam

Jalan the owner of Filmstan. Aamir Khan's uncle Nasir Hussain

was to make his debut as director with the film and he got nervous

when Dev Sahab refused. Kajol's grandfather S.Muherjee who was

the production controller of Filmstan suggested Y's name. When

put on board, X told Nasir, "You wanted Dev Anand as the hero, I

will give you better style then Dev Anand." The rest is history.

• Give me X,Y

ANSWER

Q.10Sidney Howard Gone with the Wind

Victor Young Around the World in Eighty Days

William A. Horning

Gigi

William A. Horning

Ben-Hur

Sam Zimbalist Ben-Hur

Eric Orbom Spartacus

Walt Disney Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

Raymond Rasch Limelight

Larry Russell Limelight

Peter Finch Network

Geoffrey Unsworth

Tess

Howard Ashman

Beauty and the Beast

Thomas C. Goodwin

Educating Peter

Conrad Hall Road to Perdition

X Y

Gil Friesen 20 Feet from Stardom

ANSWER

X – Heath Ledger

Y – The Dark Knight

Q.11• X is an American actress, screenwriter, film director,

producer, model and author. She first appeared in an

advertisement when she was eleven months old.

• After X posed for Playboy in 1995, Y, who had worked

with her in the movie Z, mailed her a note saying,

"Cover yourself up," with a quilt and a copy of the

magazine with all her pictures edited to make her look

fully clothed.

• Give me X, Y and Z

ANSWER

X – Drew Barrymore

Y – Steven Spielberg

Z – E.T.

Q.12• Even though no professional actor has ever appeared in

more than three of Kubrick’s films, X has cameos in

2001 (as Heywood Floyd’s child), Barry Lyndon (as a

young party guest), The Shining (as a ghost) and Full

Metal Jacket(as a TV reporter).

• X is also credited with the musical score for Full Metal

Jacket under a pseudonym.

• Give me X

ANSWER

Vivian Kubrick (His daughter)

• 5 questions, all video clips

• Each clip in itself worth 5/10 points (indicated by the question)

• Each answer open to pounce, -5 negatives both cases

• Only for certain questions will the answers be revealed

• Pouncing for connect before the answer for clip gets revealed

• Connect points go from +30/-20 to +10/0

Visual Connect

1 (+10)

2 (+5)

3 (+10)

4 (+10)

5 (+5)

ANSWER

• Paisa Yeh Paisa

• Aashiq Banaya Aapne

• Main Solah Baras Ki

• Ek Hasina Thi

• Om Shanti Om.

• Connect

• Movie titles based on songs from Karz.

INFINITE POUNCE

• 12 questions, anticlockwise

• +10/0 on the bounce

• +10/-5 on the pounce

Q.13• The following is an audio clip of an interview with X. I

just want what is being talked about here.

ANSWER

Keira Knightley on playing Natalie Portman’s double

in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Q.14• This momentous occasion took place for about 30 seconds during

the movie X. Getting the occasion organized took some doing,

however. Fortunately, the man who was able to accomplish this

task was none other than acclaimed director and producer Steven

Spielberg.

• As it so happens, several years prior, Michael Eisner, the newly

elected representative of one of the sides had taken on the expensive

budget for the Spielberg flick Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was Eisner

who wanted to create this occasion for which he approached

Spielberg.

• As Eisner had believed, Spielberg was able to deliver in a very big

way and convince both sides involved which led to the creation of a

historic scene

• Give me X and the momentous occasion

ANSWER

Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny appeared

together on screen for the only time.

Q15

The Five Ways To Know You’re watching an X movie• Daddy Issues• Streams of Light• Awestruck Faces (aka The ‘X’ Face)• This shotA character sees something through a window, windshield or some other piece of glass. The camera sits on he opposite side so that we see what they are seeing as well as the expression on their face when they see it, without the need for a cutaway shot.

• The music of Y

ID X and Y.

ANSWER

• X-Steven Speilberg

• Y- John Williams

Q16

Speculation abounds as to the nature of the mysterious glowing contents of X:People have speculated it to be Elvis’ gold suit seen worn by Val Kilmer( as Elvis) in True Romance.The most persistent theory however (most usually attributed to a friend of a friend who saw it posted on a message board by someone whose brother had read a report of a radio interview with Y himself) is that it is Z’s soul. The story goes that when the Devil takes a person’s soul, it is removed through the back of the head (this isn’t part of any known religion, but this is what the message board posters say). When we see the back of Z’s head he has a band-aid covering the precise spot indicated by tradition for soul-removal. Perhaps Z sold his soul to the Devil, which would also explain why the combination to open X is 666.

ANSWER

• X- Marsellus Wallace’s briefcase/ The briefcase

• Y- Quentin Tarantino

• Z- Marsellus Wallace

Q17

• The Principle of Evil Marksmanship states that, during a fight scene, antagonists in a work of fiction will be as incompetent as the plot demands, despite prior characterization or reputation. For example, marksmen in action films are often very bad shots and almost never harm the main characters. They are generally capable of hitting a target only if the target is either of no value to the plot or if their death will advance the plot. The term first appeared in film critic Roger Ebert's 1980 book "Little Movie Glossary", and had been submitted by Jim Murphy of New York.

• The theme is commonly seen in cowboy films, action films, martial arts films, and comics, and is often a source of mockery by critics, satirists, and fans.

• There are two specific rules that follow this principle:• One-At-a-Time Attack Rule• In any situation where the hero is alone, surrounded by dozens of bad guys, they will always obligingly

attack one at a time. This is actually done because it is easier for the director to get a better shot of the fight in one-on-one battles.

• Inverse Ninja Law• Though depicted as nearly-invincible warriors (especially when they are the heroes of the story), ninja are

often conversely depicted as disposable cannon fodder to be dispatched by the hero character, especially one who is a ninja himself. Thus, modern entertainment has shown ninja as either expendable, attacking in large numbers, or as nearly invulnerable solitary warriors (who are often unmasked in contrast). The law is also known by several other names such as, Law of the Conservation of Ninjutsu or the Law of Diminishing Ninjas or even the "Law of the Conservation of Whoopass.

• How is the Principle of Evil Marksmanship better known to us?

ANSWER

• The Storm trooper Effect

Q18

• If you type www.lacunainc.com in the search bar of your browser, where will you be redirected?

http://www.lacunainc.com/

ANSWER

• The official website of the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Q19

• The clip on the next slide contains a reference to a movie. • Although largely ignored upon release, it soon gained

notoriety as a midnight movie when audiences began participating with the film at the Waverly Theater in New York City in 1976. Audience members returned to the cinemas frequently and talked back to the screen and began dressing as the characters, spawning similar performance groups across the United States. Still in limited release nearly four decades after its premiere, it has the longest-running theatrical release in film history. Today, the film has a large international cult following and is one of the most well-known and financially successful midnight movies of all time.

• ID the movie being referenced.

ANSWER

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Q20

Connect the films on the next slide.

ANSWER

• The Red Curtain Trilogy. The films do not form a trilogy in the traditional sense. Each film contains a theatre motif that reappears throughout the film. Dance is used in the first film, poetry and language in the second and song in the third.

Q21.

• Connect.

ANSWER

• Bollywood films made on the Stockholm Syndrome.

Q22

• In 2002 Paul McCartney ran into Peter Jackson at the Academy Awards and told him of something the Beatles’ had planned way back in 1967. Jackson told Wellington’s Evening Post newspaper, “It was something John was driving and X still had the rights at that stage but he didn’t like the idea of the Beatles doing it. So he killed it.”

• What was “the Plan”?

ANSWER

• John Lennon wanted to play the grasping, thieving creature Gollum

• George Harrison was to play the wise wizard Gandalf

• Ringo Starr was to play Frodo’s devoted sidekick Sam.

• Notice there’s no mention of who Paul would have played. Some sources say he would have played Frodo.

Q23

• This phrase originated in the movie X, and has subsequently been used very frequently in movies such as Matrix, Avatar, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, etc.

• The phrase means effectively, “to be out of your comfort zone.”

• Give me the phrase and the movie.

ANSWER

• “We're not in Kansas anymore.”

• X- Wizard of Oz.

Q24

• The next question is a collection of snapshots depicting something. The guy in all the pictures is the same.

• Give me either the guy or what exactly is being depicted.

ANSWER

• This is Mr. Daws recounting six of the seven instances in which he was struck by lightning.

Gotta Get them All!

• Written Round

• Short video clip containing movie references

• Played once

• Differential scoring per item on the list 3*(n-1)

• One minute for compiling answers

ANSWER

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