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Quiz about Dying to be a Star 5
Quiz about Dying to be a Star 5

Dying to be a Star 5 Trivia Quiz


All of these deaths are important, although some of them occur outside of the movie. They either set the stage, tie up the ending, or have an effect on the way the movie unfolds. All you have to do is tell me what movie they're from.

A multiple-choice quiz by skunkee. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
skunkee
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
174,564
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
12 / 15
Plays
7239
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 136 (13/15), lethisen250582 (5/15), Guest 175 (4/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. (2003) We're a young rap group known as H2O Klick, and it's our murders that detectives Gavilan and Calden are trying to solve. They do find out that we were killed because we were trying to break our contract with Sartaine Records, but if they weren't so busy selling real estate, teaching yoga and trying to break into acting, they might have figured it out sooner. Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. (2001) My daughter has been living in a state of self-imposed catatonia for years, ever since she saw me being murdered. Now the guys who killed me are after her, because she knows where the ruby that I stole from them is hidden. They've kidnapped a psychiatrist's daughter, and are holding her hostage until he can get my daughter to talk. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. (1991) My name is Martin, and my beautiful wife Laura killed me, just because I can be a little bit of a control freak. Of course before she killed me she staged her death and tried to escape from me, starting a new life without me. She had me fooled for a while, but a strange phone call tipped me off, and I tracked her down. She was very silly to believe that I'd ever let her leave me, but I have to admit that I was shocked that she actually had the nerve to shoot me. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. (1991) My name is Jame Gumb, although the press referred to me as Buffalo Bill. That nasty Clarice Starling shot me, just because I was killing young women to make a suit out of their skins. Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. (2002) My name is Colleen Hess, and I was killed when a freak car accident left me pinned to a tree. I was able to exchange last words with my beloved husband, and those words might very well have saved his life after the aliens arrived. It was weird the way they left those massive crop circles first, for navigational purposes.

Answer: (One Word - 5 letters, plural)
Question 6 of 15
6. (1987) My name is Jim Malone, and I was a good cop at a time and place when most of them were corrupt. I worked with Eliot Ness in a select group that he drew together for the express purpose of getting the gangster Al Capone, and tearing down his empire. I was killed for my efforts, but at least I died with a clean conscience. Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. (1987) My death occurs before the movie begins, but it's important to the plot because it's my loss that turns my husband, Sergeant Martin Riggs, into a burned-out, suicidal cop that nobody wants to work with. His new partner, Roger Murtaugh, helps my poor Martin begin to heal, in this first in a series of movies that they make together.

Answer: (Two Words - 6 & 6 letters)
Question 8 of 15
8. (1992) My name is PFC William Santiago, and I was a marine based in Cuba. I had a hard time keeping up with the rest of the marines, so my commanding officer labeled me a screw-up, and ordered two of my fellow marines to rough me up to teach me a lesson. Because of my undiagnosed heart condition, things got out of hand and I died. Now the two guys who didn't mean to kill me are on trial for murder. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. (2002) My name is Schmi Skywalker, and I was captured by Sand People. My son Anakin, who I had not seen in years, came to save me, but it was too late and I died in his arms. I was so thrilled to see him before I died, but I understand that he let his anger get the better of him because of what happened to me. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. (1997) My name is Dick Stensland, and I was a dirty cop in 1950, who got kicked off the force. But I didn't mind that as much as I minded getting killed at the Nite Owl Diner, with a bunch of other people. The investigation into my death revealed a complicated web of lies involving hookers that looked like movie stars, and cops that were even dirtier than I was. Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. (2002) My name is Jamie Sullivan, and I am a minister's daughter. I also have leukemia, but my wonderful love Landon does his best to make the time that I have left as perfect as possible. At one point I made a list of all the things I wanted to accomplish before I died, and he did his best to help me accomplish as many as possible before I become too sick. Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. (1937) I am a queen, and I was the most beautiful woman around until that nasty little girl grew up. I told the huntsman to kill her, but he couldn't, and so it was up to me to do it with a disguise and a poisoned apple. But that wretched girl's friends chased me, and I fell off a cliff, plummeting to my death. What is the name of this pesky girl who caused my demise?

Answer: (Two Words - 4 & 5 letters)
Question 13 of 15
13. (2000) My name is Wilson, and I am a volleyball. For the four years that he was stranded on that desert island, I was Chuck's only friend, so when I washed away off the raft when he was trying to find his way home, he was devastated.

Answer: (Two Words - 4 & 4 letters)
Question 14 of 15
14. (1984) My name is John Pepys, but people called me Stumpy. I died in a 'bizarre gardening accident'. Becoming the first of a number of unlucky drummers that played for the band. One of my successors died when he choked on someone else's vomit, and quite a few of them just exploded while playing, leaving nothing but a little green globule behind. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. (1954) My name is Anna Thorwald, and I was an invalid until my husband killed me. Then he cut me up in the bathtub and scattered my pieces around the city. It's a good thing that that nice man across the way was laid up with a broken leg, and was watching the courtyard out his window. Otherwise my husband might have gotten away with killing me, and no one would have been any wiser. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. (2003) We're a young rap group known as H2O Klick, and it's our murders that detectives Gavilan and Calden are trying to solve. They do find out that we were killed because we were trying to break our contract with Sartaine Records, but if they weren't so busy selling real estate, teaching yoga and trying to break into acting, they might have figured it out sooner.

Answer: Hollywood Homicide

Ron Shelton directed this very funny movie that starred Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett and Lena Olin. The scene where Ford and Hartnett are being interrogated by Internal Affairs Officers is absolutely hysterical.
2. (2001) My daughter has been living in a state of self-imposed catatonia for years, ever since she saw me being murdered. Now the guys who killed me are after her, because she knows where the ruby that I stole from them is hidden. They've kidnapped a psychiatrist's daughter, and are holding her hostage until he can get my daughter to talk.

Answer: Don't Say a Word

Gary Fleder directed and Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy and Elisabeth Burrows starred. The start of the film is a little nauseating while we celebrate the perfection of Michael Douglas as a father and husband, but once Sean Bean and crew enter the picture, things do get a lot more interesting.
3. (1991) My name is Martin, and my beautiful wife Laura killed me, just because I can be a little bit of a control freak. Of course before she killed me she staged her death and tried to escape from me, starting a new life without me. She had me fooled for a while, but a strange phone call tipped me off, and I tracked her down. She was very silly to believe that I'd ever let her leave me, but I have to admit that I was shocked that she actually had the nerve to shoot me.

Answer: Sleeping with the Enemy

Joseph Ruben directed this powerful film that starred Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson. Roberts delivered an outstanding performance of a woman who takes years to lay her plans for escape.
4. (1991) My name is Jame Gumb, although the press referred to me as Buffalo Bill. That nasty Clarice Starling shot me, just because I was killing young women to make a suit out of their skins.

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme directed this incredible movie that won Oscars for both Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, as well as Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Writing.
5. (2002) My name is Colleen Hess, and I was killed when a freak car accident left me pinned to a tree. I was able to exchange last words with my beloved husband, and those words might very well have saved his life after the aliens arrived. It was weird the way they left those massive crop circles first, for navigational purposes.

Answer: Signs

M. Night Shyamalan directed this movie that had incredibly exciting moments, as well as long, dragged out ones. Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin and Abigail Breslin starred.
6. (1987) My name is Jim Malone, and I was a good cop at a time and place when most of them were corrupt. I worked with Eliot Ness in a select group that he drew together for the express purpose of getting the gangster Al Capone, and tearing down his empire. I was killed for my efforts, but at least I died with a clean conscience.

Answer: The Untouchables

Sean Connery won an Oscar for his performance of Malone, under Brian De Palma's direction. Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia and Robert De Niro also starred.
7. (1987) My death occurs before the movie begins, but it's important to the plot because it's my loss that turns my husband, Sergeant Martin Riggs, into a burned-out, suicidal cop that nobody wants to work with. His new partner, Roger Murtaugh, helps my poor Martin begin to heal, in this first in a series of movies that they make together.

Answer: Lethal Weapon

Richard Donner directed this incredible movie that starred Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey and Darelen Love. The chemistry between Glover and Gibson is what makes this whole series of films so amazing.
8. (1992) My name is PFC William Santiago, and I was a marine based in Cuba. I had a hard time keeping up with the rest of the marines, so my commanding officer labeled me a screw-up, and ordered two of my fellow marines to rough me up to teach me a lesson. Because of my undiagnosed heart condition, things got out of hand and I died. Now the two guys who didn't mean to kill me are on trial for murder.

Answer: A Few Good Men

Rob Reiner directed this powerful movie that starred Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, and Kevin Pollack.
9. (2002) My name is Schmi Skywalker, and I was captured by Sand People. My son Anakin, who I had not seen in years, came to save me, but it was too late and I died in his arms. I was so thrilled to see him before I died, but I understand that he let his anger get the better of him because of what happened to me.

Answer: The Attack of the Clones

George Lucas directed this second in the incredible 'Star Wars' series, but the fifth to be filmed. Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, and Ian McDiarmaid starred.
10. (1997) My name is Dick Stensland, and I was a dirty cop in 1950, who got kicked off the force. But I didn't mind that as much as I minded getting killed at the Nite Owl Diner, with a bunch of other people. The investigation into my death revealed a complicated web of lies involving hookers that looked like movie stars, and cops that were even dirtier than I was.

Answer: L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson directed this film with many plot twists, and a lot of action. Danny De Vito, Kim Bassinger, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and James Cromwell starred.
11. (2002) My name is Jamie Sullivan, and I am a minister's daughter. I also have leukemia, but my wonderful love Landon does his best to make the time that I have left as perfect as possible. At one point I made a list of all the things I wanted to accomplish before I died, and he did his best to help me accomplish as many as possible before I become too sick.

Answer: A Walk to Remember

Adam Shankman directed this tearjerker which starred Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote and Daryl Hannah.
12. (1937) I am a queen, and I was the most beautiful woman around until that nasty little girl grew up. I told the huntsman to kill her, but he couldn't, and so it was up to me to do it with a disguise and a poisoned apple. But that wretched girl's friends chased me, and I fell off a cliff, plummeting to my death. What is the name of this pesky girl who caused my demise?

Answer: Snow White

'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was the first ever, full-length, animated feature. Convinced that it was going to fall flat on its face, the Film Industry often referred to the film as 'Disney's Folly'. Far from failing, it received an Honorary Award at the 1939 Academy Awards, in recognition of the innovations in the film industry that its creation represented.

When the award was presented, there was one full sized statuette, and seven miniature ones!
13. (2000) My name is Wilson, and I am a volleyball. For the four years that he was stranded on that desert island, I was Chuck's only friend, so when I washed away off the raft when he was trying to find his way home, he was devastated.

Answer: Cast Away

Robert Zemeckis directed this film which starred Tom Hanks, and Helen Hunt. Hanks' performance was brilliant, as it always is, although the movie did drag a fair bit.
14. (1984) My name is John Pepys, but people called me Stumpy. I died in a 'bizarre gardening accident'. Becoming the first of a number of unlucky drummers that played for the band. One of my successors died when he choked on someone else's vomit, and quite a few of them just exploded while playing, leaving nothing but a little green globule behind.

Answer: This is Spinal Tap

Rob Reiner directed and acted in this hysterically funny 'mocumentary'. David Kaff, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer starred, along with a host of cameos from other stars.
15. (1954) My name is Anna Thorwald, and I was an invalid until my husband killed me. Then he cut me up in the bathtub and scattered my pieces around the city. It's a good thing that that nice man across the way was laid up with a broken leg, and was watching the courtyard out his window. Otherwise my husband might have gotten away with killing me, and no one would have been any wiser.

Answer: Rear Window

Alfred Hitchcock directed this amazing movie that starred James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Thelma Ritter. Raymond Burr was very menacing as Lars Thorwald.
Source: Author skunkee

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