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Summer Is I'Cumen In Trivia Quiz


"Summer Is I'Cumen In" is a medieval song that means "summer has arrived." In this spirit, this quiz is about movies that are connected with summer in some way.

A multiple-choice quiz by agentofchaos. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
agentofchaos
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
400,169
Updated
Dec 03 21
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10
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Question 1 of 10
1. "The Summer of '42" is a 1971 coming-of-age film about a teenage boy named Hermie who has a brief romance with a war widow while on a summer vacation. There is a comic scene in which Hermie goes into a drug store to buy condoms and is subjected to a series of awkward questions that he is reluctant to answer. When the druggist asks Hermie if he knows what condoms are used for, what is his response? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "The Endless Summer," a 1966 documentary filmed in locations around the world including Tahiti, West Africa, and Australia, is about what sport? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" is a 1997 slasher film starring an ensemble cast that included Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze Jr., who play four young friends being stalked by a hook-wielding killer a year after accidentally killing a pedestrian, which they then attempted to cover up. The film also features what actor in the role of Max Neurick, who would later become one of the highest paid television actors in the world, for his role as Leonard in "The Big Bang Theory"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The 1978 musical film "Grease" is notable for its soundtrack, and one of the featured songs became a number 1 hit in the USA and UK for stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Which of the following songs was NOT featured in the film? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Midsommar" is a 2019 horror film revolving around a midsummer celebration performed by an enigmatic pagan cult in Sweden. The male lead, Christian, and two of his friends, are invited to this celebration by a Swedish friend. Christian originally wants to go with just his friends, but his girlfriend Dani persuades him to take her along and he reluctantly agrees. Why would this turn out to be an unfortunate decision for him? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "American Graffiti" is a 1973 coming-of-age comedy about a group of friends who have recently graduated from high school and focuses on the last evening of their summer vacation. A critical and commercial success for writer and director George Lucas, it features what actor, notable for his later appearances in the "Star Wars" franchise, in the role of Bob Falfa? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. On a hot summer day, there is nothing like going to the beach to cool off with a refreshing swim. Unless of course, you are attacked by a shark! In the 1975 blockbuster "Jaws," beachgoers at a summer resort are terrorized by a giant man-eating great white shark. A memorable feature of the film is the ominous theme music that is played just before the shark attacks that was composed by what famous conductor? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "500 Days of Summer," a 2009 romantic comedy-drama, is not actually about the season but a man's relationship with a woman named Summer, played by what actress, who also appeared in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In the United States, the fourth of July, which falls in the northern summer, is an important holiday known as Independence Day. This is also the name of a 1996 blockbuster starring Will Smith about an alien race attacking the earth, with the human defenders launching a massive counterattack on Independence Day itself. A major plot point of the film is a plan to defeat the aliens using what stratagem? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The song "Summer is icumen in" features prominently at the climax of a 1973 cult classic starring Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward, about a policeman who visits a remote Scottish island called Summerisle to investigate a report of a missing child, only to get much more than he bargained for. What is the name of this remarkable film? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "The Summer of '42" is a 1971 coming-of-age film about a teenage boy named Hermie who has a brief romance with a war widow while on a summer vacation. There is a comic scene in which Hermie goes into a drug store to buy condoms and is subjected to a series of awkward questions that he is reluctant to answer. When the druggist asks Hermie if he knows what condoms are used for, what is his response?

Answer: "You fill them up with water and throw them off the roof."

Hermie is not really this silly of course, but he is too embarrassed to answer more candidly. The druggist had been asking him many questions, such as how old he was and what he intended to do with them. He admitted that he was not quite sixteen but then pretended that the condoms were for an older brother who was unable to buy them himself for some reason. When he pretends to think that they are water balloons, the druggist responds, "I just wanted to make sure you knew what they were for" and then sells him some.

The movie's screenplay was written by Herman Raucher and was based on his own experiences when he was fourteen and fell in love for the first time. Considered one of the most commercially successful films of all time, Raucher, who received ten percent of the gross as well as royalties from his novelization of the screen play, has stated that his earnings from the film have paid his bills ever since. The film was nominated for many awards and won the Academy Award for Original Dramatic Score and the BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music.
2. "The Endless Summer," a 1966 documentary filmed in locations around the world including Tahiti, West Africa, and Australia, is about what sport?

Answer: Surfing

Produced and directed by Bruce Brown, the film follows two surfers,Mike Hynson and Robert August, as they travel around the beaches of the world in a quest for new places to surf. The two surfers are native to California, the waters of which become too cold for surfing in winter.

The concept expressed in the film's title is to follow summer weather around the world, going back and forth between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres as the weather changes, to experience unending summer days. The film received positive reviews, helped popularize the sport of surfing around the world, and inspired a "surf and travel" subculture.
3. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" is a 1997 slasher film starring an ensemble cast that included Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze Jr., who play four young friends being stalked by a hook-wielding killer a year after accidentally killing a pedestrian, which they then attempted to cover up. The film also features what actor in the role of Max Neurick, who would later become one of the highest paid television actors in the world, for his role as Leonard in "The Big Bang Theory"?

Answer: Johnny Galecki

"I Know What You Did Last Summer" was the first instalment in a trilogy, and was written by Kevin Williamson, who previously wrote the black comedy/slasher film "Scream." The film was loosely based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. In the film, after their driving accident, the four friends are passed on the road by Max Neurick, who is a friend of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character Julie, and they assure him that everything is fine. A year later Julie receives a cryptic letter stating, "I know what you did last summer!" The friends suspect Max of sending the note and Ryan Phillippe's character threatens him with a hook, but Max denies any knowledge of what it's about. Turns out he was telling the truth, as he is later killed by the murderer stalking Julie and her friends.

Johnny Galecki has appeared in many films and television shows but is probably most famous for his long-running role as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter in "The Big Bang Theory." In 2018, he was estimated by Forbes to the second highest paid actor on TV, earning $25 million that year, just behind his co-star Jim Parsons, who played Dr. Sheldon Cooper, and who earned $26.5 million.
4. The 1978 musical film "Grease" is notable for its soundtrack, and one of the featured songs became a number 1 hit in the USA and UK for stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Which of the following songs was NOT featured in the film?

Answer: Girl for All Seasons

The storyline of "Grease," which is based on the stage show of the same name, revolves around the relationship between the wholesome Australian girl Sandy and her greaser beau Danny, which began with what they thought would be a temporary romance during their summer vacation. Sandy had originally been planning to return to Australia, but unexpectedly her family decides to stay in America, and by chance she enrolls in Danny's school. In a notable scene near the beginning of the film, during the number "Summer Nights," Sandy and Danny each sing to their friends about their summer romance, telling wildly different versions of what happened, without yet knowing that they are now at the same school. The film was nominated for an Oscar (Best Music - Original Song) for "Hopelessly Devoted to You" in which Sandy sings of her love for Danny, despite them being temporarily estranged. "Blue Moon" was originally released in 1934 and was performed in the film by Sha-Na-Na. "Grease" ends with a duet in which Sandy (who has abandoned her wholesome look altogether) and Danny declare their love for each other. This song, "You're the One That I Want," was a number one hit for Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta.

"Girl for All Seasons," a love song with multiple female vocals, featured in "Grease 2," which, unlike its predecessor, was poorly received by critics.
5. "Midsommar" is a 2019 horror film revolving around a midsummer celebration performed by an enigmatic pagan cult in Sweden. The male lead, Christian, and two of his friends, are invited to this celebration by a Swedish friend. Christian originally wants to go with just his friends, but his girlfriend Dani persuades him to take her along and he reluctantly agrees. Why would this turn out to be an unfortunate decision for him?

Answer: Dani chooses him to be sacrificed by the cult

The film concerns a fictional celebration on a Swedish commune that only occurs every 90 years. Despite some very disturbing goings on at the commune early in the film, such as two elderly cult members jumping off a cliff, and then one of them, who survived the fall, being beaten to death by other cult members, Christian and Dani decide to stay, as Christian is an anthropology student and wants to do his thesis on the cult. Additionally, the couple are induced to take mind-altering drugs as part of the proceedings, and while under the influence, Christian is encouraged to have sex with one of the female cult members while the other women watch. Dani is quite distressed by this, but the other women comfort her. Later she is proclaimed May Queen and informed that she must choose a human sacrifice as part of the celebration.

It is also revealed that Christian's friends, who had disappeared earlier, have already been sacrificed. She voluntarily chooses Christian and he is burned alive. Despite its bizarre premise, or perhaps because of it, the film has received positive reviews from critics, who praised the directing and acting.
6. "American Graffiti" is a 1973 coming-of-age comedy about a group of friends who have recently graduated from high school and focuses on the last evening of their summer vacation. A critical and commercial success for writer and director George Lucas, it features what actor, notable for his later appearances in the "Star Wars" franchise, in the role of Bob Falfa?

Answer: Harrison Ford

Set in 1962, and following the adventures of a group of youths cruising around in fancy cars one night, the film generated a great deal of interest in the youth rock 'n' roll and car culture of the 1950s and 1960s, and influenced other later films and TV shows , such as "Happy Days," which starred Ron Howard, who also starred in "American Graffiti." Harrison Ford plays Bob, one of the supporting characters, and is involved in a climactic scene near the end when he goads one of the main characters into drag racing against him, loses control of his car in the race, but manages to get free of the vehicle before it explodes.

Although this was a minor role, it would turn out to be a major turning point for Ford, who had previously become a professional carpenter because of a lack of steady acting work, as it allowed him to develop a relationship with George Lucas that would eventually lead to his breakout role as Han Solo in the "Star Wars" franchise.
7. On a hot summer day, there is nothing like going to the beach to cool off with a refreshing swim. Unless of course, you are attacked by a shark! In the 1975 blockbuster "Jaws," beachgoers at a summer resort are terrorized by a giant man-eating great white shark. A memorable feature of the film is the ominous theme music that is played just before the shark attacks that was composed by what famous conductor?

Answer: John Williams

There is a particularly chilling scene early on in the film, where it appears to be a normal sunny day at a crowded beach. A group of children go out into the surf for a swim, when ominous music plays, something unseen grabs one of the children, the water fills with blood, and then pandemonium ensues as adults rush into the water to assist the children. Steven Spielberg, who directed the film, had many problems with the mechanical sharks malfunctioning, so he came up with the idea of minimizing the shark's actual appearances on-screen and suggesting its presence more subtly, such as through the use of Williams' ominous musical score.

The film was the highest-grossing film in history at the time, only being surpassed by "Star Wars" a few years later. John Williams went on to compose the scores for many other highly successful films, including several films by Spielberg (e.g., "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial") and George Lucas ("Star Wars," the "Indiana Jones" series), and has won many awards for his work.
8. "500 Days of Summer," a 2009 romantic comedy-drama, is not actually about the season but a man's relationship with a woman named Summer, played by what actress, who also appeared in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?

Answer: Zooey Deschanel

The film narrates the failed relationship between Tom, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel, by presenting scenes from 500 days in their lives in a non-linear fashion, that is, out of chronological order. Much of the film's story concerns Tom's emotional ups and downs, as Summer does not feel as strongly for Tom as he does for her, which leads to her breaking up with him, and his subsequent difficulties getting over her. The film is unlike more conventional romantic comedies in that Tom and Summer do not end up together, and in fact, she even marries someone else, much to Tom's chagrin. At the end of the 500 days, Tom ends up getting a date with a woman named Autumn, suggesting that he is ready to move on.

Deschanel has appeared in several comedies, including "The Good Girl" and "Yes Man," as well as several dramatic films, such as "Manic" and "Bridge to Terabithia." She is perhaps best known for her role as the zany schoolteacher Jess in the TV comedy "New Girl" that ran from 2011 to 2018.
9. In the United States, the fourth of July, which falls in the northern summer, is an important holiday known as Independence Day. This is also the name of a 1996 blockbuster starring Will Smith about an alien race attacking the earth, with the human defenders launching a massive counterattack on Independence Day itself. A major plot point of the film is a plan to defeat the aliens using what stratagem?

Answer: Uploading a computer virus to their mothership

In the film, the aliens' mothership is a quarter the size of the moon, and deploys 36 massive vessels to each attack one of Earth's major cities all at once. There are many spectacular scenes of mass destruction, including the White House being vaporized, although not before the President is able to evacuate. The President authorises a nuclear strike against one of the alien vessels, but its energy shield protects it from harm. An engineer played by Jeff Goldblum comes up with the idea of using a captured alien fighter to enter the mothership with the aim of uploading a virus that will cause the aliens to drop their shields leaving them vulnerable to attack. Fortunately, human-engineered viruses just so happen to be compatible with the alien's technology and the plan succeeds. "Independence Day" was hugely successful, as it was the highest-grossing film of 1996 and the second highest-grossing film ever at the time. It also won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing.

In the 2002 film "Signs," the invading aliens can be killed with water, while in HG Wells "War of the Worlds," the invading Martians are killed by bacteria, although this happens by accident rather than design. In the "Doctor Who" episode "The Christmas Invasion," the Doctor challenges the leader of an invading race to a sword duel, and when he wins, they are forced to leave the earth.
10. The song "Summer is icumen in" features prominently at the climax of a 1973 cult classic starring Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward, about a policeman who visits a remote Scottish island called Summerisle to investigate a report of a missing child, only to get much more than he bargained for. What is the name of this remarkable film?

Answer: The Wicker Man

"The Wicker Man" is a one-of-a-kind film that is part musical, part thriller, and part horror. Woodward, who plays Sergeant Neil Howie, discovers that the islanders practice an ancient pagan religion and comes to believe that the missing girl will be sacrificed as part of their Mayday celebrations.

The film's twist ending is that the missing girl was bait in a trap and that all along they actually intended to sacrifice him instead. In the climactic scene, Howie is placed inside a gigantic hollow "Wicker Man" which is then set on fire, while the islanders sing a rousing rendition of "Summer is icumen in." Christopher Lee played Lord Summerisle, the leader of the islanders, in a chilling performance.

Other stars in the film included Britt Ekland, who performs an erotic dance for Howie, and Diane Cilento, who plays the island's school marm.
Source: Author agentofchaos

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