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  Joe vs. the Volcano   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you remember this underrated Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film, where Hanks' character Joe Banks is commissioned to jump into a volcano? Still one of my favorites.
Average, 10 Qns, rickdanger, Oct 07 07
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  Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...    
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This "Joe Versus the Volcano" quiz will take you down the crooked road of Joe's journey.
Average, 10 Qns, HannahConner88, Oct 03 11
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  Joe VS The Volcano    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Even after all these years I still love this movie. If you've never seen it, you're missing out.
Average, 15 Qns, Chani_1, Mar 31 14
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How does the rich man keep in touch with his daughters?

From Quiz "Joe VS The Volcano"





Joe Versus the Volcano Trivia Questions
1. What item does Joe keep in his file cabinet at work?

From Quiz Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...

Answer: Lamp

Tom Hanks plays Joe Banks, a former fireman who works a life sucking job in a dreary factory. As Joe begins his work day, he enters his office, and removes a colorful lamp from his top file cabinet. Later, when Joe's boss Mr. Waturi comes in to speak with him, he questions Joe about the lamp, and forces him to take the lamp off his desk. It is made known in the conversation between Joe and his boss that Joe has the lamp to cheer him up because the fluorescent lights in the factory bring him down.

2. What did Joe do for a living, before he worked as an advertising librarian at the medical supply company?

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: He was a fireman.

We never see Joe at this job. His doctor discusses it with him as the reason for his hypochondria. Samuel Graynamore also brings it up, calling Joe a hero.

3. How many 'satisfied customers' were there on the board after they changed the number?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: 712,766

They were the proud invertors and distributors of the rectal probe.

4. DeDe: "What's with the shoe?" Joe: "I'm losing my ____." Can you finish this quote?

From Quiz Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...

Answer: Sole

Meg Ryan plays three characters in the movie. The first one we meet is Joe's co-worker DeDe. When DeDe enters Joe's office she finds him sitting at his desk, holding his left shoe, which is very close to losing its sole, and she asks him about it.

5. When Joe and DeDe are having dinner, Joe bribes the band to play a song that will drive them insane and make their hearts swell and burst. What song do the musicians play (in Spanish)?

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: On the Street Where You Live

It's hard to hear Joe's offscreen dialogue, but if you listen carefully, you can hear him giving the band five dollars to play the song. It's not clear whether Joe requests this song specifically or if the band chooses it on their own, but it seems to work on DeDe. The English version of the song is, of course, from 'My Fair Lady'.

6. What is Joe's last name?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: Banks

Banks rhymes with Hanks...isn't that funny?

7. After Joe confesses to DeDe that he only has six months to live, she can't handle it and leaves his apartment, but comes back a few seconds later. Why?

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: She had left her bag in Joe's apartment.

DeDe, played by Meg Ryan, is Joe's former co-worker and a mousy secretary. It's apparent in this scene that Joe has moved to a place where someone like DeDe can't follow him. It's the last we see of her, but not of Meg Ryan, who plays two more roles in this film.

8. What is the receptionist in Joe's office named?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: DeDe

Meg Ryan is so versatile, isn't she?

9. What is the name of the gentleman who drives Joe around in a limousine for the day?

From Quiz Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...

Answer: Marshall

Once Joe accepts Graynamore's once in a lifetime opportunity, Graynamore gives him several credit cards to spend however he chooses. The first thing Joe does is get a limo and driver to take him shopping. The limo driver Marshall, played by Ossie Davis makes Joe's acquaintance, and becomes the wise adviser at the beginning of Joe's journey.

10. This actress has an uncredited cameo as Cassie, the hairdresser who gives Joe a haircut. She has previously acted with Andy Kaufman and Billy Crystal.

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: Carol Kane

Carol Kane won two Emmys for her portrayal of Simka, wife to Andy Kaufman's Latka Gravas in the sitcom "Taxi", and she played Valerie, wife to Billy Crystal's Miracle Max, in "The Princess Bride". In "JVTV", she is credited as Lisa Le Blanc. Meg Ryan was in the film, but credited; Carrie Fisher acted with Billy Crystal (and Meg Ryan) in "When Harry Met Sally" and Marilu Henner acted with Andy Kaufman in "Taxi".

11. How many characters does Meg Ryan play in this movie?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: Three

Her hair is a different color every time!

12. Which character calls themselves a "Flibbertigibbet"?

From Quiz Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...

Answer: Angelica

A flibbertigibbet is defined as being a gossip or talkative person. Meg Ryan's second character, Angelica calls herself a flibbertigibbet when she first meets Joe at the airport, and in the evening when she drops him off at his hotel. She refers to herself that way because her father, Graynamore has given orders that she not be told any details of Joe's trip as she will probably blab.

13. According to Angelica Graynamore, what is her profession?

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: a painter and a poet

A self-proclaimed flibbertigibbet, Angelica (Meg Ryan again) claims to make her living as an artist, but later confesses to Joe that she's a "grown woman who lives on her father's money". We see one of her paintings (in her father's restaurant) and we hear one of her poems (Long ago/the delicate tangles of his hair/covered the emptiness of my hands).

14. What metal does the rich man need to make his super conductors?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: Boobah-Roo

There is no such thing.

15. What is the name of the boat set to take Joe to his final destination?

From Quiz Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...

Answer: Tweedle Dee

Meg Ryan's third character, Patricia, Graynamore's daughter, and Angelica's half-sister is Captain of Tweedle Dee, the boat that is set to transport Joe to the island of Waponi Woo. The name of the boat is mentioned Joe's first night aboard while he and Patricia are having dinner. Unfortunately, the Tweedle Dee later sinks after being struck by lightening.

16. When Joe first meets Patricia Graynamore on the docks, she repeatedly calls him Felix. What is her stated reason for doing so?

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: because she does what she wants

Angelica's sister, Patricia (Meg Ryan for the last time), later confesses that her snotty behavior on the docks stems from the fact that Joe is working for her father and she's angry at her father.

17. What illness was Joe diagnosed with?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: A Brain Cloud

I sure hope I don't have a Brain Cloud...I probably do.

18. What instrument does Joe play in the movie?

From Quiz Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...

Answer: Ukulele

Joe's ukulele is first seen among the objects he packs when he quits his factory job. Later in the movie, when Joe and Patricia are stranded in the ocean, floating on Joe's luggage, he plays his ukulele and sings "The Cowboy Song".

19. What beverage are the Waponi islanders noted for being particularly fond of?

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: orange soda

Patricia mentions this fact to Joe when they are on the boat. Later we see the Waponis drinking it out of the can. Interestingly enough, the brand of soda is called "Jump".

20. Why is Joe not allowed to tell Angelica where he is going?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: She's a filbbertygibit

'My Daddy told me to tell you not to tell me where you're going. I'm a Flibbertygibit.'

21. The Waponi Chief "The Tobi", played by Abe Vigoda, has a doll he carries around with him. What is it, according to The Tobi?

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: his soul

When we first meet the Tobi, Joe sees the doll and mistakes it for a teddy bear. Joe and the Tobi agree that he shouldn't lose it. There are other references to the soul, and the fear of losing it, throughout the film.

22. How many trunks does Joe buy?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: Four

And they end up saving his life.

23. Who spots Joe and Patricia on their luggage raft, and rescues them from the water?

From Quiz Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...

Answer: The Waponis Tribe

Joe and Patricia are stranded in the ocean, and are using his luggage for a raft. Patricia regains consciousness, and finds Joe passed out from heat exhaustion. Both are than spotted by one of the Waponis, rescued by the tribe, and given the 'red carpet' treatment.

24. Once they reach the top of the volcano, what does the Waponi ritual require before Joe can jump into the volcano?

From Quiz Joe vs. the Volcano

Answer: Nothing; he just has to jump in.

The Tobi Chief tells him plainly enough, "You just jump in". Of course, a lot DOES happen before Joe jumps in, including Joe marrying Patricia.

25. What is the name of the island that Joe is going to?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: Waponi-Woo

The Waponi's are unusually fond of Orange Soda.

26. What one word fills in both the blanks in this quote: "Away from the things of _____, my love. Away from the things of _____."?

From Quiz Once Upon a Time There Was a Guy Named Joe...

Answer: Man

Joe and Patricia plunge into the volcano together, hand in hand. Both are spewed out of the volcano, unharmed, and they land in the ocean. Once again, the two depend on Joe's luggage as a raft as they float into the unknown. Patricia says: "I wonder where we'll end up", and Joe answers with a line Patricia said earlier on the boat: "All I want to do is sail away...away from the things of man."

27. The inhabitants of said island are a mixture of Native Southern Pacific Islanders, Celtic, Greek, Pirate and _______ cultures?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: Jewish

They sing a song of welcome to Joe in their native language to the tune of "Hava Negila".

28. What does the little island's name translate to in English?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: Little Island With a Big Volcano

In order to please the Volcano God someone must willingly jump into the volcano every 100 years.

29. How long has it been since the last person jumped into the volcano?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: 99 years, 11 months and 11 days

He's cuttin' it pretty close.

30. How does the boat sink?

From Quiz Joe VS The Volcano

Answer: Struck by lightening

Notice the same lightening bolt image in several different scenes?

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