41 Quentin Tarantino Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Jackie Brown

An innocent flight attendant accidentally gets involved in a confusing situation including police and an arms dealer.

Answer: "Okay ramblers, let's get rambling."

In "Reservoir Dogs", this was said when Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) is leading the meeting with the Reservoir Dogs. In "From Dusk Til Dawn", Seth Gecko (George Clooney) says it when he is kidnapping the Fuller family.

Answer: Buck from "Kill Bill: Vol. 1"

In one of the flashback scenes in "Kill Bill: Vol. 1", the bride recalls him saying he was from Huntsville. Michael Madsen, as Budd from "Kill Bill: Vol. 2", also lived in Texas, at least at one point, but he lived in El Paso.

Answer: Inglourious Basterds

During World War II, a small Jewish-American army known as the 'Basterds' set out to kill as many Germans as possible. Their lives, as well as those of an evil man called the Jew Hunter, one of his victims who got away, and a traitor to the Germans, all intercept in three different plans to take place in a movie cinema.

Answer: Detective Mark Dargas

He certainly changed sides of the law! He was also "Mask #2", a hitman in "Godfather III" who was sent to kill Don Vincent 'Vinnie' Mancini-Corleone. I prefer him as a bad guy.

Answer: Uma Thurman and Daryl Hannah

Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) wore this suit in "Kill Bill: Vol. 2", when she was in Budd's trailer. Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman), wore it in "Pulp Fiction" when she was on her date with Vincent Vega (John Travolta).

Answer: Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel, who put up a lot of money to get this film made, played Mr. White.

Answer: Reservoir Dogs

A group of thieves meet to organize a jewel robbery. To protect their identities from each other, they used code names. Harvey Keitel is Mr. White, Tim Roth is Mr. Orange, and Michael Madsen is Mr. Blonde. Steve Buscemi dominates an early scene when he objects to his assigned code name Mr. Pink. The opening slow motion scene that finds the 'dogs' striding is a classic film technique often imitated.

Shooting on a shoestring budget, Tarantino was able to complete the film with the encouragement of Harvey Keitel, who help not only to find investors but attract other actors interested in the project. The film made money and has since become a cult classic. Its break-through came mainly from film festivals such as Sundance.

An independent film bucks the odds as often there are lesser known actors, slim budgets, and distribution issues. One cynic said that the definition of an independent film was a sure way to lose money.

Rotten Tomatoes gave it 94%.

Answer: Death Proof

A creepy wierdo named Stuntman Mike has always enjoyed one thing more than anything else, and that is selecting a group of women, and killing them in bizzarre ways. Only this time, the group he has chosen are a lot more capable than the ones in the past.

Answer: The bartender at the club where Budd worked

Tarantino also wanted Sid Haig to play the roll of Marsellus Wallace in "Pulp Fiction". Haig turned it down at the last minute, stating the movie sounded "too TV". "Jackie Brown" is the 6th movie Sid Haig has done with Pam Greer.

Answer: The view from inside a car trunk looking out

In "Pulp Fiction", you see the angle when Vincent and Jules are getting weapons from the trunk to kill Brett and Flock of Seagulls. In "Reservoir Dogs", it is the scene in which Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), and Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) are getting the cop out of the trunk. In "Kill Bill: Vol. 1", it was shown when you see the Bride talking to Sophie Fatale. And finally, in "Jackie Brown", the same scene is used when the trunk is open and you see Ordell trying to talk Beaumont into getting into the trunk.

Answer: Reservoir Dogs

A gang of robbers meet up at a warehouse, after the biggest mess-up of a robbery in history. They don't know who's alive or who's dead, and they believe that one of them is working for the police.

Answer: Jackie Brown

Quentin never has his actors use CDs in his movies. They are always records or tapes.

Answer: Vincent Vega

Vincent shot Marvin in the face on accident.

Answer: Blaxploitation

Blaxploitation came about as films began to emerge as black actors and filmmakers attempted to tap into black movie-goers as audiences. Such films addressed the black culture that was not portrayed in the typical Hollywood fare.

Tarantino denied the blaxploitation label but it is certainly clear that the film is a homage to that genre. Pam Grier, who was sometimes referred to as the Queen of Blaxploitation Films came on board to play Jackie Brown, a character not unlike title roles she played in "Coffy" (1973) and "Foxy Brown" (1974) Tarantino adapted Elmore Leonard's 1982 novel "Rum Punch" into a screenplay and directed.

Both Pam Grier and Robert Forster had career boosts as Forster had an Academy Award nomination, and Golden Globe Awards nominated both Samuel L. Jackson and Grier. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 85%

Answer: Pulp Fiction

Among other things, this film offers a peek into the lives of two hitmen, a boxer, a gangster boss and his wife.

Answer: Pulp Fiction

In "Pulp Fiction", he is the Buddy Holly waiter in the scene where Vincent (John Travolta) and Mia (Uma Thurman) go on their date. Vincent also makes note that Buddy Holly isn't much of a waiter.

Answer: "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction"

Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Vic Vega (Michael Madsen) connect "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs".

Answer: Five point palm exploding heart technique

Beatrix Kiddo, a deadly member of the "Deadly Viper Assassination Squad", has left the squad and intends to live an ordinary life with an ordinary guy. But on her wedding day, Bill shows up with the rest of his team and slaughters the entire wedding party and leaving Beatrix for dead. Kiddo somehow survives and begins an odyssey that is a bloody trail leading to her opportunity to extract the revenge on Bill. The five point technique, taught to her by Pai Mei, her martial arts instructor, spells Bill's doom.

When the final cut was made, "Kill Bill" ran over four hours. A decision was made to divide the film in halves, thus we have Volume one and two issued separately in late 2003 and early 2004. Understanding the use of stunt doubles and computer generated action, Uma Thurman gives a remarkable performance as she is in nearly every scene in the film and on a schedule that by accounts must have exhausting. One scene took eight weeks to produce.

"Kill Bill" as a unit averages out to about 85% from Rotten Tomatoes.

Answer: Jackie Brown

An innocent flight attendant accidentally gets involved in a confusing situation involving the police and an arms dealer.

Answer: Reservoir Dogs

Alabama was never shown in the movie "Reservoir Dogs", but she was discussed at some length during a conversation between Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) and Mr. White (Harvey Keitel). A neat piece of information is that in the original ending Tarantino had written for "True Romance", Clarence (Christian Slater) dies, leaving Alabama free to become involved with Mr. White.

Answer: Richard Gecko

Clooney plays Seth and Tarantino plays his brother Ritchie.

Answer: Kill Bill Vol. 2

This is the sequel to "Kill Bill Vol. 1", in which a female assassin has been shot in the head by her own boss, but wakes up in a coma four years later and decides that she wants revenge.

Answer: They wore the same sunglasses

We never actually see Buck wearing the sunglasses, but they were clipped onto his shirt when the Bride took them off of his dead body.

Answer: The kneecap

In "Kill Bill: Vol. 2", Bill (David Carradine) says to Beatrix (Uma Thurman) that the next shot would be in her kneecap, and that he hears that is a painful place to be shot. In "Reservoir Dogs", Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) tells Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) that along with the kneecaps, the gut is the most painful place you can be shot.