FunTrivia Movies Mix: Vol 16 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Quiet Man

'The Quiet Man' is set in Ireland. John Wayne portrays an Irish boxer who returns to his native Ireland following the death of his opponent in the U.S. This film was one of five that included Maureen O'Hara, herself a native of Ireland, as his co-star.

Not all of his non-western roles were as lauded; many John Wayne fans cringe at his portrayal of Genghis Khan.

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Answer: A Knight's Tale

"A Knight's Tale" features Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant who takes on the persona of a knight named Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein. During his travels, Thatcher comes across Geoffrey Chaucer, whom he hires to make him fake patents of nobility so he can join the jousting circuit. Chaucer then becomes Sir Ulrich's herald for the tournaments and his introductions grow more elaborate as time goes on.

Interestingly, the first tale in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" is called "The Knight's Tale".

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Answer: Taxi Driver

"Taxi Driver" (1976) followed a taxi driver named Travis Bickle (De Niro). He was mentally unstable, having served in Vietnam. He had violent outbursts and gave us the classic line "Are you talkin' to me?". He also tried to save a very young prostitute, Iris (Foster).

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Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Kahn played Mrs. White, Curry played the Butler and Lloyd was Prof. Plum.
Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Eileen Brennan and Martin Mull also starred in this marvelous movie.

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Answer: The director/crew were from Italy

Perhaps the best known films in this genre were the "Dollars Trilogy", directed by Sergio Leone. The trilogy included "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", all three of which starred Clint Eastwood as the man with no name.

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Answer: Gollum

Originally known as Smeagol, Gollum was compelled to do anything to retrieve and possess the "one ring to rule them all" after it was first found by Bilbo Baggins. He pursued the ring as long as Frodo Baggins possessed it; in the end he was reunited with the ring just before he and the ring sank into a sea of lava in Mount Doom.

Andy Serkis played the role of Gollum in the Peter Jackson trilogy; however, the on-screen character was actually a digital puppet, replacing Serkis own image. On-screen he was depicted as wearing only a loincloth.

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Answer: a make of motorcycle

Blake was nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of John Wintergreen, a motorcycle police officer in Arizona. He and his partner, Zipper, played by Billy "Green" Bush, rode police-issue motorcycles. Large-frame, large-engine motorcycles manufactured by Harley-Davidson were named Electra-Glide and were used extensively by law enforcement. Director James William Guerico negotiated a salary of only one dollar in order to afford to hire cinematographer Conrad Hall.


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Answer: The Secret Garden

"The Secret Garden" is about a young, unpleasant orphan who comes to live with her uncle and while there discovers a secret garden on his grounds. It was published as a book in 1911 and has been adapted into films and plays. In the 1987 film adaptation, Colin Firth plays the adult Colin Craven and in the 2020 film version he plays the role of the uncle, Lord Archibald Craven.

Question by player ramonesrule

Answer: Based on plays by William Shakespeare

"Maqbool" is an adaptation of "Macbeth" by Indian filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj and set in the underworld. "10 Things I Hate About You" and "She's The Man" were based on "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Twelfth Night" respectively.

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Answer: James Stewart

Jimmy Stewart won his only Best Actor Oscar for "The Philadelphia Story", but lost four times for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", "It's A Wonderful Life", "Harvey" and "Anatomy of a Murder". None of the others ever received one. O'Toole lost eight times (including "The Lion in Winter", "Becket" and "Lawrence of Arabia"). Burton was snubbed seven times (including "Anne of the Thousand Days", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"). Clift lost four times (including "Judgement at Nuremberg", "From Here to Eternity" and "A Place in the Sun").

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