FunTrivia Movies Mix: Vol 20 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Grease

The movie "Grease" was directed by Randal Kleiser and was based on the musical "Grease" by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. "You're the One That I Want" was sung by both leads and appeared late in the movie. It was released as a hugely successful single, reaching number one in the US and UK.

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Answer: Godzilla

Born on the Japanese island of Osaka in 1910, Tomoyuki Tanaka was a filmmaker who produced the Godzilla series. First appearing in the 1954 film 'Godzilla', the monster was a metaphor for nuclear weapons.

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Answer: E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial

The logo is a silhouette of the young boy Elliott on his bicycle, and E. T. is riding in the basket. With the full moon behind to give the silhouette effect, the bicycle is seen to be flying through the night sky. The name for the entertainment company was taken from Spielberg's first commercially released film, "Amblin." Released in 1968, the movie was about a man and woman hitchhiking in the desert. Film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall were co-founders of the company.



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Answer: Armageddon

In a star-studded disaster film, NASA and a hotshot drill-team work together to prevent the end of the world.

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Answer: It changes from black and white/sepia to color

When "The Wizard of Oz" opens, the scenes are in black and white, though the original print was sepia-toned. When Dorothy arrives in Oz, they are in color. When she returns to Kansas at the end of the film, they are in black and white/ sepia again.

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Answer: Eve Arden

Eve Arden (1908-1990) had a career in movies and television that spanned the years 1929-87. She played teacher Connie Brooks in the television series "Our Miss Brooks" (1952-56), following up with a movie of the same title in 1956. Playing a principal in "Grease" twenty-two years later might have felt like a justified promotion.

A highlight of her movie career was a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role in "Mildred Pierce" (1945).

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Answer: Carry on Columbus

"Carry On" movies were a series of British comedies that relied on innuendo and good old British humour to entertain their audiences. Thirty-one movies were made starting with "Carry on Sergeant" in 1958 and ending with "Carry on Columbus" in 1992. The cast of the movies were made up of many regulars including Sid James, Barbara Windsor and Kenneth Williams amongst many others. "Carry on Columbus" was made 14 years after the previous film and was considered to be inferior to the rest of the franchise.

The film was based on Columbus's voyage of discovery in 1492. Columbus, persuaded the King and Queen of Spain to sponsor his trip to find a quicker way to the far East. He is hindered when the Sultan of Turkey sends a spy to scupper his quest because it would mean an end to the taxes he levies on merchants passing through his country. By its release in 1992 around the 500th anniversary of the voyages, the type of humour seemed dated and a lot of the original ensemble cast were either dead or unavailable for the production.

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Answer: Bert

Dick Van Dyke plays the wonderful chimney sweep and master of magic, named Bert. Actress Julie Andrews and he sing and dance their way through this Disney film. The character of Bert showed off Van Dyke's skills with acting, singing and dancing.

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Answer: David Niven

Born in London in 1910, James David Graham Niven attended the Military College at Sandhurst, which undoubtedly contributed to the proper, military bearing that Niven brought to many of his movie roles. After resigning from the military, Niven moved to the USA where he came to attention for his uncredited role in 'Mutiny on the Bounty' in 1935. Over the next four years he appeared in 18 films, before returning to military duty during World War II.

After the war, he returned to acting where over the following nearly 40 years he had numerous memorable roles including as Phileas Fogg in 'Around the World in 80 Days' (1956), James Bond in 'Casino Royale' (1967), Corporal Miller in 'The Guns of Navarone' and as Sir Charles Litton in several 'Pink Panther' movies.

He also made numerous radio and television appearances in a wide variety of roles. He published his memoirs 'The Moon's a Balloon' in 1973 and died in 1983 as a result of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Answer: Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor was born in Perth, Scotland in 1971. He became widely known with his portrayal of drug-addict Mark Renton in the "Trainspotting" and "T2 Trainspotting" films and as the love-stricken poet Christian in the film "Moulin Rouge!" He is regarded as one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, loves motorcycles and divides his time between England and Los Angeles.

He has four daughters with his first wife Eve Mavrakis. Ewan McGregor plays Curt Wild, an American rock star, in "Velvet Goldmine", Father Patrick McKenna, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, in "Angels and Demons", and Christian, a young English writer, in "Moulin Rouge!"

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