FunTrivia Movies Mix: Vol 21 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Charlton Heston

In the movie "Ben-Hur" which was released in 1959, American actor Charlton Heston played the role of Ben Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In "Planet of the Apes", released in 1968, he played the role of George Taylor, an astronaut who travels 2006 years into the future into a post-apocalyptic Earth. Marlon Brando is famous for the "Godfather" series of movies and Peter O'Toole for "Lawrence of Arabia".

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Answer: Don Knotts

Don Knotts left "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1965 and starred in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet", "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", "The Reluctant Astronaut","The Shakiest Gun in the West", "The Love God", and "How to Frame a Figg". In 1975, Knotts was teamed with Tim Conway in a couple of comedy films aimed at kids, including "The Apple Dumpling Gang", and its sequel, "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again".

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Answer: The Cider House Rules

Directed by Lasse Hallström, "The Cider House Rules" (1999) is based on the 1985 novel of the same name by John Irving. The film, starring Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron and Michael Caine (who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), is set in a Maine orphanage during WWII. Irving also wrote the screenplay, which won the movie's second Academy Award. All the other films are based on novels by Stephen King, and set in his native Maine like much of his work.

Question by player LadyNym

Answer: The Cowardly Lion in The "Wizard of Oz"

Bert Lahr was of course the Cowardly Lion, whom Dorothy, Toto, The Scarecrow, and the Tin Man meet on their way to visit Oz. At first he terrorizes them, but then, little Toto exposes him for being the soft-natured, scaredy cat that he is. Lahr was a Broadway star at the time they filmed the movie.

As a comedian he had a certain schtick, or style of acting, and they were worked into his portrayal of author L. Frank Baum's literary creation. He also doubled as the character Zeke, one of the farmhands in Dorothy's Kansas home. Lahr's costume for the role weighed 90 pounds, and was made from actual lion skin. With temperatures often reaching 100 degrees on set because of the lighting, the costume became soaked in sweat at the end of each day.

Question by player Billkozy

Answer: There Will Be Blood

"There Will Be Blood" (2007) is loosely based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel, "Oil!". Daniel Plainview's ruthlessness in the movie involves his attempts to purchase land from current residents under false pretenses as well as deaths of workers due the dangerous conditions of oil drilling.

His performance as the brutal Daniel Plainview earned Daniel Day-Lewis the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Question by player Rizeeve

Answer: He tried to shoot the candidate.

When Johnny shook hands with the candidate (Martin Sheen), Johnny saw a vision of the candidate becoming U.S. President and setting off the nuclear missiles. Johnny decided to try to kill the candidate in public. When he fired, the candidate held a baby in front of him, hoping the baby would get shot instead of himself. Johnny was shot, but the bad publicity prevented the candidate from getting elected, so the doomsday scenario never happened.

Question by player zorlock7

Answer: Dory

Dory was, at first glance, not the best fish for this job. She had a short term memory problem.

Question by player dtrsarge

Answer: Dumbo

The eponymous hero of "Dumbo" was a little elephant with enormous ears. He was teased and belittled by the other circus performers, but befriended and encouraged by Timothy the mouse and eventually discovered that his ears were not the handicap they once seemed.

Pinocchio's little friend was Jiminy Cricket. Snow White had seven dwarfs for friends. Cinderella had mouse friends named Gus and Jaques.

Question by player spanishliz

Answer: The Bride and the Beast

In 1958 "The Bride and the Beast" came out in which a woman marries a big game hunter (Lance Fuller) who has a pet gorilla. The gorilla attacks the woman, and her new husband kills it. However, under hypnosis the woman reveals that in a previous life she was a gorilla. She later falls in love with a gorilla.

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Answer: Mad Max: Fury Road

"Mad Max: Fury Road" continues the adventures of Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) as he wanders a waste land that is the new Earth. On this occasion he is allied with a fugitive named Furiosa played by Charlize Theron. Whilst the film walked away with the most Oscars on the evening it missed all of the main awards, which were shared amongst "Spotlight" (Best Picture), "The Revenant" (Best Actor and Best Director) and "Room" (Best Actress).

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