FunTrivia Movies Mix: Vol 9 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Elwood

'The Blues Brothers' (1980) was a spin-off from a 1978 'Saturday Night Live' skit. In both cases, 'The Blues Brothers' was a soul revivalist band featuring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as the titular characters of Jake and Elwood Blues. Despite budget blow outs and dismal predictions, the movie was a box office hit and has since become a cult classic.

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Answer: Liberace

Scott Thorson, who shared ten years of his life with Liberace, wrote a memoir called "Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace" in 1988. The book was adapted as a screenplay by Richard LaGravenese and filmed in 2013. Michael Douglas played Liberace; Matt Damon played Scott Thorson.

The movie premiered at Cannes in 2013 and was in competition for the Palme d'Or but did not win. The subject of Liberace's homosexuality is dealt with frankly but not vulgarly.

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Answer: Apollo 13

"Apollo 13" portrays the drama surrounding the failed mission to the Moon and the many people who worked to save three astronauts' lives.

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Answer: Bill Murray

Bill Murray was a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" from 1977 to 1980 and was arguably the most successful alumnus to transition to the big screen. Among his best-known roles were that of the gopher-chasing groundskeeper in 1980's "Caddyshack", an ectoplasm-chasing scientist in 1984's "Ghostbusters" and a weatherman reliving the same day over and over in 1993's "Groundhog Day".

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Answer: Heuristic ALgorithmic computer

Advancing each letter by one in the name "HAL" gives you "IBM". Author and screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke claimed it was not intentional. However, IBM products appear prominently in the movie. THe movie's plot centers around mysterious black monoliths that are implied to have given man's evolution a boost.

When one is discovered on the moon, it transmits a signal towards Jupiter which precipitates an expedition there.

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Answer: Will Smith

Will Smith plays the lead character, John Hancock. Hancock is a superhero who originally abuses his powers but eventually uses them to help society.

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Answer: The Princess Bride

"The Princess Bride" is beloved of geeks and fans of SF and fantasy. Falk plays the grandfather who tells the story to his sick and cynical grandson.

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Answer: Freddy Krueger

"Freddy Vs. Jason", released in theaters in 2003, became the eleventh "Friday the 13th" film as well as the eighth "Nightmare on Elm Street" film preceding the Platinum Dunes reboots of the originals. This was the second movie to feature both characters; in the end of "Jason Goes to Hell" (1993), the ending alluded to a duel between Jason and Freddy. In this film, Jason was played by Kane Hodder while Robert Englund portrayed Freddy.

In the remake of "Friday the 13th" (released in 2009), Jason was played by Derek Mears. Jackie Earle Haley played Freddy in the 2010 reboot of "A Nightmare on Elm Street".

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Answer: William Blake

William Blake was an English poet who lived from 1757 to 1827. In the movie, an Indian named Nobody meets Blake and thinks that he's actually William Blake the poet...who has been dead for years. Nobody then tries to take Blake on a vision quest to return him to the land of the dead. Depp's character has no idea who the poet William Blake is.

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Answer: Lionel Barrymore

The film has an epic feel with the grandeur of the Romanov court. Lionel Barrymore's interpretation of Rasputin as evil, manipulative, and immoral are just how historians have painted him. Filmed in the pre-code era, some scenes are more explicit than expected.

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