Masterful Movies with Titles in the Title Quiz

Answer: President Merkin Muffley

The film holds an 98% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an excellent average rating of 9.1/10. It was nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Adapted Screenplay. In his role as President, Sellers delivers one of the classic lines in cinema history.

The President, US national security leaders and the Soviet Ambassador are conferring about how to prevent a nuclear apocalypse and a scuffle breaks out between General Turgidson and the Soviet Ambassador. The president says emphatically, "Gentlemen. You can't fight in here.

This is the War Room!"

Answer: He has six fingers.

Count Rugen, a nobleman with a six-fingered right hand, asked Inigo's father, Domingo, to forge a sword to accommodate his unusual grip. Domingo worked on the sword for a year. When Rugen returned, he would not pay the agreed upon price so Domingo refused to sell him the sword. Rugen then killed Domingo. Inigo was just eleven years old. He witnessed the murder and challenged Rugen to a fight. Rugen spared his life and allowed him to keep the sword. Inigo then dreams of the day when he can meet the six-fingered man again and say, "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

Rob Reiner had been enamored with Goldman's book ever since it was given to him as a gift by his father, Carl Reiner. He decided he wanted to make the film adaptation after successfully demonstrating his filmmaking skill with "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984). The film was a modest box office success but became very popular on the home video market. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 98% approval rating with an average rating of 8.5/10.

Christopher Guest plays Count Tyrone Rugen, the six-fingered man.
Wallace Shawn plays Vizzini, the small Sicilian.
Andre the Giant plays Fezzik, the giant.
Peter Cook plays The Impressive Clergyman with the speech impediment, especially regarding "Mawage".

Answer: Ship hijacking

The film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips, an American merchant mariner, who was taken hostage by Somali pirates during the 2009 container ship, Maersk Alabama, hijacking. The screenplay is based on the 2010 book "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea", which Phillips co-wrote. Alongside Hanks, Barkhad Abdi stars as pirate leader Abduwali Muse.

The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Abdi.

Answer: Bogart's character's boat

The film was adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester and was directed by John Huston. Hepburn's character, Rose Sayer, and her brother are British missionaries in German East Africa in 1914. Their supplies are delivered via a small steamboat named the African Queen, helmed by Bogart's coarse character, Charlie Allnut.

When the war breaks out, Rose has to flee with Allnut in the boat. Bogart won his only Oscar for his portrayal. The film was ranked in the top 100 of all time by the American Film Institute on both their 1998 and 2007 surveys.

Answer: The site of the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters

The Watergate complex is a group of six residential and office buildings in Washington, D.C. On June 17, 1972, a security guard at the complex found the bolt of a door taped over to prevent it from locking. He called the police who discovered and arrested five burglars in the Democratic National Committee headquarters within the complex. The reporters found connections between the burglary and President Nixon's re-election committee opening the scandal.

The film has an excellent cast led by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, starring as Woodward and Bernstein respectively. Redford himself bought the rights to make "All the President's Men" into a film and was involved in the screenwriting and casting. The film was nominated for eight Oscars and won four.

Answer: Peter Jackson

Jackson came into mainstream prominence in the film industry when he shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for "Heavenly Creatures" (1994). He acquired the rights to film J.R.R. Tolkien's classic in 1997 after meeting with producer Saul Zaentz who owned the worldwide film, stage, and merchandise rights.

The series received numerous accolades and won 17 Academy Awards out of 30 total nominations including Best Picture and Best Director for "The Return of the King" (2003).

Answer: Jack Aubrey

The film is an epic period war-drama directed, co-written and co-produced by Peter Weir. The film's plot and characters are adapted from several novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series which includes 20 completed novels covering Jack Aubrey's naval career during the Napoleonic Wars.

The film also stars Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin, the ship's surgeon, natural philosopher and intelligence agent. It was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Answer: William Hurt

The film is based on Dr. Edward Rosenbaum's memoir "A Taste Of My Own Medicine" (1988). The film also stars Christine Lahti, Mandy Patinkin and Elizabeth Perkins. Hurt was one of the most successful actors of his time. His leading roles in a series of critically acclaimed films resulted in three consecutive nominations for the Oscar for Best Actor: "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1985) (for which he won), "Children of a Lesser God" (1986) and "Broadcast News" (1987).

Answer: The Forbidden City, Beijing

The film is about Puyi, the final Emperor of China, adapted from his 1964 autobiography. It depicts his life from his ascent to the throne as a small boy to his imprisonment and "political rehabilitation" by the Communist Party. It was the first Western feature film approved by the People's Republic of China to film in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

The Forbidden City was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries. It now houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection of items originating from the former imperial collection.

The film won all nine Oscars it was nominated for including Best Picture and Best Director for Bernardo Bertolucci.

Answer: Geoffrey Rush

Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, in order to overcome his stammer, works with speech therapist Lionel Logue. The screenplay was written by David Seidler who read about George VI's life after learning to manage his own stuttering condition.

The film received 12 Oscar nominations including Best Supporting Actor for Rush and it won four including Best Picture. Rush gained prominence for his role in "Shine" (1996) for which he earned the Academy Award for Best Actor. He also had Oscar-nominated roles in "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) and "Quills" (2000).