Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 58 Trivia Quiz

Answer: the figurehead leader of Oceania

Of the three superpowers on the Earth, Oceania is run by the Party, the figurehead of which is Big Brother. He appears on television, on radio, in posters and elsewhere as the embodiment of the perfect government. Citizens refer to him affectionately as "B.B.".

Answer: The Vampire's Curse

"Blood of the Vampire" (1958) was written by Jimmy Sangster, the same screenwriter who wrote "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957) and "The Horror of Dracula" (1958) for Hammer Films. "Lust of the Vampire" (1957) was known in Italy as "I vampiri". It was made in Italy in Italian but is set in Paris, France. "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire" (1952) was also known as "Vampire Over London" and "My Son, the Vampire". It was a British horror-comedy.

There are three novellas in the 2008 "Dr. Who" inspired series "The Vampire Curse" by Mags L. Halliday, Kelly Hale, and Philip Purser-Hallard respectively. There are three books by J.R. Thorn bound together as "The Vampire Curse" (2019). There is a card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Universe called "The Vampire's Curse". There does not appear to have been a 1950s horror film titled "The Vampire's Curse".

Answer: a bloodthirsty extraterrestrial vegetable

One of the camp's dogs rips off the alien's arm. Doctor Carrington examines the arm and finds it to be made of chitin, animated but without nerves, and similar to a vegetable. They discover that it is nourished by dog's blood. The alien demonstrates that it possesses great intelligence. Newspaper reporter Scotty observes that it is a "super carrot".

Answer: Jeff Morrow

Exeter is a humanoid from Metaluna. His head is oddly shaped: the dome of his head and his forehead are enlarged, doubtless to accommodate his vastly superior brain. His skin looks sun-burned which accentuates his albino-white stringy hair. Jeff Morrow enjoyed success acting on stage, on television and in motion pictures.

Answer: a robot plane flying overhead

An enemy has designed an airplane made of fiberglass and therefore invisible to radar. It is radio controlled and computer operated. It flies over the research facility and beams instructions to NOVAC. A transceiver was secretly built into NOVAC during its construction in Switzerland. The robot plane sends ultra-high-frequency radio signals which, in turn, control Gog and Magog.

Answer: two

Sequels are normally made shortly after the initial motion picture in order to capitalize upon its familiarity and popularity. The first sequel to "The Killer Shrews" (1959) was made over fifty years after the original. James Best reprised his role as Captain Thorne Sherman in "Return of the Killer Shrews" (2012).

In it, he is hired by a reality TV production company to revisit the island on which he was attacked by giant shrews. (Spoiler: They're still there!) "Attack of the Killer Shrews" (2016) was a parody remake of the original film. Director-writer Ken Cosentino also has a cameo.

The shrew costumes are laugh-out-loud funny and that is intentional.

Answer: An airlock hatch was left wide open.

Upon landing on the surface of Mars, hatches were opened to permit egress. Upon preparation to blast off from the Martian surface, it was discovered that one of those airlocked hatches had been accidentally left open. This afforded the alien easy access to the ship's interior. As the crew is about to secure the hatch, a shadowy figure can be seen moving about a storage compartment.

Answer: acting

Anne Francis (1930-2011) played several historically-significant roles in movies and television. She played Altaira "Alta" Morbius in "Forbidden Planet" (1956) which was the first big-budget colour science-fiction motion picture made in the US. She played Honey West in the TV series "Honey West" (1965-1966) which shattered stereotypes of women in action-adventure dramas.

Other appearances include "The Rocket Man" (1954), "The Satan Bug" (1965), and the made-for-television movies "The Intruders" (1970), "Detour to Terror" (1980), and "Mazes and Monsters" (1982).

Her autobiography "Voices from Home: An Inner Journey" was published in 1982. A biography by Laura Wagner titled "Anne Francis: The Life and Career" was published in 2011.

Answer: Southern California

The alien transported to Earth in Southern California, probably because there were so many people living there that they would be an ample source of blood. The exteriors of this motion picture were shot in and around Hollywood.

Answer: Mars Needs Moms

In the motion picture "Mars Needs Moms" (2011), a nine-year-old has to rescue his mother from Martians who have kidnapped her to increase the numbers of moms on Mars. Berkeley Breathed wrote the book of the same title. It is, of course, females who are needed in the Disney picture as contrasted with the males needed in "Devil Girl from Mars".

There is also some comparison which can be made to the 1968 made-for-television film "Mars Needs Women" starring Disney actor Tommy Kirk.