Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 68 Trivia Quiz

Answer: to breed with Martian women

There had been some sort of cataclysmic battle of the sexes on Mars and almost all of the men had been wiped out. There was a real likelihood that the Martian race would become extinct were it not for the infusion of new bloodlines from Earth. Without sufficient offspring, Nyah's civilisation will surely die. Thus the women of Mars require Earth males as breeding stock.

Answer: Attack of the Hungry Beast

In "Man Beast" (1956), the monster is half man and half abominable snowman. In "Night of the Blood Beast" (1958), a space alien plants its eggs in the body of an astronaut returning from space. In "War of the Colossal Beast" (1958), the monster is a US Army officer whose exposure to radiation makes him grow to be fifty feet tall.

In the 1986 motion picture "TerrorVision," a "hungry beast" is a mutated household pet that trails slime and has tentacles. There was a song called "Attack of the Beast" recorded by Vampire Sound Effects in 2013.

There does not appear to have been a film called "Attack of the Hungry Beast."

Answer: a giant aquatic reptilian

Arising from a remote lake in an unexplored and secluded part of Japan, an enormous reptilian creature emerges. In the Japanese version of the film, the monster is upset because outsiders have invaded his valley. In the American version, the monster is angered by U.S. military efforts to desalinate the lake in which it resides. According to legend, it has lived there for millions of years. According to Dr. Sugimoto in Tokyo, it is a Varanopode, which species was alive during the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods.

The scientists nickname the beast "Varan."

Answer: Rex Reason

Cal Meacham was a tall, handsome, very bright engineer, who could pilot jet aircraft and romance beautiful ladies. He was played in "This Island Earth" by tall, handsome Rex Reason. It is unknown whether Reason could actually fly an airplane. He had other roles in a variety of motion pictures and television programmes.

Answer: in the Ministry of Truth

Smith worked in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth. It was his job to alter history by taking out those people and events not favoured by the Party and inserting information which made Big Brother and the Party look strong, wise, and invincible.

Answer: Yes, it was remade at least twice.

"Not of This Earth" was coupled with another Roger Corman film, "Attack of the Crab Monsters" (1957) and did remarkably well at the box-office, recouping four times what it cost to make it in the first week. Corman was so enamoured of this film (or the idea behind it) that he produced a remake directed by Jim Wynorski in 1988 and another directed by Terence H. Winkless in 1995. Both retained the original title "Not of This Earth."

Answer: 104 years old

This film is set in Paris, France, in 1890. A well-known and well-respected medical doctor and sculptor, Dr. Georges Bonnet, played by Anton Diffring, appears to be in his middle thirties but is, in fact, 104 years of age, due to a rejuvenation procedure discovered by himself and his colleague Prof. Ludwig Weiss.

Answer: acting

Sir Christopher Lee CBE (1922-2015) was an actor of remarkable versatility. He played Count Dracula in nine films, seven of them for Hammer Productions, often in tandem with his friend and fellow actor Peter Cushing. He portrayed bad-guy Francisco Scaramanga opposite James Bond in "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974). He was Count Dooku in a number of Star Wars movies (2002-2008). He played Saruman four times in the "Lord of the Rings" franchise.

Other relevant Lee films include "The Mummy" (1959), "Uncle Was a Vampire" (1959), "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" (1960), "The Gorgon" (1964), "The Skull" (1965), "Theatre of Death" (1967), "The Oblong Box" (1969), "I, Monster" (1971), "Horror Express" (1972), "The Creeping Flesh" (1973), and "The Wicker Man" (1973). He was knighted in 2009. See Lee's autobiography, "Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee" (London: Orion Publishing Group, 2003).

Answer: the 13th moon of Jupiter

Astronomers discover the thirteenth moon of Jupiter and further discover that it has an earthlike atmosphere. A joint American-British expedition sets out to explore this moon. This motion picture was made in 1956. The actual thirteenth moon of Jupiter (Leda/Jupiter XIII) was discovered in 1974 by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory.

Answer: The Daleks in "Doctor Who"

There are many similarities between Gog and Magog's design and the appearance of the Daleks on "Doctor Who." They both move via treads and rollers rather than on artificial legs. They are both shaped a bit like a tin of vegetables. They both have grabber-arms which are remarkably strong; they both have flame-thrower arms which are remarkably deadly. Gog and Magog predate the Daleks so there can be no question of who may have influenced whom.