The Best DAYS at the Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell had her breakout role and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work in "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" (1989). She starred in several other films in the 1990s including "Green Card" (1990) and "Short Cuts" (1993). She has had mostly supporting roles since 2000 in movies such as the remake of "Footloose" (2011).
Andie MacDowell's role in "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" was actually written with Elizabeth McGovern in mind.
Gwyneth Paltrow was in an excellent ensemble cast with Murray in "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001).
Janeane Garofalo starred along side Murray in "Larger than Life" (1996).

Answer: Abbey Road

"A Hard Day's Night" was filmed with a budget of approximately $500,000 and was expected to just facilitate the exploitation of "Beatlemania" rather than be a significant film. Instead, by 1971 it had made an estimated $11 million worldwide, was groundbreaking for other similar media such as "The Monkees" television show and had a surprisingly positive critical response as evidenced by a 96% score on Metacritic. "Help!" (1965) and "Let It Be" (1970) were feature films while "Magical Mystery Tour" (1967) was a mostly unscripted television film.

Answer: Fred Rogers

Aimed at preschool children, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" ran from 1968 to 2001. Fred Rogers had started working in children's TV in 1953 and helped develop "The Children's Corner" (1955) and "Misterogers" (1963). Rogers was distantly related to Tom Hanks as his sixth cousin.
The "Captain Kangaroo" children's show ran from 1955 to 1984.
Buffalo Bob Smith was the host of the pioneering "Howdy Doody" from 1947-1960.
Roy Rogers was a cowboy entertainer who appeared in over 100 movies and "The Roy Rogers Show" on radio then in television from 1951-1957.

Answer: Jennifer Grey

Jennifer Grey's movie debut was in "Reckless" (1984) but her role in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" was her breakthrough part. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for "Dirty Dancing". She has appeared in several subsequent films and in television.
Karen Gorney starred in "Saturday Night Fever" (1977).
Jennifer Beals starred in "Flashdance" (1983).
Lori Singer starred in "Footloose" (1984).

Answer: Auto racing

More specifically, "Days of Thunder" is about NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Racing) competition. It includes appearances by several actual stock car drivers. Cruise and Kidman first met on the set of "Days of Thunder". They starred in two other movies together, "Far and Away" (1992) and "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999).

Answer: Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington's first Academy Award was for Best Supporting Actor in "Glory" (1989). He had a great run of starring roles in the 90s including in "Malcolm X" (1992), "Philadelphia" (1993), "Crimson Tide" (1995) and "The Hurricane" (1999).
Will Smith, Sean Penn and Russell Crowe were all nominated for Best Actor in 2001. Will Smith was nominated for "Ali" and won for "King Richard" (2022). Sean Penn was nominated for "I Am Sam" and won for "Milk" (2009). Russell Crowe was nominated for "A Beautiful Mind" and won for "Gladiator" (2000).

Answer: The Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers - Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Gummo, and Zeppo - were a highly successful comedy team who started in vaudeville, went to Broadway and then made 14 feature films. Five of their films were selected by the American Film Institute as being in the top 100 comedy films of all time ("AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs"). "A Day at the Races" includes Groucho, Chico and Harpo. It was the Marx Brothers' seventh film and was rated #59 in the aforementioned AFI ranking.
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made 106 films (27 full length with sound) from 1921 to 1951.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello made 36 movies from 1940 to 1956.
The Three Stooges made 24 feature films from 1930 to 1970 and a plethora of shorts.

Answer: Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman played President Thomas J. Whitmore. He also had starring roles in "While You Were Sleeping" (1995), "Lost Highway" (1997) and "Lake Placid" (1999).
Michael Douglas played President Andrew Shepherd in "The American President" (1995).
Kevin Kline played President William Harrison Mitchell in "Dave" (1993).
Jack Nicholson played President James Dale in "Mars Attacks!" (1996).

Answer: Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand's first film was the musical "Funny Girl" (1968) in which she had also starred on Broadway. She next starred in "Hello, Dolly!" (1969) and then in "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever". "On a Clear Day..." stars Yves Montand alongside Streisand. The story and lyrics were written by Alan Lerner (who had previously teamed with Frederick Loewe on several musicals) with music by Burton Lane and direction by Vincent Minnelli. A young budding star you may have heard of, named Jack Nicholson, had a small part.
Julie Andrews starred in several great musicals including "Mary Poppins" (1964) and "The Sound of Music" (1965).
Natalie Wood starred in "West Side Story" (1961).
Liza Minnelli starred in "Cabaret" (1972).

Answer: Robert Redford

(I guess you have to read the book to find out what happened on the other three days of the Condor.) Robert Redford had played the lead in "Barefoot in the Park" on Broadway before getting the role in the movie. Of course, his big breakout role was in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969).

He starred in some of the biggest hit movies in the 70s including "The Sting" (1973), "The Way We Were" (1973) and "All the President's Men" (1976). In addition to his outstanding acting career, he became a renowned director starting with "Ordinary People" (1980) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. Alan Arkin, Charles Grodin and Richard Dreyfuss also starred in Neil Simon movies: "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (1972), "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972) and "The Goodbye Girl" (1977) respectively.

Answer: Gort

In their "10 top 10" film survey of 2008, the American Film Institute ranked "The Day the Earth Stood Still" as the fifth best sci-fi movie of all time. The phrase "Klaatu barada nikto," which is a command to Gort, originated in the film. A remake of the film was released in 2008 starring Keanu Reeves. (The phrase was not changed to "Keanu barada nikto.")
Ro-Man is the notoriously silly robot played by a guy in an ape suit with a diving helmet in "Robot Monster" (1953).
Ash is the robot in "Alien" (1979).
Ilea is the robot in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979).

Answer: Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon starred in over sixty movies. His first leading role was in "It Should Happen to You" (1954) with Julie Holliday. He won his first Oscar, which was for Best Supporting Actor, in "Mister Roberts" (1955). He won the Best Actor award for his performance in "Save the Tiger" (1973). He and Remick received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress for "Days of Wine and Roses".
Walter Matthau starred opposite Lemmon in "The Odd Couple" as Oscar Madison.
Jack Klugman was in "Days of Wine and Roses" and played Oscar Madison in the TV version of "The Odd Couple".
Tony Curtis starred with Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot" (1959).

Answer: David Niven

In addition to Niven, Shirley MacLaine and Cantinflas (the most famous Latin-American comedian at the time) numerous celebrities made cameo appearances in the film.
David Niven began his professional life as a commissioned officer in the British Army. He gained an interest in acting and began starring in films in the late 1930s including "Wuthering Heights" (1939). He rejoined the British Army at the outbreak of World War II. After the war, he resumed his acting career with great success appearing in more than 60 films. He played James Bond in "Casino Royale" (1967) which was a spoof rather than a serious spy movie.
Peter Sellers also starred in "Casino Royale" (1967).
William Holden also appeared in "Casino Royale" (1967) and was a popular leading man, especially in the 1950s, in movies such as "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Sabrina" (1954), "Picnic" (1955) and "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957).
Sean Connery played James Bond in seven movies starting in 1962.
In 2004, a remake of the movie was released starring Jackie Chan but it bears little resemblance to the original story.

Answer: Climate catastrophe

"The Day After Tomorrow" stars Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, and Ian Holm. It is based on the book "The Coming Global Superstorm" (1999) by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber in which catastrophic climate change results in a new ice age. It was quite successful at the box office as the sixth-highest grossing film of 2004.

Answer: Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson's first widely seen movie appearance was in Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V" (1989). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for "Howards End" and was nominated for the same award for "Remains of the Day" and "Sense and Sensibility".
Vanessa Redgrave and Helena Bonham Carter were part of the excellent ensemble cast in "Howards End".
Kate Winslet starred in "Sense and Sensibility" alongside Thompson.