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  10 Questions on The Aviator   popular trivia quiz  
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Martin Scorsese's 2004 movie about Howard Hughes starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly and Alan Alda.
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  What do you know about The Aviator?    
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Howard Hughes had a huge impact on aviation. This is a quiz about the 2004 Oscar winning movie, directed by Martin Scorsese.
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  The Aviator Multiple Choice Quiz    
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Hey this is one of my four favorite movies! So here is one for die-hard fans like myself. This is my first quiz.
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Howard hires a meteorologist to help him find some clouds. In what city do they finally find some clouds, after an eight month wait?

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The Aviator Trivia Questions
1. What is NOT a disease Howard's mother mentions at the beginning of the movie?

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Answer: Lyme disease

This happens when Howard is getting a bath in the opening scene. His mother is paranoid about all the diseases in Houston, which helps to stimulate Howard's OCD and is the reason he refuses to return to Houston to run his company. During this scene, Howard is asked to spell "quarantine", which he does, and then spells the word various times throughout the movie during his breakdown. He also actually quarantines himself in a theater after his meeting with Senator Brewster.

2. What actor stars as Howard Hughes?

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Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Leo DiCaprio portrays Howard Hughes from the 1920s to the 1940s. Leo was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Best Actor award for this role.

3. What caused a notable delay in Howard's filming of "Hell's Angels"?

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Answer: lack of clouds

After viewing his aerial footage, Howard realized that there was no point of reference to show how fast the airplanes were flying. He decided that there needed to be clouds in the background. Howard hired a meteorologist, Professor Fitz, to tell him where and when there would be clouds in the sky (ones which, in Howard's words, resembled giant breasts filled with milk).

4. When Howard hires a meteorologist to help him find clouds, what school does he get the meteorologist from?

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Answer: UCLA

Howard hires the meteoroligist to help him find clouds because he realizes that the planes in his movie, "Hell's Angels" look too slow without something standing still behind them. The meteorologist eventually finds clouds in Oakland, where they shoot the climax of the picture. Howard later claims that the meteorlogist "is in fact a mathemetician of some note" so his movie "The Outlaw" will be accepted by the film board.

5. Which character in the movie is played by John C. Reilly?

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Answer: Noah Dietrich

Howard hires Noah to be his second in command at Hughes Tools. He offers him the job at twice the salary of his previous job. Noah says 'I'll be working twice as hard'. Howard replies 'No you'll be working four times as hard, I got you at half price'.

6. Who attended the "Hell's Angels" premiere with Howard?

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Answer: Jean Harlow

"Hell's Angels" was Jean Harlow's breakout role. She attended the premiere with a very nervous Howard.

7. After Noah drives onto the set of Hell's Angels to tell Howard that his company in Houston is going bankrupt, wthat does the sign say on the gate that closes?

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Answer: War Postponed No Clouds

The filming of "Hell's Angles" is postponed because they need clouds to shoot the climax of the movie. Howard has a meteorologist working diligently to find him clouds, but he is losing a lot of movie time and hasn't done much for eight months. Noah is coming to tell him that he's losing way too much money and he should stop the production altogether.

8. In the first scene at the Coconut Grove, Howard asks L.B. Mayer if he can borrow two cameras to help film 'Hells Angels'. How many cameras does Howard already have?

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Answer: 24

LB turns him down saying 'We are not in the practice of helping the competition'. Howard needs the extra cameras to film his dogfight sequence. LB advises Howard to 'put your "oil" money in the bank, because if you continue making the movie the way you are, you're not going to have any money left and you're not going to find anyone who wants to see the movie'. The movie was a big success.

9. When Howard and Kate were at the Coconut Grove, what did Errol Flynn take off Howard's plate?

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Answer: pea

After Errol picked one of the perfectly laid-out peas from Howard's plate, germophobe Howard couldn't eat his meal. He and Kate left the club shortly after it happened.

10. Which playwright does Katharine Hepburn say she'll take Howard to see a show from?

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Answer: Ibsen

Howard and Katherine are playing golf. This is right after Howard misses the green on his stroke. He and Miss Hepburn are talking about his movies, and she asks if he likes the theater. When he replies negatively, she says she'll take him to see a play by Ibsen, "If the Republicans haven't outlawed him by now."

11. Howard hires a meteorologist to help him find some clouds. In what city do they finally find some clouds, after an eight month wait?

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Answer: Oakland

Howard needs clouds in the film, to better show how fast the planes are flying. He describes the kind of clouds he needs as being like 'breasts full of milk'.

12. Where did the Hughes' wealth come from?

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Answer: drill bits

Howard Hughes' father, Howard Sr., invented a drill bit for oil drilling, and founded Hughes Tool Company. Howard inherited the company at a young age and left Texas to produce movies. He corrected someone in the movie who assumed that, being from Texas, Howard's wealth came from oil.

13. Howard literally flies onto the beach where Katharine Hepburn is on location shooting a film. What does he invite her to do?

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Answer: Play golf

Cate Blanchett plays the role of Katharine Hepburn. She is amazing in the golf course scene as she talks nonstop! Cate won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.

14. What airline did Howard buy a controlling interest in?

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Answer: TWA

Howard had a controlling interest in TWA, whose rival, Pan Am, was run by Juan Trippe. Trippe controlled Senator Brewster, who was trying to get a bill passed that would give Pan Am full control of international air routes.

15. Howard crashes 2 planes in the movie. He crashes the first time in a field with what vegetables?

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Answer: Beets

When Howard goes home after the crash, Katharine thinks he is covered in blood. They laugh as he tells her he crashed in a beet field! Before the crash Howard sets an air speed record; at the time he had the fastest plane on the planet. The second time he crashed was into a house in Beverly Hills. He was badly injured.

16. Who was in the photographs which Howard tried to obtain from Roland Sweet?

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Answer: Kate and Spencer Tracy

Howard and Kate separated after she met and fell in love with Spencer Tracy. In order to protect Kate from a scandal, since Spencer Tracy was a married man, Howard tried to obtain the photos from Sweet by whatever means necessary. When Howard told Sweet to name his price, Sweet asked for shares of TWA.

17. In the middle of the night, Howard calls Noah to ask him to buy him some new suits. Which store does he finally settle on?

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Answer: Sears

After Kate leaves him, Howard burns every article of clothing that he owns. He calls Noah in the middle of the night and asks him to buy him light and dark suits. Howard can't make up his mind between Penny's or Woolworths and eventually says Penny's. When he asks Noah which store he decided on, Noah responds with Penny's and Howard says to make it Sears instead.

18. What legendary actress starred in Howard Hughes film 'The Outlaw'?

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Answer: Jane Russell

The motion picture association wanted to deny their seal of approval, due to the prominent mammaries of the character 'Rio'(Jane Russell). In a hilarious scene Howard proves that the cleavage shown in the movie is no more than other movies by actually measuring the cleavage shown in pictures!

19. Howard defended his film "The Outlaw" before the censorship board. What did the censors find objectionable in the film?

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Answer: cleavage

Howard appeared before Joseph Breen and the censors with his mammary expert (Professor Fitz, the meteorologist). He had enlarged photos showing the cleavage of Claudette Colbert, Rita Hayworth and others, from films which were approved by the board. Howard had Prof. Fitz use calipers to measure the amount of cleavage shown, to prove that the cleavage displayed by Jane Russell in "The Outlaw" was no more than in the other films.

20. What is the Hercules originally intended to do?

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Answer: Fly troops, machines, and other army equipment across the ocean

Howard begins to build the Hercules for the army, which is funding him. However, his constant breakdowns and crashing of the spy plane cause them to withdraw their funding. By the time Howard wakes up from his near fatal plane crash, the war is over and they don't need the Hercules. Howard decides to build the plane anyway, and nearly bankrupts himself.

21. What Actor plays Senator Ralph Owen Brewster?

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Answer: Alan Alda

Senator Brewster proposed a bill that would force a monopoly on international air travel. Howard Hughes opposed this. As a result, Senator Brewster had an FBI investigation done on Mr. Hughes. He was accused of stealing money from American taxpayers and bribery. Howard Hughes defended himself to great result in a committee hearing. The airline bill was defeated. This was much to the consternation of Juan Trippe (President of Pan Am) who was behind the whole thing.

22. After the FBI had been through Howard's house, Howard was a physical and emotional mess. Who came over and helped Howard get himself cleaned up?

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Answer: Ava

Howard panicked when the FBI came into his home and were "touching things". Afterwards, he was only staying in certain areas of his house, that he called "germ-free zones". Ava arrived at Howard's house and attempted to enter the study to get a drink. Howard tried to stop her, but she removed the string barriers and saw all of the used tissues everywhere. Despite Howard's warnings of the dangers in the room, Ava said she would take her chances. Ava shaved Howard and helped him dress.

23. Where does Howard say he'll fly Ava after the succesful flight of the Hercules?

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Answer: Paris

TWA is starting flights to Europe, and Howard says he'll be piloting the first one. He asks her if she'd like to go to Paris, and says he'll buy her anything she wants. She says he can buy her dinner. She says this earlier in the movie as well, and when they go out for dinner, one of Howard's other girlfriends smashes her car into theirs repeatedly out of jealousy.

24. Howard had relationships with many Hollywood actresses. What screen legend does he offer to fly to Paris?

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Answer: Ava Gardner

This was right after the maiden voyage of the Hercules, AKA Spruce Goose. Howard tells Ava that TWA is starting international flights and offers to pilot the trip himself and buy her anything she wants. She tells him "You can buy me dinner". The role of Ava Gardner is played by Kate Beckinsale.

25. What was the name of the large plane Howard spent years building (nicknamed the "Spruce Goose")?

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Answer: Hercules

Howard was building a huge plane for the military which could carry 750 passengers plus equipment.

26. Howard Hughes suffered from OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). One of the symptoms is saying things repeatedly. What did Leo DiCaprio repeat over and over at the end of the film?

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Answer: "The way of the future"

Each of the quotes above is said repeatedly at some point in the movie. We see the symptoms of OCD many times in the film. Howard washes his hands until they are bleeding, refuses to touch door knobs and locks himself up for days. OCD is a chemical imbalance of the brain. Howard's mother is also thought to have had the disorder. Leo Dicaprio actually spent time with an OCD sufferer to prepare for this role.

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