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2 Smoke Signals quizzes and 20 Smoke Signals trivia questions.
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  'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia    
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Some fun facts from the fun movie...directed by Chris Eyre and based on a screenplay by Sherman Alexie...
Average, 10 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Jun 27 02
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  The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'   popular trivia quiz  
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This quiz will concentrate on the characters and actors who appear in the film 'Smoke Signals', the first film whose writer, director and co-producer were all Native Americans.
Average, 10 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Jun 27 02
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Smoke Signals Trivia Questions
1. One of the two main characters, Victor, shares his last name with a famous Indian chief. What is this last name?

From Quiz The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'

Answer: Joseph

Chief Joseph was a famous member of the Nez Pierce tribe. Victor Joseph, portrayed by Adam Beach and one of our two protagonists, is a member of the Coeur d'Alene Indian tribe.

2. What is unusual about the car driven by Velma and Lucy?

From Quiz 'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia

Answer: It only goes in reverse

Velma and Lucy meet Victor and Thomas as they walk toward town to catch the bus to Arizona. There is never an explanation as to why the car is 'broken'. Maybe it really isn't broken and they're just having fun?

3. Thomas, our other hero, is a nerdy but very creative fellow who loves to spin a good tale. What is his interesting last name?

From Quiz The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'

Answer: Builds-the-Fire

Thomas (Evan Adams) loves to tell stories about Victor's dad, Denny's, fry bread, hippies, and anything else that is sure to tickle your fancy. It's rather ironic that his last name is 'Builds-the-Fire' if you consider that his parents met their death in one...

4. Who ruined the Olympic chances of Cathy, the gymnast that Thomas and Victor meet on the bus?

From Quiz 'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia

Answer: Jimmy Carter

Her big chance was to come in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, but the American Olympic boycott announced by Jimmy Carter kept her home. Victor poo-poos this argument by reminding her that she was an alternate on the Olympic team and would never have gone to Moscow anyway.

5. Who makes the world's best fry bread, according to Victor?

From Quiz The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'

Answer: Victor's mom

"Ain't no one's fry bread better than mom's," Victor exclaims. And you know, he's probably right!

6. What is written on Thomas's 'superman' shirt that he wears on the bus?

From Quiz 'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia

Answer: Frybread Power

Frybread is a big theme in this film for some reason! 'Super Injun' is the derogatory term that the cowboy fellow uses on the bus after having stolen Victor's and Thomas's seats.

7. Name the actress who portrays Victor's mother in 'Smoke Signals'.

From Quiz The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'

Answer: Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal is a very recognizable actress, perhaps best known for playing Black Shawl, wife of Kicking Bird, in 'Dances with Wolves'. Incidentally, I stole the other actress's names from that film as well...it is only now that I realize how male-centric that film was!

8. This lyrical phrase is referring to whose teeth: "Are they false, are they real, are they plastic, are they steel"?

From Quiz 'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia

Answer: John Wayne

Victor and Thomas sing about John Wayne's teeth on the bus after discussing the curious fact that you never can see his teeth in any of the movies in which he acted.

9. Thomas and Victor were heading to which city in order to pick up Victor's father's remains?

From Quiz 'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia

Answer: Phoenix

Victor's father Arnold left him and his mother when Victor was still a boy, and never came back again. He settled in a desert backwater outside of Phoenix, and lived in a trailer essentially in the middle of nowhere.

10. Which amusing story does Thomas tell to Suzy Song while enjoying food and drink in her trailer?

From Quiz 'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia

Answer: Victor's mom and frybread

It was once said that Victor's mother, the queen of frybread making, was in a desperate situation at a powwow. It seems that 100 people arrived at the powwow and she had only made bread for 50. Miraculously, she was able to make the 50 pieces become 100...by tearing them in half! Another funny Thomas quote from earlier in that scene..."The only thing worse than Indians on TV is Indians watching Indians on TV!"

11. What is the name of the KREZ radio traffic reporter?

From Quiz The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'

Answer: Lester Falls-apart

Lester delivers some pretty good one-liners during the film...he must have a lot of time to think considering how little traffic flows through the res!

12. Victor and Thomas encounter an accident while on their way home from Arizona. What is the last name of the couple who are involved in this accident?

From Quiz The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'

Answer: Cicero

Burt and Penny Cicero are their names. Mr. Cicero tries to implicate Victor in the accident, claiming that he was at fault. However, Mrs. Cicero helps to exhonerate Victor and Thomas by calling her husband, "..and I quote, a complete a__hole, unquote."

13. Which well-known Hollywood actor makes a surprise appearance in 'Smoke Signals' as a sheriff in a small town of Arizona?

From Quiz The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'

Answer: Tom Skerritt

Some of you may notice that I picked only actors from the original M*A*S*H movie as choices...that was fun. Tom Skerritt must be a nice fellow to have agreed to appear in such a small role of a rather obscure film. Fortunately for him, and for the cast and creators, 'Smoke Signals' has found itself a healthy niche and a nice cult following over the past several years.

14. What creature does Thomas claim that Victor's father Arnold will become after his ashes are scattered?

From Quiz 'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia

Answer: A salmon

Thomas and Victor both make plans to scatter Arnold's ashes into the Spokane river, where he will 'rise like a salmon' according to Thomas! If you haven't seen this movie...please go and check it out...and thanks for playing!

15. Which character is scattered over the Spokane river at the end of the film?

From Quiz The Characters of 'Smoke Signals'

Answer: Arnold

The whole purpose of Thomas's and Victor's trip is to retrieve the remains of Victor's father, Arnold Joseph, who had recently died. The final scene in the film portrays Victor scattering his father's ashes into the river...really a beautifully done film I must say!

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