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1. Zoe Saldana appears in "Avengers: Infinity War", a 2018 motion picture that features many super heroes from the Marvel Universe. Which character does she portray?

From Quiz Zoe Saldana--Common Link to 10 Films

Answer: Gamora

Zoe Saldana originally portrayed Gamora in "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014). The green-skinned Gamora is a skilled warrior and adopted daughter of Thanos. She appears in the film with several other characters from "Guardians of the Galaxy." "Avengers: Infinity War" was released in April 2018 and earned over $2 Billion within its first six months.

From Quiz Liev It to Schreiber

Answer: Scream

In the "Scream" movie franchise that debuted in 1996, Schreiber portrays Cotton Weary, a convicted killer. Cotton was convicted in the killing of Sidney Prescott's mother with whom he was having an affair. Sidney is still reeling from the murder when the first film begins but she must deal with the mysterious Ghostface murders that seem to be targeting Sidney and her friends and family on the anniversary of her mother's death. "Scream" also stars Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers, a reporter, and David Arquette as Dewey Riley, the police officer investigating the murders.

From Quiz The Movies of John Singleton

Answer: Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. played Tré Styles in the 1991 film "Boyz n the Hood". Gooding would go on to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Rod Tidwell in the 1995 film "Jerry Maguire".

From Quiz Jason Statham

Answer: Talker

As the movie opens, Bacon is gathering people together on the street to buy their "quality non-stolen" jewelry. The police show up and chase off Bacon and Eddy (Nick Moran) on foot. Four friends put their money together to get one of them (Eddy) into a card game with Harry the Hatchet (P.H. Moriarty). A camera is planted to make sure that Harry beats whatever hand Eddy can come up with, when the stakes are at their highest. The four now have a week to pay off the money from the lost bet. Several characters are brought into the scheme of trying to raise the money, which include Big Chris (Vinnie Jones), JD (Sting) and Alan Ford as the narrator of the movie.

From Quiz Fabulous Films of Patrick Swayze

Answer: One Last Dance

A prestigious, New York dance studio owner met a tragic death and the building was doomed for destruction. Travis (Swayze) objected to the demolition and made an effort to save it. It meant he had to put his differences aside to ask for assistance from two of his former and feuding dance partners. The performance that ended their friendship and careers years ago, was the same that brought them back together again. Patrick's real-life wife, Lisa, wrote and directed "One Last Dance" (2003). She also performed next to her husband as his co-star.

From Quiz The Surreal World of Jan Svankmajer's Films

Answer: stop motion

With this technique, inanimate objects seem to come to life and move across the screen. The objects are manipulated slightly between frames and when the frames are projected consecutively, the objects appear to be moving. Svankmajer also uses puppets, clay and live action in his films.

From Quiz Streisand Movies

Answer: Professor

Her character, Rose, was an English Literature professor and Jeff Bridges' character, Gregory, was a Math professor...both at Columbia University.

From Quiz Omar Sharif's Movies

Answer: Yuri

'Doctor Zhivago' tells the story of the eponymous Yuri, who has his whole life disrupted first by World War I and then by the Russian Revolution. Yuri is married to a woman who is in love with him, but his poetry is inspired by another woman. Julie Christie played the part of Lara. Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson also starred in this epic movie.

From Quiz Peter Stormare

Answer: Armageddon

Swedish-born Peter Stormare plays Russian cosmonaut Lev Andropov. "Armageddon" stars Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler and Billy Bob Thornton.

From Quiz Barbara Stanwyck Movies

Answer: Bogart killed her

Bogart is fine as a man on the edge; Stanwyck has a nice turn, too. He tries to kill her, but ...

From Quiz Alan Smithee Films

Answer: Dennis Hopper

Hopper also starred in the movie opposite Jodie Foster. 1991 saw the release of a director's cut, which (I would hope) Hopper was much happier with.

From Quiz PJ Soles

Answer: Boy in the Plastic Bubble

Her first co-star with Travolta.

From Quiz Triv's Favorite Actors of the 2010s: Will Smith

Answer: After Earth

"After Earth" was directed by M. Night Shyamalan and it told the story of Cypher Raige (Will Smith) and Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) as they try to settle on Nova Prime 1000 years after Earth has become uninhabitable. A battle ensues with an alien race known as S'Krell and they are forced to leave the planet.

From Quiz Zoe Saldana--Common Link to 10 Films

Answer: A graphic novel

The limited series of comic books began in 2008. Writer Joe Kelly and artist J. M. Ken Nimura created "I Kill Giants". In the film, Mrs. Molle attempts to help Barbara, a teenaged girl for whom real life and fantasy bleed into each other.

From Quiz Liev It to Schreiber

Answer: Kate & Leopold

In "Kate & Leopold", Hugh Jackman plays Leopold, Duke of Albany. Leopold is a 19th-century aristocrat who is obsessed with unusual inventions and science experiments. He meets Stuart Besser, played by Liev Schreiber, who is also a scientist. Besser is a time traveler and Leopold accidentally sends himself to present-day New York City. In the present, he falls in love with Meg Ryan's Kate who is a former lover of Besser's.

From Quiz The Movies of John Singleton

Answer: Poetic Justice

"Poetic Justice" was a 1993 film directed by John Singleton and starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur. Jackson played a young woman named Justice who recited poetry throughout the movie. Tupac Shakur played Lucky, a local male who befriended Justice after her boyfriend died.

From Quiz Jason Statham

Answer: Named after an airline plane crash that involved his parents

The 2000 movie, "Snatch" was written and directed buy Guy Ritchie. It centers around Turkish (Jason Statham), a valuable diamond and fixed boxing matches. The parents of Turkish named him after an airline that has crashed. This is narrated by Turkish as the first lines in the movie as he introduces the audience to some of the cast. Also starring in the movie is Brad Pitt as a "Pikey" boxer. Turkish gets involved with the Pikeys (Irish Gypsies) when he and Tommy (Stephen Graham) go to purchase a caravan from them. Also involved with the boxing match fixes and trying to aqcuire the diamond are Bricktop (Alan Ford), 'Cousin' Avi Denovitz (Dennis Farina) and Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones).

From Quiz Fabulous Films of Patrick Swayze

Answer: Black Dog

After driving on an all-night run, Jack Crews (Swayze) fell asleep at the wheel behind his big rig. After a horrendous accident, he was indicted and sentenced to serve a two-year prison term. After an order of dismissal, the ex-convict took a mechanic job working on 18-wheelers. However, overdue bills mounted up to more than his paycheck brought in. To add insult to injury, his license were revoked and he was not allowed to drive. Jack was approached by Red (Meat Loaf) and was offered a very pricey deal. Reluctantly, Jack accepted his offer to deliver goods from Georgia to New Jersey. Although Jack was not thrilled with the idea, Red paired him with a want-a-be, country singer (Travis). When the journey from the south began, so did the unpredictable action. Orders had already been given to hijack the load of illegal AK-47 weapons. When the raid became ineffective for Red's crew, an extended pursuit of various vehicles was mounted in an attempt to stop Jack. When Red realized his plan was not working, he had his men take Jack's wife and daughter hostage. At the conclusion of "Black Dog" (1998), Jack was reunited with his family, his mortgage had been paid off and he got his license back.

From Quiz The Surreal World of Jan Svankmajer's Films

Answer: The Last Trick

Svankmajer uses life-size marionettes to represent the magicians, Mr Edgar and Mr Scharzenwald. Both of the characters have hollow heads which reveal their innermost thoughts and a live beetle.

From Quiz Omar Sharif's Movies

Answer: Peter O'Toole

'Lawrence of Arabia' was directed by David Lean. The movie tells the story of a young British lieutenant who was offered a job in Arabia. He was to work as an observer with Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), the leader of a tribal army. It was hoped that he would be able to help the various Arab factions to unite against the Ottomans of Turkey. Sharif's character was the friend of Lawrence. This was Sharif's first English language movie.

From Quiz Peter Stormare

Answer: Fargo

Peter Stormare and Steve Buscemi have been in four movies together: "Fargo", "The Big Lebowski", "Armageddon" and "13 Moons".

From Quiz Barbara Stanwyck Movies

Answer: Train accident

This is probably one of her best movies. Again, we have a good job by Stanwyck and by her leading man, Fred MacMurray.

From Quiz PJ Soles

Answer: Carrie

Her second co-star with Travolta.

From Quiz Zoe Saldana--Common Link to 10 Films

Answer: Mr. Spock

The relationship of Uhura and Spock (portrayed by Zachary Quinto) had previously been explored in "Star Trek" (2009) and "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013). The relationship ends peacefully enough though there is some tension between them during the film. The character of Uhura was originally portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in the 1960s "Star Trek" television series.

From Quiz Liev It to Schreiber

Answer: Secretly lives, happily ever after, under the mayor's house

Under the rule of a mayor who believes that dogs, infected by a variant of the flu, could be dangerous to humans, Spots and the other dogs of the city are exiled to Trash Isle. Even after a cure for the flu is found, however, the mayor refuses to let the dogs return and, in fact, plans to exterminate them. In a final fight against a robotic dog, it looks as if both Spots and his human owner, Atari Kobayashi (Koyu Rankin) are lethally injured, but ultimately both survive into a better future. Wes Anderson received a Best Director award at the 2018 Berlinale for his work on "Isle of Dogs" and the film was a reasonable commercial success, grossing over U.S. $60 million.

From Quiz The Movies of John Singleton

Answer: Columbus University

"Higher Learning" was a 1995 drama film directed by John Singleton. This film was about the struggles of three college freshman, played by Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson and Michael Rapaport, at the fictional Columbus University. Columbus University had a diverse population of students with most students usually socializing only with other students of the same race or gender. Tensions between the student ethnic groups flared throughout the movie. And the end of the movie, one of the students shot and killed three other students from the school's tower at a student organized peace rally.

From Quiz Jason Statham

Answer: They add one extra person which created more weight.

Frank Martin is a person who will move product from one place to another in the 2002 movie "The Transporter". As long as his rules are not broken everthing will go fine. Once the terms of the deal are set between Martin and the client, they cannot be changed. His clients of the bank robbery agree on three passengers but show up with four at the getaway car. Martin breaks one of his own rules by looking at the cargo he is carrying, which turns out to be Lai (Qi Shu). He then has to confront Wallstreet (Matt Schulze), who is the one who has Lai be the object of his first transport.

From Quiz Fabulous Films of Patrick Swayze

Answer: Point Break

Patrick played the character of the hard-core crime leader, Bodhi in "Point Break" (1991). For their illegal escapades, Bodhi and three of his surfer friends wore rubber masks that imitated ex-Presidents. Keanu Reeves played FBI agent, Johnny Utah, who went undercover and was enthralled with Bodhi. After much searching, Utah traveled to where he knew he could apprehend his man. Bodhi had stated that he would not miss the storm of the century and the sheer adrenaline rush of it. At the conclusion, Utah simply let him go to ride the surf, but knew he would never return.

From Quiz The Surreal World of Jan Svankmajer's Films

Answer: Bach

Bach was an eighteenth century German composer who wrote numerous works for the choir, orchestra and solo instruments. Although Svankmajer has never claimed to be a political activist, living under Communism in Czechoslovakia evidently had some influence on his work, and this film uses the haunting music of Bach to great effect.

From Quiz Streisand Movies

Answer: Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner was recently in another film with Barbra, "Meet the Fockers". Like Barbra, she has had a distinguished career on stage, in film and on television. Kate Nelligan played his mother. Melinda Dillon played his sister.

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