Hotels that Never Really Were, Suite B Quiz

Answer: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

A remarkable ensemble cast (Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Penelope Wilton) take lodging in a hotel somewhere in India and find love. The film was based on a 2004 novel, "These Foolish Things," by Deborah Moggach. There was a rather lovely sequel in 2014.

Answer: Heartbreak Hotel

Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1956 and it went on to become a breakthrough hit for him. The recording was backed up by The Blue Moon Boys, and by Chet Atkins on guitar and Floyd Cramer on piano. It was inspired by a newspaper story about a man who committed suicide by jumping out a hotel room window. Willie Nelson and Leon Russell revived the song with a duet recorded in 1979. "If your baby leaves you, and you got a tale to tell, just take a walk down lonely street to Heartbreak Hotel."

Answer: Haiti

In "The Comedians," Mister Brown returns to Port-au-Prince on the Medea, a Dutch ship, having failed to sell his hotel, the Hotel Trianon, in the United States. In the background, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his Tonton Macoute terrorize the country of Haiti. Author Greene often stayed at the Hotel Oloffson in central Port-au-Prince which formed the model for the Trianon. Papa Doc described Greene as "A liar, a cretin, a stool-pigeon... unbalanced, sadistic, perverted... a perfect ignoramus... lying to his heart's content... the shame of proud and noble England... a spy... a drug addict... a torturer." Greene responded that he could not recall torturing anyone.

Answer: Bosom Buddies

Two junior executives in advertising are expelled from their demolished apartment and must assume the identities of women (Buffy and Hildegarde) in order to live in an all-female apartment. Much gender-stereotype foolishness ensued. Edie Adams (the widow of Ernie Kovaks) played the hotel manager, Darlene, in the pilot; her character was replaced by Lucille Benson playing Lilly Sinclair in the series.

The show lasted two seasons, 27 November 1980 to 27 March 1982.

Answer: Miss Marple

Mrs. Christie's novel was set in a hotel which strove to preserve its Edwardian-Victorian charm. It may have been inspired by Brown's Hotel in London, where the author often stayed or perhaps by Fleming's in Mayfair. Miss Marple sorts kidnapping, robbery and murder. The novel has twice been adapted for television: by the BBC in 1987 and by ITV in 2007.

Answer: Amerigo, an island in the Caribbean

Wouk attempted comedy in "Don't Stop the Carnival" -- a story about an island originally possessed by Britain (called Kinja, a contraction of King George III Island) which became an American possession (called Amerigo) at the end of World War II. Norman Paperman, fully possessed by midlife crisis, leaves his job as a New York city press agent and buys the Gull Reef Club for $5000.

The story may be based on Wouk's experiences managing the Royal Mail Inn on Hassel Island in Charlotte Amalie Harbour in Saint Thomas in the 1960s.

The musical played for one month at the Cocoanut Grove Playhouse in Miami. Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Records then released a cast recording on disk.

Answer: Grand Hotel

Vicki Baum wrote the 1929 novel "Menschen im Hotel" which was adapted in 1930 into a stage play by William A. Drake, who also adapted it for film in 1932. It is set in a Berlin hotel. "Weekend at the Waldorf", a remake, was shot in 1945 and it was adapted as a stage musical in 1989.

The movie seems to be the only film ever to win the Oscar for Best Picture without so much as being nominated in any other category of the Academy Awards. The film is bookended by Doctor Otternschlag, a WWI invalid, observing "People coming, people going. Nothing ever happens." Naturally, a great deal happens in between.

The great Garbo plays Russian ballerina Grusinskaya, who famously wants to be alone.

Answer: Hotel Transylvania

The problem arises, in this 3D computer-animated comedy, when a human being arrives at the Hotel Transylvania, which breaks all the rules. Jonathan, an ordinary human guest, arrives and begins to fall for Dracula's 118-year-old daughter Mavis. The film draw on the vocal talents of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, and CeeLo Green. The film was so successful that a sequel ("Hotel Transylvania 2") was released in 2015. "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" was released on 13 July 2018.

Answer: The Honolulu Hotel

A hotel is a perfect place to situate a novel about lots of different interesting people coming and going. Theroux draws on his knowledge of Hawaii to sketch a long sequence of fascinating characters, connected in unexpected ways. The stories are touching, funny, ribald, disgusting, tragic, and hopeful, by turns. "Hotel Honolulu" is an engaging read, enhanced by Theroux's excellent command of the language and gift for an O.

Henry ending.

Answer: Hotel

It took Arthur Hailey almost three years to write his 1965 novel "Hotel" which was rather quickly turned into a motion picture in 1967. In 1983, Aaron Spelling turned it into a successful television series (which moved the hotel Saint Gregory from New Orleans to San Francisco).

At a time when independent classic hotels were being assimilated into huge hotel chains, "Hotel" is set against its owner's attempt to preserve the Saint Gregory from a take-over by the fictional O'Keefe chain.