10 Degrees of Kurt Russell Online Quiz | Movie Mixture

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1. In the mid-1990s, Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner played the same character in separate films. Which character did both Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner play?

Answer: Wyatt Earp

Kurt Russell played Wyatt Earp in 1993's "Tombstone", which focused on the Earp brothers' battle with the Cowboys, and the ensuing gunfight at the OK Corral. The movie also starred Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, and Dana Delany. "Wyatt Earp" (1994) was a detailed telling of Earp's life, which starred Dennis Quaid and Gene Hackman in addition to Kevin Costner in the title role. Russell and Costner later starred together in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2001), where they both dressed as Elvis Presley to rob a casino.

2. Kevin Costner starred in "The Upside of Anger" (2005) (with Joan Allen), as well as in "For Love of the Game" (1999). What sport did his characters in both films have in common?

Answer: baseball

In "The Upside of Anger", Denny (Costner) was a former baseball player who hosted a radio show. He and his neighbor, Terry (Joan Allen), became close after her husband left her. "For Love of the Game" had Billy Chapel (Costner) pitching his final game for the Detroit Tigers, while he reflected on his other great love, a woman who was no longer in his life. Two other baseball-themed movies which starred Costner are "Bull Durham" (1988) and "Field of Dreams" (1989).

3. Joan Allen played Elena Hood in "The Ice Storm" (1997). The actor who played her husband Ben, also played Henry Squires, the husband of Bonnie Bedelia's character, in "Violets are Blue..." (1986). Which actor was it?

Answer: Kevin Kline

"The Ice Storm" took a look at two unhappy couples in the mid-1970s. Ben (Kline) was having an affair with their neighbor, Janey, while his unhappy wife Elena longed for times gone by. In "Violets are Blue...", Henry (Kline) and his high-school girlfriend Gussie (Sissy Spacek) rekindled their love when she returned to their hometown after many years, putting his marriage to Ruth (Bonnie Bedelia) in jeopardy.

4. Bonnie Bedelia played John McClane's wife in the series of "Die Hard" films. What was her character's name?

Answer: Holly

In "Die Hard" (1988), John McClane's (Bruce Willis) estranged wife Holly was the reason he was at Nakatomi in the first place. He was visiting his family for Christmas and met Holly at her office. In the midst of the office Christmas party, Hans Gruber and his men took everyone hostage. Having reconciled, John was meeting Holly's plane at Washington's Dulles Airport in "Die Hard 2" (1990). Before her plane could land, a group of mercenaries took control of the airport, preventing all planes from landing until they achieved their goal. With Holly's plane running out of fuel, John sprang into action to get the bad guys.

In "Die Hard: With a Vengeance" (1995), Holly and John were apparently having problems again, and she was only mentioned several times when John kept trying to phone her.

5. Bruce Willis played an oil driller who was hired, along with his crew, to fly into space to save the Earth from an approaching asteroid. The commander of the space shuttle which accomplished this mission was played by William Fichtner. Which movie was this?

Answer: Armageddon

With only a short time to fly to the asteroid and perform their task, NASA sent two space shuttles. One crash landed, but the one with Harry (Bruce Willis) on it managed to land safely after overshooting its landing site. Its safe landing was undoubtedly due to the skill of its pilot, Col. William Sharpe (William Fichtner). "Armageddon" (1998) also starred Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler and Billy Bob Thornton.

6. As Dr. Kent Clark in "Contact" (1997), William Fichtner shared no screen time with David Morse, but did work with Ellie, the daughter of Morse's character, on the SETI project. What disability did Kent have?

Answer: blindness

Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) made radio astronomy her career after having been introduced to it as a child by her father, Ted (Morse). She and Kent were on the same research team working at the VLA in New Mexico when a signal from space was received. Kent's keen hearing helped pick out some of the embedded signals. I loved his comment to Michael Kitz, the National Security Advisor, when Kitz came to the VLA, "Nice to smell you again, Mr. Kitz", after which he commented on Kitz's choice of Polo cologne.

7. David Morse played the husband of Bonnie Hunt's character in "The Green Mile" (1999).

Answer: False

David Morse played "Brutal" Howell, one of the guards who worked the Green Mile with Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) at a Louisiana prison in the 1930s. Bonnie Hunt played Jan Edgecomb, the wife of Paul. Paul and the other guards (all except Percy) faced a dilemma when an innocent man who had healing powers arrived on death row.

8. In "Jerry Maguire" (1996), Laurel (Bonnie Hunt) became the sister-in-law of Jerry (Tom Cruise) when he married her sister, Dorothy. Bonnie and Tom also appeared together in "Rain Man" (1988). What was the profession of Bonnie's character in "Rain Man"?

Answer: waitress

Shortly after Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) left Walbrook with Raymond, they were at a diner for breakfast. Ray, who had read the phonebook the previous night, saw the nametag of their waitress (Sally Dibbs, played by Bonnie Hunt) and recited her phone number. When they were leaving, Sally dropped a box of toothpicks, and Ray knew exactly how many were on the floor.

9. Tom Cruise played a character with the same name as what 1994 Mel Gibson movie?

Answer: Maverick

Tom Cruise played the character of Maverick, whose real name was Pete Mitchell, in "Top Gun" (1986). Maverick learned a few things about himself when he attended an elite fighter pilot school for naval aviators. Mel Gibson played the title character, Bret Maverick, in "Maverick".

This Maverick was on his way to a high-stakes poker game, but still needed to collect a portion of the entrance fee. His efforts were complicated by a young lady also trying to obtain enough money for the game, as well as by a nosy lawman.

10. Mac (Mel Gibson) was a drug dealer who had supposedly retired from the business. His good friend Nick (Kurt Russell) was a cop who wanted Mac to go straight, but at the same time wanted to catch the drug kingpin he thought Mac was going to be making a deal with. Which movie was this?

Answer: Tequila Sunrise

Both men had to make choices between their friendship and getting what they really wanted. To complicate matters, both men fell in love with Jo Ann (Michelle Pfeiffer), the owner of a local restaurant. Raul Julia played Carlos, the friend of Mac's who was also the drug kingpin Nick wanted to capture.

Source: Author Polaris101

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