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1. "The Great Waldo Pepper" is a pilot making a living as a barnstormer in the 1920s. Waldo didn't get his chance for greatness in WWI, even though he brags of dogfights he thinks he should've been in. He finds work in the flying circus, but eventually ends up in a Hollywood movie, filming a dogfight with the great WWI German ace Ernst Kessler. Who played Waldo Pepper?

Answer: Robert Redford

The movie was directed by George Roy Hill. Hill sometimes flew one of the planes while directing the close-up shots, which were all shot while airborne. Starring along with Robert Redford in this 1975 drama, were Bo Svenson, Geoffrey Lewis, Edward Herrman, Susan Sarandon, Margot Kidder and Bo Brundin.

2. Nick Carraway moves to Long Island and becomes involved with his neighbor, Jay's, attempts to win a woman who had rejected him years earlier. In order to impress this woman, Jay has concocted a past and amassed a fortune through dubious means. Which movie is being described?

Answer: The Great Gatsby

"The Great Gatsby", based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has been filmed three times. The 1926 version starred Warner Baxter, Lois Wilson and Neil Hamilton, the 1949 version starred Alan Ladd, Betty Field and Macdonald Carey, and the 1974 version starred Robert Redford, Mia Farrow and Sam Waterston.

3. Which of these "great" movies did NOT earn any Oscar nominations?

Answer: The Great Outdoors

"The Great Outdoors" was a comedy, starring John Candy and Dan Aykroyd, about a man hoping for a peaceful vacation with his family in the woods. "The Great Dictator" was Charlie Chaplin's satire of the Nazis. It was nominated for five Oscars in 1941, including Best Picture. "The Great Santini", about a gung-ho Marine who treats his children like recruits, earned two Oscar nominations in 1981, including Best Actor for Robert Duval. "The Great Ziegfeld", a biopic of famed stage producer Flo Ziegfeld, was nominated for seven Oscars in 1937, winning three of them including Best Picture.

4. Whose life is the subject of "The Greatest Story Ever Told"?

Answer: Jesus

Max von Sydow starred as Jesus in this 1965 movie from director George Stevens. The impressive cast includes Charlton Heston, Shelley Winters, Van Heflin, Jose Ferrer, Pat Boone, Martin Landau, Angela Lansbury, Sidney Poitier, David McCallum, Roddy McDowall, Claude Rains, Telly Savalas, Dorothy McGuire and Robert Loggia. The movie was nominated for five Oscar awards.

5. In "The Great Muppet Caper", what occupation do Kermit and Fozzie have?

Answer: Reporters

Reporters Kermit and Fozzie, along with photographer Gonzo, travel to London to report on the recent jewel theft from Lady Holiday. After the real thief frames Lady Holiday's secretary, Miss Piggy, Kermit and the rest of the muppets must clear her name. Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg and John Cleese starred in this 1981 comedy.

6. The actor who played Rudy Valentine in "The World's Greatest Lover", also wrote and directed the movie. Who was it?

Answer: Gene Wilder

Wilder played a baker in the 1920s who goes to Hollywood to enter a talent search for an actor to rival Rudolph Valentino. The movie also starred Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise and Carl Ballantine. Gene Wilder also produced the movie.

7. What is being raced in "The Great Race"?

Answer: Automobiles

"The Great Leslie" convinces automakers in the early 20th century that a race from New York to Paris (across the Bering Strait and through Russia) would help promote automobile sales. Leslie's rival, Professor Fate, vows to win the race in this 1965 comedy which features the largest pie fight ever staged. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk and Keenan Wynn starred in the movie, directed by Blake Edwards.

8. Ellie-Jo, a bank teller just let go from her job, is hitch-hiking out of town when she gets a ride from the woman who has just held up the bank where Ellie-Jo worked. The two women work their way toward Mexico, robbing banks along the way. Complete the name of the movie, "The Great Texas ____________ Chase".

Answer: Dynamite

Claudia Jennings and Jocelyn Jones played Candy and Ellie-Jo, the two women who rob banks using dynamite. This 1976 action movie was directed by Michael Pressman ("To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday") and also starred Johnny Crawford and Eric Boles.

9. Which of these movies starred Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow?

Answer: Great Expectations

Loosely based on the book by Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" is about a young boy who meets the niece of an eccentric and bitter woman. The boy, Finn, falls in love with the girl, Estella. Years later, Finn sees Estella in New York, where he is an artist.

He still loves her but she has become like her aunt, a woman with a disregard for the feelings of men. Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Chris Cooper and Hank Azaria also starred in "Great Expectations", from 1998.

10. In "The Great Escape", what war was involved?

Answer: WWII

"The Great Escape" takes place during WWII, when POW's at a German camp attempt an escape involving what they hope will be hundreds of men. The movie was based on actual events as detailed in the book written by Paul Brickhill, who was a POW at the actual camp and participated in escape preparations.

The 1963 movie starred Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, Charles Bronson and James Donald.

Source: Author Polaris101

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