Color Parade Trivia Quiz

Answer: Black Swan

Directed by Darren Aronofsky, this movie chronicled the disintegration of ballet dancer Nina while preparing to portray the lead in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake". The movie ending leaves Nina's future to the imagination of the viewer.

Several sources claim that Natalie Portman studied ballet for a year prior to the film and that approximately 75% of the ballet shots are actually her performing instead of a double.

Answer: A Clockwork Orange

Stanly Kubrick directed the film based very closely on the American release of the book by Anthony Burgess. The author's final work had three parts of seven chapters each. When published in the U.S., the last chapter was omitted. It's not until the final chapter that Alex has thoughts of relinquishing his life of crime and starting his own family.

Answer: Yellow Submarine

Searching for help to fight off the non-musical Blue Meanies, Old Fred takes the yellow submarine and collects the Beatles. They travel back to Pepperland through various seas and eventually bring music back after the defeat of the Blue Meanies.

The Beatles provided the music and were shot for the ending, but their voices were not used for the animated characters. This film was the third film for United Artists after "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help".

Answer: Green Lantern

Hal Jordan has been identified as the successor to Abin Sur's power ring and takes the oath to become a Green Lantern. He must save the earth from Parallax, who embodies the essence of fear.

The Green Lantern, a DC Comics superhero, first appeared in "All-American Comics #16" in 1940 as the character Alan Scott. Hall Jordan was introduced as the Green Lantern in "Showcase #22" in 1959.

Answer: Fifty Shades of Grey

Drawn to each other, Ana and Christian begin a relationship. The film was the focus of much controversy due to the portrayal of a BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism) relationship.

Answer: The Red Shoes

Julian composes the score for the "Ballet of the Red Shoes" and Vicky dances the lead role. But they have fallen in love and the ballet company impresario has designs on her himself.

The filmed ballet used 53 dancers and took approximately 15 minutes. The film story was based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale of the same name.

Answer: Purple Rain

Dealing with an abusive home life, the Kid (played by Prince) struggles to find his way as a musician.

The characters, except for Prince and his parents, all have the same name as the actor/actress that portrays them.

Answer: Goldeneye

MI6 agent Alec Trevelyan fakes his own death and creates a crime syndicate. The intent is to use GoldenEye satellites created by the Soviets as electromagnetic weapons to create a global financial crisis.

This story was written by Michael France, and the satellite name came from Fleming's Jamaican estate, Goldeneye.

Answer: The Blue Lagoon

After a shipwreck, the two children are stranded with the galley cook on an island. When the cook dies, they move to another part of the island. As they grow older they begin a sexual relationship.

During the filming, Brooke Shields (who played the teen-aged girl) was only 14 years of age, and all of the nude scenes were done by of-age doubles.

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Coming in grossly over the projected budget, many referred to it as "Disney's Folly". Instead the film was a hugely popular success.

Another first was that in 1938, a soundtrack album "Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title)" was also released as a collection of three 78rpm albums.