Great Movie Quotes III Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Terminator

O.J. Simpson and Lance Henriksen were originally considered for the role of The Terminator, which was eventually played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger also played The Terminator in the 1991 sequel ("Terminator 2: Judgment Day") and in a second sequel (titled "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines") released in 2003.

Answer: Annie Hall

'Annie Hall' won four Oscars in the 1978 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Answer: Titanic

In this scene old Rose (played by Gloria Stuart) has just finished telling her story to treasure hunter Brock Lovett (played by Bill Paxton). "Titanic" won 11 Oscars in the 1998 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Song for "My Heart Will Go On." The only other movies to win 11 Oscars (as of March 2006) were "Ben-Hur" in the 1960 Academy Awards and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in the 2004 Academy Awards.

Answer: Thelma and Louise

Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep wanted to make a movie together and 'Thelma and Louise' was one of the scripts they considered. Ultimately, they decided to star in the 1992 movie 'Death Becomes Her' instead and 'Thelma and Louise' was made with Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon.

Answer: Dirty Dancing

'Dirty Dancing' won an Oscar in the 1988 Academy Awards for Best Original Song for '(I've Had) The Time of My Life.'

Answer: The Cider House Rules

'The Cider House Rules' was nominated for Best Picture in the 2000 Academy Awards but was beaten out by 'American Beauty.'

Answer: Ghostbusters

In the 1985 Academy Awards 'Ghostbusters' was nominated for Oscars in Best Visual Effects (but was beaten out by 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom') and Best Song (but was beaten out by 'The Woman in Red' for the song 'I Just Called to Say I Love You').

Answer: Forrest Gump

"Forrest Gump" won Best Picture in the 1995 Academy Awards and Tom Hanks won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Forrest Gump. Gary Sinise was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Forrest's friend Lt. Dan Taylor, but lost out to Martin Landau in "Ed Wood."

Answer: Casablanca

'Casablanca' won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Answer: The Sting

'The Sting' was the only other feature film Paul Newman and Robert Redford made together after they made 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' in 1969.

Answer: Gone with the Wind

'Gone with the Wind' won nine Oscars in the 1940 Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture. Future Superman George Reeves had a role as Stuart Tarleton (the two Tarleton brothers discuss an upcoming party with Scarlett at the beginning of the movie). This was Reeves' first major film role.

Answer: The Sixth Sense

'The Sixth Sense' was nominated for Best Picture in the 2000 Academy Awards but was beaten out by 'American Beauty.'

Answer: Spider-Man

Spider-Man first made an appearance in August 1962 in the last issue of a Marvel magazine called "Amazing Fantasy." After readers begged for more, the first issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man" was published in early 1963. "Spider-Man" the movie was nominated for Academy Awards in two categories: "Best Achievement in Sound" (but lost to "Chicago") and "Best Achievement in Visual Effects" (but lost to "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers").

Answer: The Fugitive

'The Fugitive' was nominated for Best Picture in the 1994 Academy Awards but was beaten out by 'Schindler's List.' Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Answer: The Manchurian Candidate

Actress Angela Lansbury was nominated for an Oscar award in the 1963 Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for 'The Manchurian Candidate' but was beaten out by sixteen-year-old Patty Duke in 'The Miracle Worker.'

Answer: Ben-Hur

"Ben-Hur" won 11 Oscars in the 1960 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur, who was captured by the Romans and wound up rowing in slavery. The chariot race scenes at the stadium in Jerusalem were particularly thrilling.

Answer: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Actor Jude Law was nominated for an Oscar award in the 2000 Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' but was beaten out by Michael Caine in 'The Cider House Rules.'

Answer: The Bridge on the River Kwai

"The Bridge on the River Kwai" won seven Oscars in the 1958 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Alec Guinness won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a British Colonel in a Japanese POW camp in WWII who leads his troops in building a railway and bridge in the Burma-Thailand jungle. Based on a true story. An estimated 13,000 POWs and 80,000 Asian laborers died of disease, sickness, starvation and brutality at the hands of the Japanese during construction of this railway and bridge.

Answer: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

A second sequel (titled "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines") was released in 2003.

Answer: The Pride of the Yankees

This quote is from Lou Gehrig's farewell speech to the baseball fans in Yankee stadium when he left the game at age 37 suffering from the deadly nerve disease ALS (which now is often called Lou Gehrig's disease). "The Pride of the Yankees" was nominated for eleven Oscars in the 1943 Academy Awards but won only one--for Best Film Editing.

It was nominated for Best Picture (but lost to "Mrs. Miniver") and Gary Cooper was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of baseball star Henry 'Lou' Gehrig (but lost to James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"). Babe Ruth played himself in the movie.

Answer: Star Wars

'Star Wars' was nominated for Best Picture in the 1978 Academy Awards but was beaten out by 'Annie Hall'. It did win seven Oscars, including Best Visual Effects and Best Original Music Score. Industrial Light and Magic is the name of the company George Lucas created in 1975 to provide visual effects for the first 'Star Wars' movie.

Ever since, ILM has created some amazing movie magic and has been involved in most of the highest-grossing pictures in recent years. Some of the movies ILM has worked on include all the 'Star Wars' sequels and prequels, the 'Indiana Jones' movies, the 'Jurassic Park' movies, 'Men In Black,' 'Forrest Gump,' 'Twister,' 'The Perfect Storm,' the 'Mummy' movies, 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' and the remake of 'Planet of the Apes.'

Answer: Flashdance

'Flashdance' won an Oscar award in the 1984 Academy Awards for Best Original Music Score for the song 'What a Feeling'. The 'Flashdance' song 'Maniac' was also nominated.

Answer: Tootsie

In this scene out-of-work actor Michael Dorsey (played by Dustin Hoffman) is complaining to his agent (played by director Sydney Pollack) that in a commercial featuring him dressed up as a tomato he was asked to do something that wasn't logical, and the agent explodes with this quote.

The title "Tootsie" was suggested by Dustin Hoffman. It was his mother's nickname for him when he was a child. In the 1983 Academy Awards, Dustin Hoffman, Teri Garr, director Sydney Pollack, the screenplay writing, the title song, and the movie were all nominated for awards, but only Jessica Lange won an Oscar (for Best Actress in a Supporting Role).

Answer: A League of Their Own

"A League of Their Own" was based on a true story. The All-American Girl's Baseball League was formed in 1943 in an attempt to save the sport of professional baseball since during World War II many male baseball players were serving in the armed services. Much of the movie was filmed at Doubleday Field at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

Answer: The Full Monty

The title "The Full Monty" is a British slang phrase meaning "the whole thing." "The Full Monty" was nominated for Best Picture in the 1998 Academy Awards but lost out to "Titanic".