I'm Going Bar-Hopping in the Movies Quiz

Answer: Mos Eisley

"A wretched hive of scum and villainy" is how Mos Eisley is referred to. The name of the bar is "Chamun's Cantina" and there exists a plastic figurine for every character in this memorable scene. Mos Eisley is on Luke's home planer of Tatooine, the name of which was taken from a nearby town in the country of Tunisia where the exteriors were shot.

Answer: St. Elmo's Fire

Joel Schumacher co-wrote and directed this 1985 brat pack drama, none of which is actually shot on Georgetown's campus. Upon reading the script, administrators refused to allow shooting at GU, and the producers ended up using the University of Maryland for the on-campus shots.

The bar where much of the movie takes place is fictional, but based on The Tombs, which is a popular hangout for Georgetown students.

Answer: The Slow Club

"Blue Velvet" was directed by David Lynch in 1986, and immediately became a cult classic. The Slow Club is on route 7 outside of Lumberton and has neon antlers on it's facade. Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern go to see the Blue Lady perform, suspecting her involvement in a plot that begins to unravel when MacLachlan finds a severed ear in the opening scene.

The Blue Lady is the stage name for Isabella Rossellini's character, Dorothy Vallens.

Answer: The Blue Oyster

"Police Academy" came out in 1984 and spawned seven sequels. Steve Guttenberg's character, Mahoney, was a practical joker. His rivals were duped into appearing at the gay biker bar several times in the series. The Blue Oyster is actually the Silver Dollar Lounge in Toronto.

Although it grossed over $80 million in the U.S., making more than one "Police Academy" movie was called the 8th "dumbest decision in movie history" by "Total Film".

Answer: Rick's

Humphrey Bogart played Rick, who lands in Casablanca after Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa leaves him in Paris. Rick's Cafe Americain was inspired by Hotel El Minzah in Tangiers. Dooley Wilson, who played Sam, was actually a professional drummer who did not know how to play the piano.

He faked the movements as he watched the real pianist off screen during the famous scene where Ilsa begs him to play "As Time Goes By". "Casablanca" won the Oscar for best picture in 1942, and the play upon which it was based is entitled "Everybody Comes to Rick's".

Answer: Destry Rides Again

"Destry Rides Again" was directed by George Marshall and remade in 1954 by the same director to less success. The 1939 version was chosen as part of the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1996. Marlene Dietrich's character was spoofed famously by Madeline Kahn in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles".

Answer: Kit Kat Klub

Bob Fosse directed this 1972 musical and won the Oscar, after Billy Wilder and Gene Kelly both passed on directing. The Kit Kat Klub serves as a symbol of the free-spirited Wiemar Republic of Germany, which lasted until Hitler came to power in 1933. Liza Minnelli's character, Sally Bowles, has green fingernails in several scenes, including the one described above.

This is taken from the introduction of "Perfectly Marvelous", a song in the original stage version. She remarks, "For example, if I should paint my fingernails green - oh and it just so happens that I do paint them green - well, if any one should ask why, I'd say I think it's pretty".

Answer: The Overlook Hotel

"The Shining", directed by Stanley Kubrick, was released in 1980. Stephen King wrote most of the novel in the Stanley Hotel in Colorado, and the exteriors were shot at the Timberline Hotel in Oregon. The Overlook is also the name used in the book, although the versions are far from similar.

Answer: The Slaughtered Lamb

John Landis directed "An American Werewolf in London", which was released in 1981, although he wrote it in 1970 when he was just 19. The Slaughtered Lamb's sign depicts a wolf killing a sheep, foreshadowing the next scene in which the two students are attacked by a werewolf after they leave the pub. All the songs used in the movie have "moon" in the title.

Answer: Chicago

Billy Wilder's 1959 masterpiece "Some Like it Hot" was named the funniest comedy of all time by the American Film Institute, though it won no Oscars. The film, which shows Lemmon and Curtis in drag for much of the duration, was banned in Kansas upon it's release.

The three kinds of "coffee" served at the speakeasy are Canadian, Scotch, and sour mash. This scene comes early in the film, before Lemmon and Curtis have to flee Chicago in disguise as women musicians.