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1. This 1947 low budget monkey movie tells the story of a woman and her son who were stranded in the jungles of Africa with a uniquely colored gorilla. What color gives the title away to the movie "_____ Gorilla"?

Answer: White

"White Gorilla" was released in 1947 by Special Attractions and directed by Harry Fraser. Ray Corrigan, who played the main character, also filled in the monkey suit as the white gorilla. Ray Corrigan plays Steve Collins, who tells the story of the white gorilla to a trading post he walks into after coming out of the African jungle.

2. In the 1995 movie "Congo", what special talent did Amy, the research gorilla, have?

Answer: Amy could do sign language and speak with help from a special glove.

Michael Crichton wrote the best selling book that was turned into a 1995 movie. "Congo" was produced by Paramount and directed by Frank Marshall. "Congo" tells the story of a group of researchers returning a very special gorilla named Amy to the African jungle.

While living in a research lab, Amy learned sign language and a special glove she wears helps her communicate with humans. The expedition into the African jungle to return Amy also helps each person try to complete their own agenda for traveling to the jungles of Africa at the same time.

3. "Mighty Joe Young" was a 1998 remake about a 4,000 pound gorilla living in Africa. Who played Joe's faithful female friend in the movie, Jill Young?

Answer: Charlize Theron

Joe was a gorilla orphaned when he was young. Charlize Theron played Jill Young, the daughter of the doctor who used to take care of Joe and his mother. After nearly dying in an accident saving a young boy's life, Joe is sent back to Africa to rightfully live where he belongs. "Mighty Joe Young" was produced by RKO Studios and Walt Disney Productions.

It was directed by Ron Underwood. This was Charlize Theron's eighth acting job. Her first uncredited acting job was as a screaming woman in "Children of the Corn III".

4. George is the main monkey in this 2006 animated movie that includes voices by Will Ferrell, Dick Van Dyke, and Drew Barrymore. What adjective would describe George in the title of this movie?

Answer: Curious

"Curious George" is a 2006 movie based on a series of books by Margret and H.A. Rey. The movie was produced by Imagine Entertainment, Martin Movie, and Universal Pictures. It was directed by Matthew O'Callaghan. It stars Will Ferrell as the man in the yellow hat who befriends George while on a trip to Africa looking for animals to exhibit in a zoo. George travels back with the man in the yellow hat, unbeknownst to him, and gets into trouble as he explores the big city.

5. "George of the Jungle" starred Brendan Fraser as the hapless George living with an elephant named Shep and his best friend, Ape. Which "Monty Python" star voiced George's intelligent, well-read friend, Ape, in this 1997 comedy?

Answer: John Cleese

Buena Vista and Walt Disney Productions produced this live-action movie with Brendan Fraser, Thomas Haden Church and Leslie Mann in 1997. "George of the Jungle" was directed by Sam Wiseman. After meeting George, Ursula Stanhope takes George back to San Francisco where they both learn in comical ways that George is not cut out for big city life.

In 2003, a sequel to "George of the Jungle" was made without Brendan Fraser or Leslie Mann. John Cleese came to fame as an actor in the "Monty Python" sketches.

He has voiced characters for several animated and live action movies. He voiced Ape, George's best friend, in both "George of the Jungle" and the sequel.

6. Rene Russo played real life Trudy Lintz, who had her own menagerie of animals living with her in her home. What was the name of the movie about Trudy's life that was also the name of the gorilla she raised into adulthood?

Answer: Buddy

"Buddy" was produced by Columbia Productions in 1997. It was directed by Caroline Thompson. Jim Henson's Creature Shop created some of the special effect animals seen in the movie. Trudy Lindtz was asked to raise the sickly gorilla who wasn't expected to live. Under her care, Buddy thrived into adulthood.

When it became apparent that Buddy could not live with Trudy anymore, she sold him to the Barnum and Bailey Circus.

7. Clint Eastwood starred as Philo Beddoe, a boxer who travels with an unusual orangutang companion that goes by what name?

Answer: Clyde

"Every Which Way But Loose" was Clint Eastwood's first comedy film. It was produced by Malposo and Warner Brothers Productions in 1978. The success of the movie spawned a sequel with Philo and Clyde called "Any Which Way You Can". Philo travels from town to town with Clyde and Clyde's friend, Orville, looking for a boxing match.

When Philo meets Lynn Taylor he falls in love and decides he doesn't want to give her up no matter what he has to do.

8. This science fiction monkey movie first appeared in 1968. The movie starred Roddy McDowell and spawned four sequels, two TV series, a remake, and an AFI quote. What movie am I describing?

Answer: Planet of the Apes

"Planet of the Apes" was directed by Franklin Scheffner and produced by 20th Century Fox. The movie won an Academy Award for best makeup. George Taylor crash lands on a planet that he believes is uninhabited until he meets a colony of apes. He is imprisoned along with the other humans who are acting like actual apes. George is sentenced to death when it is found out that he can talk.

His life is saved by several apes who aren't sure about their leader, Cornelius.

9. In 2008, 20th Century Fox released an animated movie about a group of chimps on a dangerous mission titled "_____ Chimps". What is the missing word in the title?

Answer: Space

"Space Chimps" starred the voices of Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenowith, and Jeff Daniels. It was produced by Odyssey Production, Starz Media, and Vanguard. It was directed by Kirk De Micco. Descendants of the first chimp space flight prepare to go up as their ancestors did years before. While in space, they meet a friendly alien and help take back her planet.

10. Linda Hamilton had a starring role in this laughable 1986 sequel to the 1976 "King Kong" which found King Kong in need of a transplant after his fall from the World Trade Center. What is the last word of the title "King Kong _____"?

Answer: Lives

A female Kong is found in the jungle to give King Kong the blood transplant that he needs to survive the heart transplant. When King Kong survives, he takes the female Kong with him to live in the jungle. "King Kong Lives" was produced by DeLaurentis and directed by John Guillermo.

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