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Quiz about Rblayers 10 Movies That I EnduredBarely

Rblayer's 10 Movies That I Endured...Barely Quiz

Ever walk out of a movie? If my mother/date/wife hadn't been sitting next to me, I'd sure have left these ten shows, and raced to my dentist for a root canal...with no novocaine! My apologies to all tear-jerker movie fans.

A multiple-choice quiz by rblayer. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
rblayer

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5 mins

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187,119

Updated
Nov 22 23

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Question 1 of 10

1. I always loved Barbra Streisand in musicals and comedies, so I innocently went to see 1991's "The Prince of Tides". What macho actor played Barbra's love interest in this incredibly boring film? Hint

Sylvester Stallone

Gregory Peck

James Brolin

Nick Nolte

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Question 2 of 10

2. All my junior high school friends were raving about 1961's "West Side Story" so I begged my mother to take me. Bad idea. What were the names of the 'ballet dancing' street gangs? Hint

Knights and Angels

Sharks and Jets

Blades and Hawks

Panthers and Piranhas

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Question 3 of 10

3. How could anyone resist a movie with Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah and Olympia Dukakis? How could it be bad? In "Steel Magnolias" what actress had a long, long protracted death? Hint

Daryl Hannah

Shirley MacLaine

Olympia Dukakis

Julia Roberts

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Question 4 of 10

4. As my wife bitterly wept during Debra Winger's longest death scene of all time, in the film "Terms of Endearment", I wondered how Jack Nicholson could have been a part of such a sappy show. Who played Winger's husband? Hint

Val Kilmer

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Daniels

Dennis Quaid

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was I thinking when I went to see "Fried Green Tomatoes"? The fact that the five main stars were women should have given me a warning that it was the 'ultimate chick flick'. Who played the role of the storytelling Ninny Threadgoode? Hint

Sally Field

Shirley McLaine

Jessica Tandy

Meryl Streep

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1965 my dear mother asked me to accompany her to see "Dr. Zhivago". I will never get back the 197 minutes of my life that I spent watching people trudge through the snow. Fortunately, a very beautiful woman played Lara. Who is this actress? Hint

Elizabeth Taylor

Julie Christie

Grace Kelly

Sophia Loren

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Seinfeld" fans may remember the episode where Elaine is socially ostracized because she did not like the critically acclaimed film, "The English Patient". Elaine is my kind of girl, as I also suffered through the longest 160 minutes of my life. Who played the title role? Hint

Adrien Brody

Liam Neeson

Ralph Fiennes

Jeremy Irons

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Question 8 of 10

8. My wife read the novel "Cold Mountain" and loved it. To entice me to take her to the movie she said it was about the Civil War and starred the gorgeous Nicole Kidman. I wasn't told that it was going to be about an Army deserter endlessly trudging through the snow, a la "Dr. Zhivago". One bright spot was the scrappy drifter named Ruby. What actress played this role? Hint

Kathy Bates

Renee Zellweger

Ashley Judd

Diane Lane

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Question 9 of 10

9. Perhaps 1956's "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit" wasn't meant for first graders, but I never again liked Gregory Peck after enduring this two and half hour saga. What is the movie about? Hint

Ruthless businessman crushes all competition

Banker embezzles money and goes to prison

War veteran with secrets enters corporate America

Textile tycoon murders his cheating wife

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Apocalypse Now", the 1979 Vietnam alleged 'war flick' seemed to drag on longer than the actual Vietnam War. Convoluted, boring and filled with excessive, graphic violence, the one bright spot was the Air Cav colonel that "loved the smell of napalm in the morning". What actor played the role of Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore? Hint

Robert Duvall

Robert Wagner

Robert Mitchum

Robert Taylor

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Nick Nolte

Unfortunately, Nick was arrested in 2002 for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. This behavior, and his scary police mug shot, seemed to be more similar to the chain-smoking, wheezing, alcoholic/drug abusing characters he portrayed in "North Dallas Forty", "48 Hours" and "Down and Out in Beverly Hills", than a romantic leading man.

2. All my junior high school friends were raving about 1961's "West Side Story" so I begged my mother to take me. Bad idea. What were the names of the 'ballet dancing' street gangs?

Answer: Sharks and Jets

The "Romeo and Juliet" story, set on the streets of New York won 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Directors, Supporting Actor and Actress and a special award for Jerome Robbins' choreography.

Answer: Julia Roberts

Robert Harling wrote the screenplay for "Steel Magnolias", based on his play of the same name. The star-studded cast embarks on a myriad of plot lines, centered loosely around Truvy's Beauty Parlor, in a small Louisiana town. Roberts picked up an Oscar nomination for her role of Shelby, the diabetic and sickly bride.

Answer: Jeff Daniels

Of course Nicholson almost steals the show, and wins a Best Supporting Actor Oscar playing the retired astronaut Garrett Breedlove.

Answer: Jessica Tandy

Ms. Tandy won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role in "Fried Green Tomatoes". Two years earlier she was awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Daisy Werthan in the film "Driving Miss Daisy". She died in 1994 at the age of 85 years.

Answer: Julie Christie

The three hour and seventeen minute film was based on Boris Pasternak's love story, set in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution. Interestingly, the "Russian" landscape and scenery were filmed in Spain and Finland.

Answer: Ralph Fiennes

An actor who frequently plays deep, dark characters, Fiennes was ranked #15 of "The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains" on the American Film Institute's Villains list for his performance as Nazi concentration camp commander Amon Goeth in the film "Schindler's List".

Answer: Renee Zellweger

Interestingly, the cast of this American Civil War soap opera about a Confederate Army deserter's journey home to his lover has very few Americans. The deserter, played by Jude Law, is British, as is Eileen Atkin, Ray Winstone and Charlie Hunnam. Nicole Kidman is Australian, Brendan Gleeson is Irish, Donald Sutherland is Canadian and Natalie Portman is Israeli.

The only true southern girl is Renee Zellweger from Katy, Texas.

9. Perhaps 1956's "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit" wasn't meant for first graders, but I never again liked Gregory Peck after enduring this two and half hour saga. What is the movie about?

Answer: War veteran with secrets enters corporate America

As a political activist, Peck marched with Martin Luther King. He was born Eldred Gregory Peck in La Jolla, California in 1916 and passed away in 2003.

Answer: Robert Duvall

"Terminate with extreme prejudice", was Martin Sheen's character's assignment in dealing with renegade Colonel Walter Kurtz in the jungles of Vietnam. "Apocalypse Now" was voted as the 36th best movie by the users of the Internet Movie Database.

Source: Author rblayer

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