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'Smoke Signals' Movie Trivia Trivia Quiz

Some fun facts from the fun movie...directed by Chris Eyre and based on a screenplay by Sherman Alexie...

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
81,138

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
795

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Question 1 of 10

1. According to Thomas, he and Victor were children born of which of these? Hint

Earth and air

Smoke and water

Fire and ash

Flesh and field

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is unusual about the car driven by Velma and Lucy? Hint

It has no doors

It only goes in reverse

It has no engine, and must be pushed

It has a very, very large stereo system

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who ruined the Olympic chances of Cathy, the gymnast that Thomas and Victor meet on the bus? Hint

The Russians

Her mother

Mary Lou Retten

Jimmy Carter

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is written on Thomas's 'superman' shirt that he wears on the bus? Hint

Super Injun

Frybread Power

Rez Ranger

Salmon Man

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Question 5 of 10

5. This lyrical phrase is referring to whose teeth: "Are they false, are they real, are they plastic, are they steel"? Hint

Dan Rather

Christopher Colombus

George Washington

John Wayne

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Question 6 of 10

6. Thomas and Victor were heading to which city in order to pick up Victor's father's remains? Hint

Los Angeles

Salt Lake City

Denver

Phoenix

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which amusing story does Thomas tell to Suzy Song while enjoying food and drink in her trailer? Hint

Victor's mom and frybread

Victor's dad and Denny's

Victor's dad and basketball

Victor's dad and Thomas flying

8. Following the car accident that Victor and Thomas encounter, Victor must go to the hospital to recover from exhaustion and fatigue. One of the girls from the accident scene thanks Victor profusely for his heroic attempt to find help. She exclaims that Thomas and Victor arrived like the Lone Ranger and Tonto. Thomas corrects her by saying that they were more like who?

Answer: (3 words...._____ and _____ (please include the 'and'))

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Question 9 of 10

9. Before Thomas and Victor can return home, they must confront a sheriff, played by Tom Skerritt. It seems that Victor has been accused of causing the accident that they had encountered the night before. Of course Victor escapes blame for the incident, but before he and Thomas can leave the sheriff returns to them Victor's father's remains and what other item? Hint

A thermos

A pocketknife

A basketball

Thomas's change bottle

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Question 10 of 10

10. What creature does Thomas claim that Victor's father Arnold will become after his ashes are scattered? Hint

An eagle

A buffalo

A salmon

A bear

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to Thomas, he and Victor were children born of which of these?

Answer: Fire and ash

Thomas's parents were killed in a house fire when he was an infant, he was saved only by being tossed out of the window and caught by Victor's father Arnold Joseph. Victor was also an infant at the time, and Arnold had also saved him from the house fire...making it two lives he saved and two lives he had taken away. Arnold had accidentally started the fire...

2. What is unusual about the car driven by Velma and Lucy?

Answer: It only goes in reverse

Velma and Lucy meet Victor and Thomas as they walk toward town to catch the bus to Arizona. There is never an explanation as to why the car is 'broken'. Maybe it really isn't broken and they're just having fun?

3. Who ruined the Olympic chances of Cathy, the gymnast that Thomas and Victor meet on the bus?

Answer: Jimmy Carter

Her big chance was to come in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, but the American Olympic boycott announced by Jimmy Carter kept her home. Victor poo-poos this argument by reminding her that she was an alternate on the Olympic team and would never have gone to Moscow anyway.

4. What is written on Thomas's 'superman' shirt that he wears on the bus?

Answer: Frybread Power

Frybread is a big theme in this film for some reason! 'Super Injun' is the derogatory term that the cowboy fellow uses on the bus after having stolen Victor's and Thomas's seats.

5. This lyrical phrase is referring to whose teeth: "Are they false, are they real, are they plastic, are they steel"?

Answer: John Wayne

Victor and Thomas sing about John Wayne's teeth on the bus after discussing the curious fact that you never can see his teeth in any of the movies in which he acted.

6. Thomas and Victor were heading to which city in order to pick up Victor's father's remains?

Answer: Phoenix

Victor's father Arnold left him and his mother when Victor was still a boy, and never came back again. He settled in a desert backwater outside of Phoenix, and lived in a trailer essentially in the middle of nowhere.

7. Which amusing story does Thomas tell to Suzy Song while enjoying food and drink in her trailer?

Answer: Victor's mom and frybread

It was once said that Victor's mother, the queen of frybread making, was in a desperate situation at a powwow. It seems that 100 people arrived at the powwow and she had only made bread for 50. Miraculously, she was able to make the 50 pieces become 100...by tearing them in half! Another funny Thomas quote from earlier in that scene..."The only thing worse than Indians on TV is Indians watching Indians on TV!"

Answer: Tonto and Tonto

One of the funniest quotes from the film I must say, it comes directly from Sherman Alexie's book.

Answer: A basketball

The basketball is very significant to the story, as basketball is a motif throughout the film. Who can forget Arnold's wonderful story about Victor's shot that beat the Jesuits during their basketball game? Of course he created a different outcome for the story, but the message is love from father to son.

10. What creature does Thomas claim that Victor's father Arnold will become after his ashes are scattered?

Answer: A salmon

Thomas and Victor both make plans to scatter Arnold's ashes into the Spokane river, where he will 'rise like a salmon' according to Thomas! If you haven't seen this movie...please go and check it out...and thanks for playing!

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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