The Misplaced Movies, Actors, and Locations Quiz

Answer: Cattle Queen of Montana

"Cattle Queen of Montana" is a 1954 movie with Barbara Stanwyck as Sierra Nevada Jones and the then-future 40th US President Ronald Reagan, honing his acting skills as hired gunman Farrell. The role was initially turned down by Robert Mitchum.

Whilst the other titles may possibly be considered more in keeping with the scene, "Hell Bent for Leather" and "Inherit the Wind" were 1960 productions and "The Great Race" first appeared in 1965. The action in "Back To The Future" takes place in 1955.

Question submitted by donkeehote.

Answer: The Magnificent Seven

In "The Magnificent Seven" Vin Tanner (Steve McQueen) says "Where you from?" to Chris Adams (Yul Brynner) who says "Dodge, you?" to Vin Tanner, who says "Tombstone." to Chris Adams while they are both riding on a hearse.

This is at the start of the 1960 movie "The Magnificent Seven", before Chris Adams recruits six more gunfighters to protect a Mexican village from the bandit Calvera, played by Eli Wallach. The magnificent seven are James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Yul Brynner, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter, Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn.

Question submitted by shipyardbernie.

Answer: Cool Runnings

"Cool Runnings" is a 1993 movie staring John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, Rowle D. Lewis and Leon Robinson. The movie is very loosely based on the story of the Jamaican National Bob Sled Team at the 1988 Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Most of the characters and events in the movie were a fictionalization. The fact that Jamaica had bob sled teams in that Olympics was fact.

"A League of Their Own" is a 1992 movie starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell. This movie tells the story of the first year of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. The real League was organized in 1943 and continued until 1954.

"Rudy" was a 1993 movie about Daniel Ruettiger, nicknamed Rudy, who's greatest wish was to play football for Notre Dame. The role of Rudy was played by Sean Astin.

"Field of Dreams" is a 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella, a farmer who hears a voice telling him to turn one of his corn fields into a baseball diamond. The film also stars James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta and Amy Madigan.

Question submitted by dekeaunt

Answer: Mexico

Elliott's father has recently departed to Mexico, presumably with his new girlfriend. When Elliott's family don't take his claims seriously, he laments that his dad would believe him. His mother, played by Dee Wallace, suggests that he call his father and tell him. Elliott replies that he can't as his father is in Mexico with Sally. The awkward ensuing silence is broken by little sister Gertie (7-year-old Drew Barrymore) asking "Where's Mexico?"

Later, after Elliott goes missing overnight, Gertie states "My father's in Mexico." as her less-than-helpful comment to a police offer's line of questioning into reasons for Elliott's disappearance. Cue second awkward silence. "E.T." is the highest-grossing film of the 1980s.

Question submitted by donkeehote

Answer: Coney Island

Having fought their way through various attacks, ambushes and traps, the remaining gang members of The Warriors finally make it back from Van Cortlandt Park to Coney Island whereupon the leader of The Rogues taunts the Warriors into a showdown in Walter Hill's 1979 film "The Warriors".

The film has its roots in Xenophon's c370BCE book "Anabasis", which translates as "The March Up Country", wherein a group of soldiers endure dangers and hardships on their flight from Sardes in Persia to reach the relative safety of the Black Sea. This in turn inspired Sol Yurick to write the novel "The Warriors" upon which the film is based.

The excellent soundtrack includes "Nowhere to Run" by Arnold McCuller and Joe Walsh's "In the City".

Coney is a type of rabbit and whilst there is no concensus on the origin of the name of Coney Island, County Sligo in Ireland also has a Coney Island named after the many rabbits there.

Question submitted by donkeehote

Answer: Monty Wooley

Edgar Montillion 'Monty' Woolley was born on August 17th 1888 in Manhattan. He attended Yale where he met Cole Porter who became an intimate friend and with whom he had many travels and adventures.

He served in the US Army as a first lieutenant assigned to the general staff in Paris during WW1. He was well known for his witty quips. Once, when he belched loudly at a dinner party and received a reproving look from the woman opposite, he said, "Well, what did you expect, Madam - chimes?"

Question submitted by Waitakere.

Answer: Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in The Bronx, New York, New York, USA, in 1931. She made her film debut in "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952) and ten years later she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role in "The Miracle Worker" (1962), as the teacher of Helen Keller. She is probably best remembered for her role as Mrs. Robinson in the 1967 film "The Graduate" starring Dustin Hoffman and Katherine Ross. She married Mel Brooks in 1964.

Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA, in 1926. He has directed many famous films including "Blazing Saddles" (1974), "Young Frankenstein" (1974), "Spaceballs" (1987), and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" (1993) and has appeared in many of them. Mel Brooks won an Oscar for "The Producers" (1967), starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder and has won many other awards including an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony. Gene Wilder was very prominent in his choice of actors for his movies.

Question submitted by vodkamargarine

Answer: Paul Scofield

Paul Scofield played Sir Thomas More, councillor to Henry VIII and Lord High Chancellor of England in, "A Man For All Seasons" (1966). It starred Orson Welles, Robert Shaw, John Hurt, Wendy Hiller, Susannah York, Leo McKern and Nigel Davenport.

David Paul Scofield was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, in 1922. He left school in 1939 at the age of seventeen and began working at the Croydon Repertory Theatre. After WWII started he failed the physical for the British army because he had crossed toes and was unable to wear army boots. He won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer in his fist movie role as King Philip II of Spain in the 1955 movie "That Lady".

He is of course best known for his Academy, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award winning performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 movie "A Man for All Seasons". In real life Paul Scofield declined a knighthood on a number of occasions but was made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1956 and became a CH (Companion of Honour) in 2001. He died of leukaemia in Sussex, England, in 2008 aged 86.

Question submitted by shipyardbernie.

Answer: North

Helen North married Frank Beardsley in 1961. She wrote a book about the family's experiences, "Who Gets the Drumstick?" which caught the attention of Lucille Ball, whose production company made the 1968 movie. A good old fashioned feel good movie, it stared Lucille Ball as Helen North and Henry Fonda as Frank Beardsley. The 2005 remake, staring Rene Russo as North and Dennis Quaid as Beardsley, strayed a great deal from the original and got mixed reviews.
North and Beardsley had 2 children together, bringing the total to 20.

In 2013, Tom North, son of Helen North, wrote the book "True North - The Shocking Truth About "Yours, Mine and Ours"" describing a very different life than the Hollywood dream. He claimed Beardsley was very abusive. The original North children support Tom's version while the original Beardsley children claim it isn't true.

Question submitted by dekeaunt.

Answer: He is shot dead by a police detective.

Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is shot and killed by Lieutenant Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), after a chase accross an airport at the end of the movie.

"Heat" stars Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna, Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley, Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis, Jon Voight as Nate and Tom Sizemore as Michael Cheritto. McCauley is the leader of a gang who are planning one last job, a bank robberey of over $12,000,000.

The police arrive as the gang are leaving the bank and a massive shootout begins between the bank robbers and the police in downtown Los Angeles. McCauley escapes and is later seen in a hotel. Lt. Hanna arrives and follows McCauley as he leaves the hotel. He chases him across an airport and kills him in a final shootout.

Question submitted by shipyardbernie.