Two on the Aisle Trivia Quiz

Answer: Susan Sarandon

"Dead Man Walking" (1995): Susan Sarandon played Sister Helen Prejean, the nun who helps death row inmate Matthew Poncelet with his appeal. Failing that, she counsels and comforts him during his last days on Earth.


"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975): There are very weird goings-on as Brad and Janet take refuge from a storm in the mansion of the transvestite scientist, Frank-N-Furter.

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Batman and Robin" (1997): Arnold plays the evil villain Mr. Freeze, as he battles Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris O'Donnell) in his attempt to make Gotham an arctic zone.

"True Lies" (1994): Drab salesman Harry Tasker is really the alter ego of an American secret agent who is tracking down nuclear weapons in the hands of a jihadist terrorist. Meanwhile, his bored wife is thinking of having an affair until she and her husband are captured.

Answer: Glenn Close

"Fatal Attraction" (1987): Happily married attorney Dan Gallagher meets up with book editor Alex Forrest and they have a "fling". When Dan ends the affair, Alex goes nuts and starts stalking the family (and boiling bunnies).

"101 Dalmatians" (1996): A remake of a 1961 film, Cruella de Vil has her heart set on a coat made from dalmatians, and goes after the puppies of Pongo and Perdita in order to achieve her dream.

Answer: John Travolta

"Saturday Night Fever" (1977): Brooklyn paint store clerk Tony Manero's day-to-day life is ordinary until the weekend when he "gets down" at the local disco where his star shines brightly. With his white suit, he enters a dance competition and brings us all into the disco era.

"Hairspray" (2007): In a gender-bending role, Travolta plays Edna Turnblad, mother of Baltimore teenager Tracy whose on ambition is to dance on "The Corny Collins Show". This is a remake of John Waters' 1988 movie.

Answer: Barbara Stanwyck

"Double Indemnity" (1944): One of filmdom's best villainesses, duplicitous Phyllis Dietrichson convinces insurance salesman Walter Neff to help her kill her husband and share the insurance money from his "accidental" death.

"Stella Dallas" (1937): Born poor, Stella Martin marries wealthy Stephen Dallas and they have a daughter named Laurel. But class differences tear them apart and, when they divorce, Stella gives up her daughter so Laurel can have a better life.

Answer: Danny Glover

"Lethal Weapon" (1987): This film franchise began with Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs (Danny Glover and Mel Gibson) paired as Los Angeles cops, with Murtaugh as the sane veteran and Riggs as his unhinged and suicidal buddy.

"The Color Purple" (1985): Based on Alice Walker's powerful novel, Danny Glover played "Mister" Albert Johnson, the abusive husband of Celie. It is set in the South in the early 1900s, as we follow Celie as she grows from victim to achieving self-awareness and her own identity.

Answer: Cate Blanchett

"The Aviator" (2004): "The Aviator" depicts the life of the film and aviation tycoon Howard Hughes, including his phobias and mental instability. Cate Blanchett plays one of Hughes' lovers, film star Katharine Hepburn.

"Veronica Guerin" (2003): Here again, Blanchett assays the life of a real person, i.e., Veronica Guerin (1958-1996), an Irish journalist who exposed the drug trade in Dublin, and was assassinated for her efforts.

Answer: Jackie Chan

"The Tuxedo" (2002): This action film has Jackie Chan playing Jimmy Tong who becomes a chauffeur for wealthy playboy, Clark Devlin. When Jimmy dons Devlin's tuxedo, he finds that it is more than just an ordinary suit! From "black tie to black belt", Jimmy winds up as an accidental agent.

"Shanghai Noon" (2000): The first of the "Shanghai" trilogy, Jackie is Chon Wang, an imperial guard in the Forbidden City. When the princess is kidnapped, Chon Wang follows her captors to Nevada, U.S.A., and the wild west will never be the same.

Answer: Julie Andrews

"Victor/Victoria" (1982) is Blake Edwards' film about Victoria Grant, a down-on-her-luck singer in Paris in the 1930s. In order to find work, she is convinced to play a male female impersonator, and things begin to get very confusing.

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" (1967): We first meet Millie Dillmount, recently arrived in New York City in 1922. She is staying at the Priscilla Hotel for Single Young Ladies, with the goal of experiencing the "Roaring Twenties" first-hand and becoming a 'modern' woman.

Answer: Michael Douglas

"The American President" (1995): Andrew Shepherd is the President of the United States and a popular, handsome widower. He meets and falls in love with lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade. All of a sudden, his supporters start complaining, his approval rating drops and he must make a choice between politics and love.

"Wall Street" (1987): Oliver Stone's film gives us Gordon Gekko, a corporate 'raider' and the very epitome of the culture of the 1980s with his motto: "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good". Douglas won an Academy Award for the role which was turned down by both Warren Beatty and Richard Gere.

Answer: Kurt Russell

"Escape from New York" (1981): This film is listed as a "fantasy", but the premise is about a war between the United States and Russia in 1997, where New York City has been converted into a maximum security prison. When the President is kidnapped, Snake Plisskin is recruited to get him back.

"Tango and Cash" (1989): Narcotics agents Ray Tango and Gabe Cash are attempting to capture a drug lord named Yves Perret. Perret frames them for the murder of an FBI agent, and the pair must now escape from prison, clear their names and catch the villain.

Answer: Halle Berry

"X-Men" (2000): If you've ever seen the "X-Men" movies or read the comic books, you know that the "X-Men" are mutants with special powers and special names. Halle Berry plays Ororo Monroe, a mutant with the power to control weather and fly. Her mutant name is, appropriately, Storm.

"Monster's Ball" (2001): Leticia Musgrove, from the southern United States, had a husband, a convicted murderer, who was executed. His executioner, white, racist, prison guard Hank Grotowski, falls in love with Leticia who is African American. Halle Berry received a Best Actress Academy Award for her role.

Answer: Dustin Hoffman

"The Graduate" (1967): "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me" is the famous quote spoken by recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock. Mrs. Robinson, a friend of Benjamin's parents, IS trying to seduce him; she also happens to be the mother of Elaine Robinson with whom Benjamin falls in love.

"Tootsie" (1982): Michael Dorsey is an out-of-work actor who can't find a job. His audition for a soap opera goes poorly and Michael decides to reinvent himself as actress Dorothy Michaels. He/she gets the part and becomes very popular, but the deception has its consequences.

Answer: Faye Dunaway

"Network" (1976): UBS TV Anchorman Howard Beale is fired and threatens to kill himself on network television. Instead he launches a diatribe ("I'm mad as hell...") which boosts the show's ratings. Network producer Diana Christensen uses this as a stepping stone to create even more "outrageous" programming.

"Bonnie and Clyde" (1967): Small-town girl Bonnie Parker meets up with petty crook Clyde Barrow and the rest, as they say, is history! Together, with their gang, they become robbers and killers during the Great Depression. They themselves were violently murdered by state police on May 23, 1934.

Answer: Burt Lancaster

"From Here to Eternity" (1953): It's Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941, before the 'attack'. Based on James Jones' novel, we meet career soldier and non-commissioned officer, First Sergeant Milt Warden, who is the one who actually runs the company in the absence of Captain Holmes; he also falls in love with the captain's wife.

"Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957): Based on another real life event, in October, 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona, Marshal Wyatt Earp, with his brothers Virgil and Morgan and Doc Holiday, had a shoot-out with the Clanton-McLaury gang.