Lockdown Special Edition 3 QUIZ ANSWERS
THIS IS YOUR (FILM) LIFE
People are finding it helpful to communicate with older film fans by selecting films that have a special significance from certain key points in their life. If you are chatting to an older family member who may be living with you or connecting via video chat or phone, or chatting to an elderly neighbour over the fence (keep to social distancing rules) you may wish to consider chatting about folloiwng:
1. The very first film they can actually remember seeing. 2. Films they saw with their grandparents/parents. 3. Films seen at special occasions. 4. Films they saw with future partners. 5. First films they saw with their own children. 6. Films they saw with their own grandchildren.
The Quiz
TOP TEN QUIZ QUESTIONS
1. Which film opens with the line,”Most of what follows is true.” BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 2. Myrna Loy took up a post with the UN. True or False? TRUE 3. Which film was longer- Exodus or Nixon? EXODUS 4. Who was nominated for an Oscar for his directorial debut in 1990? KEVIN COSTNER 5. There was a 25-year age gap between the leads in Charade (1963). Who were they? CARY GRANT and AUDREY HEPBURN Page 1 of 3
6. What kind of character was played by John Travolta, Cary Grant and Claude Rains? AN ANGEL 7. Which star once said ”I have eyes like a dead pig.” MARLON BRANDO 8. Whose autobiography was titled,” “Call Me Lucky” BING CROSBY 9. Who played Michelangelo in “The Agony and the Ecstasy”? CHARLTON HESTON 10. Who played Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 picture “Chaplin”? ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
JUMBLED STARS
Can you recognise these stars from the letters in their names?
1. ORPGOARYCE - GARY COOPER 2. YREABWNTRTEA - WARREN BEATTY 3. KEEGLELNY - GENE KELLY 4. NMOILJLHS - JOHN MILLS 5. ETROPOELETO - PETER O TOOLE
NATIONALITY
Which is NOT Canadian- Walter Pidgeon, Norma Shearer, Cary Grant – CARY GRANT
FAMOUS FACES
1. Who is this? JAMES CAGNEY 2. For which film did he win an Oscar? YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 3. Which Shakespearian role did he play? NICK BOTTOM
Who is this? JANE RUSSELL
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HISTORY LESSON
Can you place these Ingrid Bergman films in order of production?
a. For Whom The Bell Tolls. 1st
b. Inn of the Sixth Happiness 3rd
c. Gaslight. 2nd
SONGS FROM THE SHOWS
Which film featured these songs?
1. I Could Have Danced All Night. MY FAIR LADY 2. Well Did You Ever. HIGH SOCIETY 3. I Was Born Under A Wanderin’ Star. PAINT YOUR WAGON 4. White Christmas. HOLIDAY INN 5. You’ll Never Walk Alone. CAROUSEL
THEIR REAL NAMES - WHAT ARE THEIR STAGE NAMES?
1. Sofia Scicolone. SOPHIA LOREN 2. Charles Buchinski. CHARLES BRONSON 3. Issur Danielovitch Demsky. KIRK DOUGLAS 4. James Stewart. STEWART GRANGER 5. Michael Douglas MICHAEL KEATON
MATHEMATICS- WHAT NUMBER IS IN THE TITLE OF THESE FILMS?
1. 3 Kings (1999) 2. Catch 22 (1970) 3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 4. 55 Days at Peking (1963) 5. 9 to 5 (1980)
THE WILD WEST
The Alamo,Shane, High Noon. Can you put them in order of Oscar nomination? HIGH NOON, SHANE, THE ALAMO
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