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For the London Olympics: A Movie Quiz

Posted on July 21, 2012 at 3:54 pm

The Olympics have inspired a lot of great (and not-so-great) movies, both fact-based and fictional. Which ones can you identify?
1. A warm-weather country competed in a cold-weather sport in which fact-based Disney film?
2. Which Oscar-winning movie was the story of two Olympic runners?
3. There are two different movies about which real-life Olympic champion runner?
4. Which Olympic decathlete played himself in a movie based on his life?
5. Athletes from rival countries fall in love in this movie that is fiction in more ways than one — it has America competing in an Olympics that in real life the US boycotted.
6. One of the wildest Olympics movies ever made has a team from an almost-bankrupt country where all the citizens have super-athletic ability. Which classic comedian starred?
7. Animals compete in the Olympics in which animated feature?
8. Who stars in a movie about a gold medalist who defects who has to fight for his life when his former coach comes after him?
9. Which real-life Olympic star appeared in one of the biggest musical movie flops of all time and now appears in reality television?
10. Which movie is the tragic story of one of America’s greatest Olympic athletes being stripped of his medals?
11. Which Olympic medalist appeared in a movie about an athlete starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy?
12. Which movie about the Olympics featured Cary Grant?
Bonus question: Which Olympic and world champion became one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood?

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Quiz: Mom Movies

Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:00 am

In honor of Mother’s Day, I’ve prepared a quiz where all of the movie title answers have a reference to the maternal parent.  How many do you know?

 

  1. A neurotic twice-divorced writer decides moving back in with his mother will help him solve his problems.
  2. A mother leaves town and her children have to cope after the babysitter unexpectedly dies on the job.
  3. A grandmother has an affair with a workman played by future James Bond actor Daniel Craig.
  4. A divorced mother has a passionate affair and her ex-husband sues for custody.
  5. A tough detective somehow finds his mother joining him in his investigation.
  6. A boy has to rescue his mother after she is abducted by aliens.
  7. A suburban mother becomes a serial killer in this John Waters satire.
  8. A divorced mother of two has to make peace with her ex-husband’s new wife when she becomes ill.
  9. A harried mother and blogger plans her child’s 6th birthday party.
  10. Three intertwined stories of adoption are the focus of a movie starring Annette Bening and Naomi Watts
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Answers: Katherine Heigl Quiz

Posted on January 30, 2012 at 8:00 am

Thanks to all who answered!

1. Heigl appeared in a film that reportedly only sold 30 tickets, making it officially the biggest money-loser of all time.  What is its title?

“Zyzzyx Road”

2. One of the best-remembered love stories on “Grey’s Anatomy” involved Heigl’s character Izzie?  What was the name of the man she loved?

Denny

3. Heigl was a teenager when she co-starred with Gerard Depardieu in what film?

“My Father the Hero”

4.  Name another character Heigl had a romantic relationship with in “Grey’s Anatomy.”

George

5. Which Heigl movie had her married to a spy?

“Killers”

6.  Which Heigl movie had her attending many weddings?

“27 Dresses”

7.  Her most famous role had her as a television producer who had what life-changing experience?

She got pregnant following a one-night stand in “Knocked Up”

8. She appeared in a horror movie series — which one?

She was in “Bride of Chucky.”

9.  What is the name of the author who created Stephanie Plum?

Janet Evanovich

10. Where are the Stephanie Plum movies set?

Trenton, New Jersey

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Quiz: Katherine Heigl

Posted on January 23, 2012 at 3:52 pm

This week Katherine Heigl stars as detective Stephanie Plum in her new movie, “One for the Money.”  How many questions about her previous roles can you answer?  

1. Heigl appeared in a film that reportedly only sold 30 tickets, making it officially the biggest money-loser of all time.  What is its title?

2. One of the best-remembered love stories on “Grey’s Anatomy” involved Heigl’s character Izzie?  What was the name of the man she loved?

3. Heigl was a teenager when she co-starred with Gerard Depardieu in what film?

4.  Name another character Heigl had a romantic relationship with in “Grey’s Anatomy.”

5. Which Heigl movie had her married to a spy?

6.  Which Heigl movie had her attending many weddings?

7.  Her most famous role had her as a television producer who had what life-changing experience?

8. She appeared in a horror movie series — which one?

9.  What is the name of the author who created Stephanie Plum?

10. Where are the Stephanie Plum movies set?

 

 

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