New Year’s Quiz

Posted on December 31, 2012 at 3:59 pm

All of the answers to this quiz are people who have birthdays on January 1. How many do you know?

1. This handsome leading man had his breakthrough role in “Boyz N the Hood” and later appeared opposite Gabrielle Union, Taraji P. Henson, and the Rock.

2. This diminutive actor played “Mini-Me” in the Austin Powers movies.

3. He has played Richard Nixon, Zorro, Skeletor, and Dracula.

4. This contorversial real-life figure in American history has been portrayed by Treat Williams and Leonardo diCaprio.

5. A reclusive author turned down millions of dollars for the movie rights to his most famous book, but one of his short stories became the movie “My Foolish Heart.”

6. This Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee appeared with the Furious Five.

7. This stage magician often appears in films by David Mamet and P.T. Anderson.

8. This playwright’s relationship with the boyfriend who murdered him was depicted in an award-winning film.

9. Forest Whitaker won an Oscar for playing this murderous dictator.

10. Paul Newman played this athlete in an acclaimed film.

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Halloween Quiz: Television

Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:00 am

How many of these spooky classics do you know?

1. This animated comedy goes all-out on Halloween every year with its popular “Treehouse of Horror” series.

2. It makes sense that this series about a witch would have memorable Halloween episodes. Probably the best-remembered featured an adventure filmed on location in Salem, Massachusetts, home of the witch trials.

3. A brave and curious little animated girl has to help a little monster find his way home before midnight.

4. This Emmy-winner for best comedy series has a Halloween-loving couple who turn their home into a haunted mansion, but at first everything goes wrong when their family members get caught up in their own drama.

5. The Halloween episodes of this long-running series were a highlight, especially one called “Boo!” where they turned their home into the “Castle of Terror.”

6. Zoinks! This funny-spooky animated series had a number of Halloween episodes, including one featuring KISS.

7. The Halloween episode of this musical series featured songs from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

8. Sisters Laura and Mary try to play some Halloween pranks but instead get spooked themselves in this series based on popular children’s books about 19th century settlers.

9. Liza Minnelli guest stars as the mother of a murdered child in a Halloween episode of this crime drama.

10. The teen star of this series and his cousin want to go to a Halloween party and try to top each other to win dates.

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School Movie Quiz: Answers

Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:00 am

Thanks to all who tried! Here are the answers:

1. A tough cop goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher. “Kindergarten Cop”

2. This classic based on a true story is about an English woman who travels to the other side of the world to teach the many children of a king. “The King and I”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjf2DxGniwo

3. It’s Saturday, but these five kids have to spend the day in the library for detention. “The Breakfast Club”

4. In this touching documentary, a community with very few minorities finds an especially compelling way to teach their children about the Holocaust. “Paper Clips”

5. A book by Roald Dahl is the basis for this movie about a girl from an awful family who is befriended by a kind-hearted teacher. “Matilda”

6. A musician pretends to be a substitute teacher to make money and ends up turning his class into a rock group. “School of Rock”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AjjRZhiWHI

7. In this body-switching classic, a mother finds out what her daughter’s life is like when she has to spend a day in her daughter’s classes. “Freaky Friday”

8. Undercover cops pretend to be high school students to catch drug dealers in this movie based on a television series. “21 Jump Street”

9. A high school drama teacher decides his class should put on musical sequel to “Hamlet.” “Hamlet 2”

10. Four high school girls form a witches’ coven and get revenge on the classmates who were mean to them. “The Craft”

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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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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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