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March Quiz
"Tough Movie Trivia"

1. Which of the James Bond films featured sequences filmed at New Orleans' Lakefront Airport, in the French Quarter, and a lengthy boat chase through the Louisiana bayous ?

Live and Let Die
The Man With the Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
A View To A Kill

2. The drag queen Divine created the role of Edna Turnblad in John Waters' 1988 movie "Hairspray"... The actor Harvey Fierstein played Edna in the recent stage musical version... But WHO will be playing the role of Edna in the upcoming 2007 movie made from the stage musical ?

Albert Brooks
John Travolta
William Hurt
Chevy Chase

3. Near the end of 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back", just as Han Solo is about to be put into "carbon freezing", Princess Leia finally admits her true feelings and tells Han: "I love you"... What is Han's response ?

"Tell it to the wookie."
"I know."
"Don't worry about me, sister."
"Lousy timing."

4. Where is most of the action in the 2003 film "Lost In Translation" set ?

The Pentagon
In orbit around Mars
Tokyo, Japan
On a German U-boat

5. Three of these movies are real.... Which one is the FAKE ?

Nasty Habits (1977) – The Watergate scandal is played out as an allegory between factions of rival nuns at a Philadelphia convent...
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) – Emperor Spengo kidnaps Marge Nelson with a giant magnet, hoping to win her love before he destroys the Earth...
Crime and Punishment, USA (1959) – Updating of the Dostoevsky novel, with actor George Hamilton, and a setting in present-day Los Angeles...
Butterfingers (1978) – Rip-off of "The Bad News Bears", with ex-cons Jack Warden and Abe Vigoda forced to coach surly Little Leaguers as their community service...

6. Which of these titles is NOT a film directed by Spain's Pedro Almodovar ?

Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Volver
Pan's Labyrinth
Talk To Her

7. With several references made to his long-running losing streak during last month's 79th annual Academy Awards, Kevin O'Connell lost out – yet again – in his 19th Oscar bid, for work in which field ?

Animated Short Subject
Sound
Costume Design
Cinematography

8. Which of these movies is INCORRECTLY matched with its literary inspiration ?

Cruel Intentions (1997) – Voltaire's "Candide"
O (2001) – Shakespeare's "Othello"
Clueless (1995) – Jane Austen's "Emma"
O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000) – Homer's "Odyssey"

9. In the recent film "Rocky Balboa" (2006), what has become of Talia Shire's character "Adrian" ?

She's dead
She's running a home for ex-boxers
She's running for office in Philadelphia
She's marrying a New York City stockbroker

10. And finally... Which of these "timely" movies does NOT deal with the issue of time travel ?

Twice In A Lifetime (1985)
Time After Time (1979)
Timecop (1994)
Time Bandits (1981)

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