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Quiz: Movies

24-October-08 / James Callan

Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on October 7, 2008

1) Originally titled Three Rivers, what 1993 action film about Pittsburgh police chasing a serial killer was so bad that Bruce Willis apologized for its existence to the movie-going public?
2) To save money while filming Nixon, Oliver Stone leased the Oval Office set built for what 1995 romantic comedy?
3) After starring in four period pieces in a row, Winona Ryder “really wanted to wear blue jeans for a change,” so she decided to take a role in what contemporary 1994 comedy?
4) What 1996 thriller based on a 1993 novel by William Diehl earned Edward Norton his first Academy Award nomination?
5) What 1993 thriller directed by Wolfgang Peterson is the last film Clint Eastwood starred in that he didn’t direct himself?
6) A 66% freshness rating on rottentomatoes.com means that what 2007 romantic comedy, his followup to Good Luck, Chuck, is Dane Cook’s best-reviewed movie so far?
7) Nicolas Cage plays Danny Aiello’s younger brother in what 1987 romantic comedy?
8) According to Premiere magazine, the 73rd best movie line ever is “”I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen” from what Seattle-based 1989 comedy?
9) “Wallace Beery. Wrestling picture. What do you need, a roadmap?” That question comes from what movie?
10) What actor or actress appears in all nine of these films?

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Quiz: Movies

21-May-08 / James Callan

Round 7 at the Old Pequliar on May 6, 2008
Average score: 5.25/10 (11 teams)

1) Women swoon over an earthbound angel because “he smells like cookies” in what 1996 Nora Ephron film?
2) The second-oldest performance to be nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar appeared in what 2007 drama based on the New York magazine article “The Return of Superfly”?
3) Tobias Wolff wrote a memoir about growing up in Skagit County. Leonardo DeCaprio starred in the 1993 film adaptation. What’s it called?
4) A former star from NBC’s “must see Thursday” lineup plays the mother of Rilo Kiley’s lead-singer-to-be in what 1989 comedy?
5) What family film, written by two creators of Reno! 911 and based on a picture book by Milan Trenc, became the second-highest-grossing movie of 2006?
6) Jet Li kills Jet Li over and over and over again — and only Jet Li can stop him — in what 2001 action film?
7) The poster for what 1993 comedy parodied the famous painting American Gothic, with the star holding a pitchfork, and used the tagline “He’s a relative nightmare”?
8) The Secretary of Defense is shot and Nicolas Cage has to figure out whodunnit in what 1998 Brian DePalma thriller?
9) George Clooney plays the head spy in the Office of Strategic Services in what 2001 Robert Rodriguez film?
10) What actor or actress appears in all nine of these films?
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Quiz: Why I Hate My Parents

4-April-07 / James Callan

I’ll give you a baby’s first (and perhaps middle) name, you name at least one of his or her parents.

1) Apple Blythe
2) Zahara Marley
3) Moon Unit
4) Chastity Sun
5) Moxie CrimeFighter
6) Tallulah Belle
7) Kal-El (not the fictional character)
8) Pilot Inspektor
9) Zowie
10) George, George, George, George, George, and Georgette