mighty fine trivia by James Callan
Sidney Poitier, Al Pacino, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, ?
Hint: Here’s a longer sequence. Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson; Barbra Streisand; Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman; Jack Nicholson; Harrison Ford; Robert De Niro and Al Pacino; Sidney Poitier; Al Pacino; Sean Connery; Harrison Ford; ?
1) That sweet blonde girl from Dawson’s Creek gets nicknamed “Deep Throat” in what 1999 comedy?
2) A poster boy for Scientology plays an angel in what 1996 comedy written and directed by Nora Ephron?
3) Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for their smooch in what 1994 buddy movie?
4) When The Godfather Part II won the Best Picture, it defeated what other nominated drama also directed by Francis Ford Coppola?
5) After working with Robert DeNiro for four films in a row, Martin Scorsese directed Griffin Dunne as the lead in what 1985 comedy?
6) Ellen DeGeneres will be taking over a role first played by John Denver in a remake of what 1977 comedy?
7) What 1977 Steven Spielberg film popularized the musical phrase re-me-do-do-sol?
8) “That is one nutty hospital,” comments Bill Murray at the climax of what 1982 comedy?
9) What 1983 comedy about a Detroit engineer who loses his job was one of John Hughes’ first produced screenplays?
10) What actor or actress appeared in all nine of these films?
Average score: 6.5
1) What artist, famed for splattering paint across canvases, was splattered across the pavement when he crashed his car in 1956?
2) “Crash” is the collective noun for what large land mammal found in Africa and Asia?
3) A beloved princess was killed in a car crash 25 years ago this month. Who was she?
4) In 2006, Crash won the Oscar for Best Picture instead of critical favorite Brokeback Mountain. Who won Best Director that same year?
5) Which current NBC drama stars a survivor of the car crash that killed Jayne Mansfield?
6) In 1993, the band Crash Test Dummies had a hit with what song that didn’t actually feature any vowels in its title?
7) What on-again, off-again Yankees manager was killed in a car crash on Christmas Day, 1989?
8) The original Crash Bandicoot was released in 1996 exclusively on what video game platform?
9) The first African-born person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was killed in a car crash in France in 1960. Who was he?
10) “Crash into Me,” the biggest hit for the Dave Matthews Band, was released on what 1996 album?
Average score: 7.0
1) What 2007 film takes its name from a blues song by Blind Lemon Jefferson and features Justin Timberlake in a supporting role?
2) Out of the Past, Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Laura are classic examples of what movie genre?
3) Headline-grabbing singer Amy Winehouse followed up her debut album Frank with what popular neo-soul album?
4) Mark Bowden told the story of Somalia’s Operation Code Irene in what book, subtitled A Story of Modern War?
5) Until 2003, what group’s biggest hit was the song “Request Line,” with vocals by Macy Grey?
6) What hardcore band, at one time fronted by Henry Rollins, took its name from a brand of insecticide?
7) Clint Eastwood made his film debut playing a lab tech in a sequel to what classic Universal horror film?
8) Mickey Rooney’s final Oscar nomination came for his supporting performance in what 1979 film?
9) Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia duetted on “Heart and Soul” on a giant keyboard in what iconic New York store?
10) What fashion item, sometimes considered an essential element of a woman’s wardrobe, did Coco Chanel introduce in the 1920s?
Round 5 at the Old Pequilar on Sept. 4, 2007.
1) What 1980 drama follows a new kid at a Chicago-area high school who hires a fellow student to protect him from bullies?
2) What 1988 comedy centers around a mafia widow being wooed by the man who killed her husband and the FBI agent investigating the killer?
3) What 1984 teen comedy was named after a 1958 hit song by the Crests, rerecorded for the movie by the Stray Cats?
4) Ellen DeGeneres is stalked by an obsessive boyfriend in what 1996 satire of romantic comedies?
5) What 1995 comedy about unexpected fatherhood had scenes of Hugh Grant being arrested cut out because of his real-life arrest for soliciting a prostitute?
6) What 1997 farce was inspired by Tom Hanks’ Oscar speech in which he outed his high school drama coach?
7) A slacker poaches his roommate’s teaching gig in what 2003 comedy?
8) Jennifer Aniston cleans houses but still socializes with rich people in what 2006 film?
9) What 1987 film about a romantic triangle among TV journalists was partly inspired by massive layoffs at CBS?
10) What actor or actress do all 9 of these movies have in common?
Average score, among 16 teams: 7.19.
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