john carpenter – Quiz Quiz Bang Bang

Round 7 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 5, 2008
Average score: 4/10 (8 teams)

1) What 1997 comedy, which shares its name with a fast food restaurant, includes an Academy Awards ceremony where the Best Actor nominees include Paul Newman in “Coot”, Clint Eastwood in “Codger”, Michael Douglas in “Primary Urges” and Steven Seagal in “Snowball in Hell”?
2) What 2005 satire, which takes its name from an early REM song, did David Denby describe as a “dirty-minded poison-pen letter to a country swollen with self-esteem” and compare to Election, Heathers, and Mean Girls?
3) What 2005 horror film, a remake of a John Carpenter movie, concerns the fate of the crew of the Elizabeth Dane?
4) In Ocean’s Twelve, Topher Grace says he “totally phoned in that Dennis Quaid movie.” What 2004 movie is he talking about?
5) What 2004 film featuring a raunchy version of the hokey pokey was director John Waters’ first film rated NC-17?
6) What 2001 comedy was adapted into a musical starring Laura Bell Bundy, which debuted last year in San Francisco before opening at the Palace Theater on Broadway?
7) What 2002 Cameron Diaz comedy, which shares its name with a U2 song, did film critic Charles Taylor declare “one of the flattest, stupidest, unfunniest sex comedies — as well as one of the worst all-round pictures — I’ve ever seen”?
8) Indie pop band Belle & Sebastian composed the soundtrack for what 2001 Todd Solondz film?
9) What 2004 film based on a comic book character did Guillermo del Toro direct between Blade II and Pan’s Labyrinth?
10) Who appeared in all nine of these movies?

1) Buffy’s little sister doesn’t want to go to Harvard — she wants to skate! At least, she does in what 2005 family film?
2) Britney Spears doesn’t sell her soul to the devil for talent. Obviously. But what pre-K-Fed film shares its title with a Ralph Macchio film that’s chock full o’ Satan?
3) “You can have fun with a baby as a movie character. Look Who’s Talking was an entertaining movie in which we heard what the baby was thinking. Baby’s Day Out, with its fearless baby setting Joe Mantegna’s pants on fire, had its defenders. But those at least were allegedly real babies. [This film] is about toddlers who speak, plot, scheme, disco dance and beat up adults with karate kicks. This is not right.” Roger Ebert wrote this in his one-and-a-half-star review of what 1999 film?
4) What 1996 thriller shares its title with the father/daughter duet that won the 1992 Grammy for Song of the Year?
5) What 1990 satire, one of the most famous flops in Hollywood history, features Morgan Freeman as a judge who’s Jewish in the novel it was based on?
6) What 1986 action film, directed by John Carpenter, inspired the TV show MythBusters to investigate whether or not you can really shoot locks off of doors?
7) What 1991 science fiction sequel popularized the modern proverb “Only Nixon can go to China”?
8) What 1984 comedy inspired 6 sequels, including City Under Siege and Mission to Moscow, as well as an animated TV series?
9) What 1982 high-school comedy was the highest-grossing Canadian film until 2006, and is possibly going to be remade by Howard Stern?
10) Who appeared in all nine of these movies?

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Quiz: Movies

Quiz: Movies