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Quiz: Movies

Round 7 at the Old Pequliar on Dec. 2, 2008
Average score: 6.8/10 (15 teams)

1) Queen’s song “Keep Passing the Open Windows” was originally written for what 1984 movie, which featured Nastassja Kinski as a woman who dresses in a bear suit?

2) What 1998 thriller, directed by Tony Scott, stars Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert similar to the character he played in The Conversation?

3) What 1990 Christian Slater film about a mysterious high-school rebel won the Golden Space Needle award at SIFF, defeating Jesus of Montreal?

4) Billy Crystal originally wrote what 2001 comedy “about celebrity, family, and other forms of insanity,” so he could play the romantic lead, but ended up playing John Cusack’s publicist instead?

5) What 2001 comedy was the first film made featuring two African-American Oscar winners, specifically Whoopi Goldberg and Cuba Gooding, Jr.?

6) According to Salon.com’s critic Stephanie Zacharek, the real stars of what 2003 caper are the Mini Coopers involved in the chase scene?

7) What 1999 comedy/horror movie about a boy who accidentally kills his parents and best friends had its release date pushed back because of the Columbine massacre?

8) What 1998 big last-day-of-high-school party movie includes nine actors who appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and four that appeared on Six Feet Under?

9) What 1997 movie features a British spy foiling the nefarious Project Vulcan, a subterranean delivery system for nuclear warheads?

10) What actor or actress appears in all nine of these movies?

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Movies

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

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