Quizzy Quizes (or is it Quizzes?)

[Swatopluk]

Ok, this is the thread for home made quiz(z?)es.

We start with the:

Movie Quiz

1. What was the first movie about the sinking of the Titanic, when was it made and who directed it?

2. In what movie does a rather large piece of seafood win a (land-based) sports contest?

3. What is the eye-catching visual parallel between E.S.Porter's Great Train Robbery and Spielberg's Schindler's List?

4. What British movie is named after the border between two countries in the Western hemisphere (not the name of a river)?

5. What is the last non-documentary movie L.Olivier appeared in (not as himself that is) and what irony is behind that?
Slight correction: by now it seems to be second-last (if one counts TV)

6. The cruise-ship maxim Gorky almost suffered the fate of the Titanic in reality. In what movie was she threatened by another catastrophe and who played her captain in that?

7. Who dubbed the voice of Christopher Lee in the German language version of The Last Unicorn?

8. What film inspired George Lucas for his first Star Wars movie (according to his own words)?

9. Name the only non-Japanese film of director Akira Kurosawa (and where it was made)!

10. What actor defeated a serial killer in a drive-in cinema that at the same time ran a movie starring him?

11. Which movie did Samuel L.Jackson want to be in just because of the title (i.e. unasked and without having read the script).

12. Which Korean movie is an adaption of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"? (international title please)

13. Which actor played Robin Hood, Zorro and D'Artagnan (from the 3 Musketeers)?

14. In a famous Ealing Comedy the lead murders 8 members of his family. Name the actors that played the victims!

15. Who played the US president in the movie that Stanley Kubrick kept (temporarily) out of cinemas by suing in order to get priority for his own Dr.Strangelove?

16. What technical improvement of cinema was named after a movie?

17. Who played the test pilot in the British movie telling the story of the development of the Spitfire fighter plane?

18. Where is the connection between Darth Vader and the BBC TV adaption of The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy?

19. Who financed R. Polanski's Macbath (causing an outrage among critics)?

20. In what film does the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il sing a song about loneliness?

[Griffin NoName]

1. What was the first movie about the sinking of the Titanic, when was it made and who directed it?

Carry on Up the Iceberg 1922  Directed by Scott of the North

2. In what movie does a rather large piece of seafood win a (land-based) sports contest?

Four prawn rolls and a boxing match

3. What is the eye-catching visual parallel between E.S.Porter's Great Train Robbery and Spielberg's Schindler's List?

People jumping off a moving train

4. What British movie is named after the border between two countries in the Western hemisphere (not the name of a river)?

Hadrian's Wallpaper

5. What is the last non-documentary movie L.Olivier appeared in (not as himself that is) and what irony is behind that?
Slight correction: by now it seems to be second-last (if one counts TV)

Oliver Twist

It was his last non-documentary movie because he kept asking to be in more and no one would give him a part.

6. The cruise-ship maxim Gorky almost suffered the fate of the Titanic in reality. In what movie was she threatened by another catastrophe and who played her captain in that?

Park and Ride :  JJ Cronin

7. Who dubbed the voice of Christopher Lee in the German language version of The Last Unicorn?

Adolf Wagner

8. What film inspired George Lucas for his first Star Wars movie (according to his own words)?

The Birds

9. Name the only non-Japanese film of director Akira Kurosawa (and where it was made)!

Ken Loach : Iceland

10. What actor defeated a serial killer in a drive-in cinema that at the same time ran a movie starring him?

Humphrey Bogus

11. Which movie did Samuel L.Jackson want to be in just because of the title (i.e. unasked and without having read the script).

Uncle Sam and the Beanstalk

12. Which Korean movie is an adaption of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"? (international title please)

The United Nations and the Soul-Snatchers

13. Which actor played Robin Hood, Zorro and D'Artagnan (from the 3 Musketeers)?

Marylin Monroe

14. In a famous Ealing Comedy the lead murders 8 members of his family. Name the actors that played the victims!

Sleazy, Dozy, Stumpy, Grumpy, Frosty, Shorty, Beastly and John Le Mesurier

15. Who played the US president in the movie that Stanley Kubrick kept (temporarily) out of cinemas by suing in order to get priority for his own Dr.Strangelove?

Peter Sellers

16. What technical improvement of cinema was named after a movie?

The Colour Purple

17. Who played the test pilot in the British movie telling the story of the development of the Spitfire fighter plane?

Biggles

18. Where is the connection between Darth Vader and the BBC TV adaption of The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy?

Darth Vadar wears Arthur Dent's slippers

19. Who financed R. Polanski's Macbath (causing an outrage among critics)?

Robert the Bruce

20. In what film does the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il sing a song about loneliness?

Toothless in Seattle

[Swatopluk]

You are wrong about #18. Grand Moff Tarkin had problems with his footware, not Darth
(actually true, Peter Cushing had very big feet and they could not get fitting boots, so he played most of it without shoes and was therefore for the most part filmed in a way that did not show his lower body)

[Opsa]

1 wrong out of 20 for Sib NoName, then! That'll give her a solid "B+" or a slightly runny "A-".

[Bruder Cuzzen]

Okay ...I'll bite...

1. The Poseidon Adventure , directed by The towering Inferno guy ?

2. Mermaids ?

3. The pollution coming out of trains ?

4.The Maginot Line ?

8.The Seekers ?

13. Errol Flynn ?

16. Sound ?

[Swatopluk]

Unfortunately no direct hits yet.
1. Off by several decades (answer can be found in the wikipedia)
2. The movie has been mentioned several times here in the forum (by now even with pictures)
3. You will find the answer on the imdb. It's a visual effect.
4. That's not a still common name for the border (and also covered only parts of it). Hint: the sought-for border runs East-West not North-South. Edit: You have mentioned it yourself on this forum
8. Clarification: The sought-for movie was the direct inspiration for plot and characters. It is not one of the WW2 movies that he copied for the space battle scenes (like The Dambusters or Mosquito Squadron)
13. Nicely walked into the trap (Flynn did not play the famous Dumas character but his sought-for predecessor did)
16. That's the right direction because it has to do with sound but that is not an invention named after a movie. Btw, the movie title has been inserted into several other movies as an in-joke or as a hommage (including the one sought in question #5). Hint: Strictly spoken it is 2 movies by the same director, the first the amateur version, the second (of the same title) made it famous.

Better quote the questions, so the checking is easier.

[Bruder Cuzzen]

 #4 AHA! The border/movie in question is " The 49th Parallel " !

#8 The Seven Samurai ?

#13 The actor is the great Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

[Opsa]

1) The 1943 version of "Titanic"

3) Are they both in black and white?

8 ) Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress"?

14) "Kind Hearts and Coronets" All eight murdered family members are played by Alec Guiness

15) I think the movie was "Fail Safe" (and it's a great movie IMHO) and Henry Fonda played the president.

[beagle]

#17 David Niven in "The First of the Few" .  I forget who played R.J.Mitchell.

#1 "A Night To Remember" is too late to have been the first  I suppose?

#4 "49th Parallel"

[Bruder Cuzzen]

#1. " A Night to Remember " ?..." Watch Out For That Iceberg " ?..."This Ole Tin Can " ?..." Oh The Water's Cold " ?..." Voyage to The Bottom Of The Sea "?..." Down to The Sea In A ship " ?..." Captain Incompotent ? "

[Bruder Cuzzen]

Hmmmmm...Maybe it was Gene Kelly instead of Dougie Fairbanks ?

[Swatopluk]

Correct answers until now:
#4 Bruder Cuzzen (and beagle a bit later): 49th parallel
#8 Opsanus Tau: The Hidden Fortress
#13 Bruder Cuzzen: Douglas Fairbanks sen.
#14 Opsanus Tau: Kind Hearts and Coronets, Alec Guiness
#15 Opsanus Tau: Fail Safe
#17 beagle: David Niven in The First of the Few
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#1 search much earlier!
#3 there are more than 2 b/w films in the world, that is not an eye-catching effect

[goat starer]

1. saved from the titanic 1912 - no idea who directed it

2. hand colouring of certain parts of the otherwise black and white film

[goat starer]

18. dave Prowse (better known as the UK Green Cross Code Man) was the body of darth (not the voice) and played hotblack desiatos bodyguard

[goat starer]

6. juggernaut 1974 - captain alex brunel is played by omar sharif - the ship is named the ss britanic (strangely the same name as the sister ship of the titanic). The Maxim Gorkiys near miss with disater when bombed was very similar to the fate of the britannic which sank after striking a mine in 1916.