Quiz Compilation #3
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Morris. The filmmaker is Errol Morris and the person who ate his shoe after Morris completed the film was Michael Moore.
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- 122. He is an American retired New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who is most famous for testifying against police corruption in 1971. He provides support for "individuals who seek truth and justice even in the face of great personal risk". He calls them "lamp lighters", a term he prefers to the more common "whistleblowers", which refers to alerting the public to danger, just as Paul Revere was responsible for having lamps lit in the Old North Church to warn the public in Charlestown, Massachusetts, of the British Regulars movements during the American Revolutionary War. Juz ID the honest cop.
- 125. He made his film debut in the 1992 comedy Toys. His first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday, where he portrayed a hard-partying American football player. In 1994, he released an album (on the Fox record label) entitled Peep This. His music career shifted into a higher gear when, in 2004, he was featured on rapper Twista's song, "Slow Jamz", which also featured Kanye West. The song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, as well as number three on the UK singles chart.Released his second studio album,Unpredictable in December 2005. It debuted at number two, selling 598,000 copies in its first week.The following week, the album rose to number one, selling an additional 200,000 copies. ID the actor - musician.
- 128. On March 23, 2007, it was announced he would pen "Interstellar," a science fiction film. It is based on the theories of Kip Thorne, a theoretical physicist known for his prolific contributions in gravitation physics and astrophysics and for having trained a generation of scientists. The film is being Directed by Steven Spielberg. Scheduled to release on summer 2011.At a Comic Con press conference on July 26, 2008, he was confirmed by director Joseph McGinty Nichol to be the "lead writer" of Terminator Salvation,but was not listed under writing or story credits. Who is he ?
- 131. His self-proclaimed passion was filmmaking, and he debuted as a director with the movie Luger (1981). He received a Gouden Kalf ("Golden Calf", the Dutch equivalent of the Oscar) for Blind Date (1996) and In het belang van de staat ("In the Interest of the State", 1997). Latter he also received a "Certificate of Merit" from the San Francisco International Film Festival. He worked with Somali-born writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali to produce the film Submission, which was critical of the treatment of women in Islam. ID the director.
- 134. Which charcter’s words ? The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self- improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low- grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15-year-old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize; he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament... My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon... luge lessons... In the spring, we'd make meat helmets... When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds — pretty standard, really. At the age of 12, I received my first scribe. At the age of 14, a Zoroastrian named Vilmer ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum — it's breathtaking... I suggest you try it.
- 137. X was one of twelve children born to Michael Jerome Williams and Denise Oher. He attended eleven different schools during his first nine years as a student. After playing football his freshman year at a public high school in Memphis, X applied for admission to the private Briarcrest Christian School, at the instigation of acquaintance Tony Henderson, with whom he was temporarily living. X was living with several foster families and a football teammate at Briarcrest for twenty months before Y and Sean Tuohy, a couple with a daughter and son at Briarcrest, allowed Oher to live with them. They also connected him with a tutor, who worked with him for twenty hours a week. X and Y shot to fame late last year. Why?
- 140. It was developed by Tomlinson Holman at George Lucas’s company, Lucasfilm, in 1983 to ensure that the soundtrack for the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, would be accurately reproduced in the best venues. It is a trade name of a high-fidelity sound reproduction standard for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems. ID.
- 143. This cinematic effect is most commonly used by makers of documentaries on subjects where principally still material (photographs, paintings etc) is available. To bring the still material to life, for example, the camera zooms in on subjects of interest and then pans from one subject to another, finally coming to rest on the element which is the subject of the voice- over narration. This effect is also present in many professional and home software applications (the iPhoto, iMovie etc from Apple) and is named after the guy who popularized it in some epoch making documentaries. What is this effect called?
- 146. In the post production for this movie, in opposition to product placement, the editors had to resort to something called product displacement,and digitally remove several logos from various artifacts in the movie (at a cost of several thousand pounds). Many companies such as Mercedes refused to allow their products to be used in non-flattering and squalid settings which the movie demanded. Identify this movie.
- 149. It was originally used by promoter Horace Lee Logan on December 15, 1956, to plead with concert goers not to leave a concert hall to try to see -------- as he left, and instead remain to see the other acts on the bill. The full quotation was "Please, young people... ------------------------------. He has gotten in his car and driven away.... Please take your seats." Former Houston Oilers coach Jerry Glanville popularized it in the early 80s (to refer to his team's imminent victory over its opponents). Which phrase ?
- 152. This 1960 B&W comedy film directed by Roger Corman, was shot on a shoe string budget of 30,000$. Written by Charles Griffith, it deals with the story of a meek flower shop assistant, Seymour Krelboin, who cultivates a plant that feeds on human flesh. Released as a double feature with Mario Bava's cult horror movie Black Sunday, this movie has achieved cult status in recent times. It was made into a Broadway musical which later was made into a 1986 movie of the same name. Which film ?
- 155. His first major movie role was in the 1982 Cameron Crowe flick Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He also appeared in Martin Scorcese's The Color of Money, and co starred with Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam. Known as a method actor, one of his more famous roles has been in Jim Jarmusch's 1999 movie Ghost Dog. He was also named as a chief among the Igbo tribe in Nigeria. Name this well known actor.
- 158. Under the name of Rus le Roq, he recorded a tune called "I want to be Like Marlon Brando". He and his friend formed a band called Roman Antix, which later became an Aussie pub rock brand called 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, in 1992. He also collaborated with Alan Doyle of the Canadian band Great Big Sea in 2005. He changed the name of his band to The Ordinary Fear of God, though the acronym TOFOG remains the same. Which actor am i referring to?
- 161. She is the only person to learn The 5 Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique, a method by which an assailant can be killed by quickly striking the 5 pressure points around the heart. She faked her own death ,lived in rural Texas under name of Arlene Machiavelli and was engaged to Tommy Plympton. Name the character and movie
- 164. During the early 1900's, Dr. Duncan MacDougall, sought to measure the weight purportedly lost by a human body when the soul departed the body on death. He weighed dying patients to prove that the soul could be measured and had a tangible mass. Though his experiments were rejected scientifically, the figure of ____ became synonmous with the mass of a soul.
- 170. He was the romantic lead opposite Judi Dench in the BBC TV version of Langrishe, Go Down. He shot into fame playing the role of Charles Ryder in the 1981 TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. He made his movie debut in 1980 with Nijinsky. He gained fame for his role in the Mission and in 1990 won an Oscar for his role in Reversal of Fortune. He also appeared opposite Meryl Streep in The French Lieutnant’s Woman. His other famous roles include Die Hard with a Vengenance, The Man in the Iron Mask, and he sang the song “Be Prepared” for movie The Lion King.
- 173. "Gordon - killed with a Chef's knife sharpening steel by Dog Smithy Robinson - bludgeoned to death with "a 15- inch black rubber cock" by Harry Mickey - shot by Gloria Paul - killed in the shootout at Eddie and Bacon's place John - killed in the shootout at Eddie and Bacon's place Plank - shot several times, until finally killed by Rory Breaker Rory Breaker - shot by Plank"- Chronological sequence of the deaths in which 1998 cult classic British heist movie.
- 176. The movie gets it's title from a song by the rock band B-52 in their 1980 album Wild Planet. Loosely based on Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I, this 1991 movie is about 2 street hustlers Mike and Scott. Name this indie movie directed by Gus Van Sant.
- 179. X was born with no body, no arms, and no legs. All he had was a ___. But despite this major birth defect, his parents still loved him very much. So on his sixteenth birthday, his parents found a doctor that could surgically give X a body. When the parents got home, they couldn't wait to tell him that he could finally have a body and be like other normal people. When X got there, they were really excited and said, "Have we got a surprise for you. It's the best present ever!" And X said, "Oh no, not another fucking hat!"
- 180. ANSWER…..
- 182. In 1930, he was asked by a reporter what he thought of his yearly salary of $80,000 ($1.05 million in current dollar terms) being more than President Hoover's $75,000. His response: "I know, but I had a better year than Hoover." That quote has also been rendered as, "How many home runs did he hit last year?“ Who?
- 183. ANSWER…..
- 184. Babe ruth
- 185. William Wordsworth's poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood“: What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of ______, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind...
- 186. ANSWER…..
- 188. Originally concieved by Endemol, It is Trato Hecho in Argentina, Ber nebo neber in Czech, Raffle le fric et braque la banque in Monaco, Saka Kana Aa Saka in Zimbabve, Dlilek Mlek in Tunisia, Hrayesh chy ne hrayesh In Ukraine, Vzemi ali pusti in Slovenia, Uzmi Illi Ostavi in Slovenia andVõta või jäta in Estonia. What is it in India?
- 189. ANSWER…..
- 191. In 1991, he made his directorial debut with The Indian Runner, a film based on Bruce Springsteen's song "Highway Patrolman" from the Nebraska album. He also directed music videos, such as Shania Twain's "Dance with the One That Brought You" and Lyle Lovett's "North Dakota" in 1993 and Peter Gabriel's "The Barry Williams Show" in 2002. He has since directed three more films, all of which were well-received by critics: The Crossing Guard in 1995, The Pledge in 2001, and Into the Wild in 2007. WHO?
- 192. ANSWER…..
- 193. SEAN PENN
- 194. On September 19, 1985,X famously testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organization, co-founded by Tipper Gore, former wife of then-senator Al Gore. The PMRC consisted of many wives of politicians, including the wives of five members of the committee, and was founded to address the issue of song lyrics with sexual or satanic content. He saw their activities as on a path towards censorship, and called their proposal for voluntary labelling of records with explicit content "extortion" of the music industry Later he set excerpts from the PMRC hearings to his composition "Porn Wars" on his 1985 album.Who?
- 195. ANSWER…..
- 196. FRANK ZAPPA
- 197. Rashid Khalifa, the legendary storyteller of Kahani, has fallen into deep sleep from which no one can wake him. To keep his father from slipping away entirely, the protagonist must travel to the Magic World and steal the ever-burning Fire of Life. Thus begins a quest replete with unlikely creatures, strange alliances, and seemingly insurmountable challenges as he and an assortment of enchanted companions race through peril after peril, pass through the land of the Badly Behaved Gods, and reach the Fire itself, where his fate, and that of his father, will be decided Plot of which recent novel?
- 198. ANSWER…..
- 200. Whose famous grave in Cimetière des Chiens, in the Parisian suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine , often a tourist attraction?
- 201. ANSWER…..
- 202. Rintintin
- 203. He once promised to eat his shoe if Errol Morris completed the movie project on pet cemeteries that he had been working on, in order to challenge and motivate Morris, whom he perceived as incapable of following up on the projects he conceived. In 1978 when the film Gates of Heaven premiered, he cooked and publicly ate his shoe, an event later incorporated into a short documentary X Eats His Shoe by Les Blank. At the event, he suggested that he hoped the act would serve to encourage anyone having difficulty bringing a project to fruition. Who?
- 204. ANSWER…..
- 206. Well, one of my favorite questions in the set. Fill up. Also, what did it inspire?
- 207. ANSWER…..
- 208. . The “Frankie Goes Hollywood” headline featuring Sinatra later inspired singer Holly Johnson for the name of his band, ‘Frankie Goes To Hollywood.’