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The Quiz #175

1. What animated duo set out to "Do America" for their 1996 big-screen venture?

Answer: Beavis & Butt-head

2. This recording artist's acting career was tragically cut short in 2001, several months before the release of what would be her final film: "Queen of the Damned."

Answer: Aaliyah

3. In which "Star Wars" installment do Ewoks make their first appearance?

Answer: "Return of the Jedi"

4. What political satire marked the directorial debut of comedian Chris Rock?

Answer: "Head of State"

5. What did Fred MacMurray's titular character invent in 1961's "The Absent Minded Professor?"

Answer: Flubber

6. What genre of music was parodied in "A Mighty Wind?"

Answer: Folk

7. What is the name of the small town where the events of "It's a Wonderful Life" took place?

Answer: Bedford Falls

8. What is the name of the comedy troupe responsible for "Super Troopers" and "Club Dread?"

Answer: Broken Lizard

9. Who was not a member of the "Platoon" of the 1986 Oscar winner?

Answer: John Heard

10. She was a dancer by night, but what was Jennifer Beals's day job in "Flashdance?"

Answer: Welder

11. What 2002 indie follows Matt Damon and Casey Affleck as they wander aimlessly through Death Valley?

Answer: "Gerry"

12. What campy 1962 chiller marked the first onscreen pairing of notorious ice queens Bette Davis and Joan Crawford?

Answer: "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"

13. Who was Audrey Hepburn's (much) older romantic lead in 1957's "Love in the Afternoon?"

Answer: Gary Cooper

14. Abbott & Costello met all of the following horror figures in their feature-length spoofs except:

Answer: The Wolf Man

15. As of 2008, who is the only actor in history to be nominated for Oscars for performances in both English and foreign-language films?

Answer: Ingrid Bergman. She was nominated for 6 Academy Awards for her English-language performances, winning for her roles in "Gaslight" (1944), "Anastasia" (1956), and "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), but her seventh – and final – nomination came for her performance in Ingmar Bergman's "Autumn Sonata" (1978), which was in her native Swedish.



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