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The Quiz #178

1. Korben Dallas, Victor Cornelius, and Ruby Rhod are some of the characters you'll meet in this sci-fi thriller.

Answer: "The Fifth Element"

2. What is the name of the Volkswagen Beetle that was featured in a string of popular live-action Disney films, starting with 1968's "The Love Bug?"

Answer: Herbie

3. Penelope Cruz has starred in all of the following except:

Answer: "City of Angels"

4. Who makes an "Indecent Proposal" to Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson in the 1993 melodrama?

Answer: Robert Redford

5. What fearsome animal guarded the entrance of the Cave of Caerbannog in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail?"

Answer: Rabbit

6. Which of the following comedians did not perform in the 2000 concert flick "The Original Kings of Comedy?"

Answer: Eddie Griffin

7. Who hasn't played a football coach in a motion picture?

Answer: Tommy Lee Jones. Caan played a college football coach in the controversial "The Program" (1993); Washington was a high school coach in "Remember the Titans" (2000); and Hawn put a feminist spin on her role as the coach in "Wildcats" (1986).

8. In what 1976 thriller would you find Laurence Olivier performing sadistic oral surgery on Dustin Hoffman?

Answer: "Marathon Man"

9. Who played the title character in 2000's "The Legend of Bagger Vance?"

Answer: Will Smith

10. This actor has played father to characters played by Meg Ryan, Dustin Hoffman, and Harrison Ford.

Answer: Sean Connery. He player Ryan's father in "The Presidio" (1988), Hoffman's pop in "Family Business" (1989), and Ford's dad in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989).

11. After being used in an opening sequence of "Wayne's World," this song was propelled to the top of the Billboard singles charts – nearly 20 years after its original release.

Answer: Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"

12. Besides being one of the few comedies helmed by Alfred Hitchcock, this movie also featured Shirley MacLaine in her first screen role.

Answer: "The Trouble With Harry"

13. What hard-drinking writer served as the inspiration for the 1987 drama "Barfly?"

Answer: Charles Bukowski

14. As of 2008, who is the only actor to win an Academy Award for playing a character of the opposite sex?

Answer: Linda Hunt. She won a Best Supporting Actress statuette for playing a male photographer in "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982). Hurt was the first actor to win an Oscar for playing a homosexual character (Best Actor for 1985's "Kiss of the Spider Woman"), while Swank (Best Actress winner for 1999's "Boys Don't Cry") and Hoffman (Best Actor nominee for 1982's "Tootsie") both earned kudos for playing characters who only pretended to be members of the opposite sex.

15. "Titanic" is the highest-grossing film of all time in terms of box office performance for a theatrical run. But what movie is the biggest moneymaker of all time when box office totals are adjusted for inflation?

Answer: "Gone With the Wind"



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