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The Quiz #181

1. What popular toy line served as the basis for one of 2007's biggest blockbusters?

Answer: Transformers

2. What 2006 Oscar-winning drama took place during the aftermath of Princess Diana's death?

Answer: "The Queen"

3. What competitive game was "Rounders" focused on?

Answer: Poker

4. Which of the following comedies does not revolve around an unplanned pregnancy?

Answer: "Wild Hogs"

5. In what 2007 release will you find a character that uses a cattle gun as his weapon of choice?

Answer: "No Country for Old Men"

6. What actress made history in 2008 by being the first performer to win an Oscar for a performance entirely in French?

Answer: Marion Cotillard. She won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose" (2007).

7. Ben Stiller directed all of the following except:

Answer: "Night at the Museum"

8. What did the salesman in "Glengarry Glen Ross" sell?

Answer: Real estate

9. What 1980s pop icon had a memorable cameo as himself in "The Wedding Singer?"

Answer: Billy Idol

10. Though her debut feature was a runaway success, this 2004 follow-up to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was a huge box office disappointment for star Nia Vardalos.

Answer: "Connie and Carla"

11. Prior to his well publicized 2002 arrest for the murder of his wife, this actor was best known for playing real-life killer Perry Smith in the film adaptation of "In Cold Blood."

Answer: Robert Blake

12. Which of the following musicians did not appear in Jim Jarmusch's short film anthology "Coffee and Cigarettes?"

Answer: Joe Strummer

13. After a disparaging review of "Garfield: The Movie" appeared in "The New York Times," the makers of the 2006 sequel "Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties" decided to name the movie's main villain after this film critic.

Answer: Manohla Dargis

14. Who was chosen to play aviator Charles Lindbergh in the 1957 biopic "The Spirit of St. Louis?"

Answer: James Stewart

15. Best known for its explicit sexual content, this notorious 2003 indie was famously dubbed by critic Roger Ebert as the worst film in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.

Answer: "The Brown Bunny"



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