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The Quiz #222

1. What kind of animal is the title character in the "Free Willy" movies?

Answer: Whale

2. Which of the following isn't the name of a failed Bruce Willis vehicle?

Answer: "Blown Away"

3. What actor was chosen to play the title character in the comic book adaptation "Blade?"

Answer: Wesley Snipes

4. What 2005 thriller has the distinction of being the first film ever to be shot inside United Nations Headquarters?

Answer: "The Interpreter"

5. What 1988 sequel was subtitled "On the Rocks?"

Answer: "Arthur 2"

6. What stand-up comedian played the nightclub comic that publicly insulted an overweight Eddie Murphy in "The Nutty Professor?"

Answer: Dave Chappelle

7. What is the name of the real-life "Quiz Show" that was at the center of scandal in the 1994 film?

Answer: "Twenty-One"

8. What boxer is the subject of Martin Scorsese's biopic "Raging Bull?"

Answer: Jake La Motta

9. Which French arthouse staple has yet to be given a Hollywood makeover?

Answer: "Shoot the Piano Player"

10. What punk band served as the obsession of a group of teenagers in the 1979 cult classic "Rock ‘n' Roll High School?"

Answer: The Ramones

11. In what 2002 indie will you find Christina Ricci playing a sorority girl who falls in love with a mentally challenged athlete?

Answer: "Pumpkin"

12. What actor topped "Empire" magazine's 2003 poll of the worst movie accents of all time?

Answer: Sean Connery. His vocal attempt to play an Irish cop in "The Untouchables" (1987) was bad enough to earn him the dubious distinction from the popular British film magazine.

13. Ken Russell directed biopics about all of the following classical composers except:

Answer: Brahms. In the course of four years, the controversial Russell directed biopics of Tchaikovsky (1971's "The Music Lovers"), Mahler (1974's "Mahler"), and Liszt (1975's "Lisztomania").

14. Which of the following movies is not based on the infamous 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder case?

Answer: "Poison"

15. In one of the most public criminal cases in Hollywood history, director John Landis was tried for involuntary manslaughter when this actor died in a freak accident on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie."

Answer: Vic Morrow. Morrow died on July 23, 1982, when a stunt helicopter crashed on top of him and two juvenile actors, killing all three instantly. Landis would be acquitted on all charges on May 29, 1987.



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