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The Quiz #251

1. Tim Allen starred in all of the following except:

Answer: "Evolution"

2. Which of the following creature features has yet to receive a Hollywood remake?

Answer: "The Cyclops"

3. What game show host was the subject of the gonzo 2002 biopic "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind?"

Answer: Chuck Barris

4. Cher, Bill Pullman, and Kevin Kline have all played parents to characters played by this actress.

Answer: Christina Ricci. Cher played Ricci's mother in the coming-of-age tale "Mermaids" (1990); Pullman was Ricci's scientist dad in "Casper" (1995); and Kline played Ricci's adulterous father in "The Ice Storm" (1997).

5. How many characters in "Final Destination" managed to survive into its 2003 sequel?

Answer: 1

6. Which of the following John le Carré novels has yet to be adapted for the silver screen?

Answer: "The Night Manager"

7. What actor played the title characters in "Robocop" and "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension?"

Answer: Peter Weller

8. What 2005 documentary chronicles the evolution of a genre of hip-hop dancing known as "krumping?"

Answer: "Rize"

9. What is the name of the serial killer movie that Donald Kaufman is writing in "Adaptation?"

Answer: "The Three"

10. Who is the only actor in history to play Jesus Christ, a vampire, and T.S. Eliot on the silver screen?

Answer: William Dafoe. He played the characters in "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000), and "Tom & Viv" (1994), respectively.

11. Matilda the Hun, Herman the German, and Machine Gun Joe Viterbo are among the colorful characters you'll meet in this 1975 cult classic.

Answer: "Death Race 2000"

12. Who was not among the unlikely actors to showcase their karaoke skills in the misguided 2000 road comedy "Duets?"

Answer: Chris Cooper

13. What popular 1976 comedy marked the only time that stand-up legends Richard Pryor and George Carlin appeared in the same movie?

Answer: "Car Wash"

14. Which of the following actors has never directed a motion picture?

Answer: Ed Begley, Jr. Murphy's sole directorial credit to date is the misconceived period piece "Harlem Nights" (1989); Norton made his debut behind the camera with "Keeping the Faith" (2000); and Harris made an impressive directorial debut with his biopic "Pollock" (2000).

15. Halle Berry was the first African-American to win a Best Actress Oscar, but who was the first African-American to be nominated for the award?

Answer: Dorothy Dandridge. She received the nomination for her role in "Carmen Jones" (1954).



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