Reel Quiz #8

It’s time to test your knowledge of obscure cinema trivia one more time by answering the following ten multiple choice questions.

Score one point for each correct response. The answers will be posted at the bottom.

For those who deem it necessary to validate your self-worth, feel free to base it on the following scale:

Reel Quiz Ratings Scale

9-10 Correct (Ph.D. in Film)
You are a true Cinemaphile, which is not as creepy as it sounds.

7-8 Correct (M.A. in Film)
You are an under-appreciated genius, like Dustin Hoffman in Hero.

5-6 Correct (B.A. in Film)
You are an avid film lover, but you don’t know the difference between a wide angle lense and any other lense.

3-4 Correct (A.A. in Film)
You really should try to see more films that don't star Jean-Claude Van Damme.

1-2 Correct (Film School Dropout)
One-syllable words completely baffle you, don't they?

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1) Which of the following films directed by Stanley Kubrick never received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture?

A) Dr. Strangelove
B) A Clockwork Orange
C) Barry Lyndon
D) Spartacus


2) Of the following popular actors, who is the ONLY ONE
that was never in one of the Nightmare on Elm Street films?

A) Johnny Depp
B) Patricia Arquette
C) Laurence Fishburne
D) Kevin Bacon


3) What was the first name of Patricia Arquette's character (the prostitute that hooks up with a loner played by Christian Slater) in True Romance?

A) Arizona
B) Alabama
C) Indiana
D) Florida



4) Which of the following 1990s sitcom stars appeared in the adult film Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick?

A) Paul Reiser
B) Michael Richards
C) Matt LeBlanc
D) John Lithgow


5) Which of the following 1990s TV drama stars also appeared in Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick?

A) David Duchovny
B) Dylan McDermott
C) Jimmy Smits
D) Mark Harmon


6) Of the following TV show-based films, which one had the most domestic box office success in its first feature film?

A) Mission Impossible
B) Maverick
C) Lost in Space
D) The Fugitive


7) Which of the following is the only movie that was NOT based on a novel by best-selling author Elmore Leonard?

A) Jackie Browne
B) Pulp Fiction
C) Get Shorty
D) Out of Sight


8) What famous actor helped provide the voice of E.T. -- the Extra Terrestrial in the film of the same name?

A) Michael J. Fox
B) Drew Barrymore
C) Richard Gere
D) Debra Winger


9) Which of the following successful Hollywood figures DID NOT drop out of high school?

A) Don Johnson
B) Mark Wahlberg
C) Tom Cruise
D) Quentin Tarantino


10) Demetria Guynes is the actual birth name of what famous actress?

A) Jodi Foster
B) Whoopi Goldberg
C) Demi Moore
D) Donna Mills


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Answers:

(1) D; Spartacus.

(2) D; Kevin Bacon. He was in the original Friday the 13th, though.

(3) B; Alabama.

(4) C; Matt LeBlanc, or Joey Tribbiani of Friends.

(5) A; David Duchovny, or Fox Mulder from The X-Files.

(6) D; The Fugitive made over $183 million domestically.

(7) B; Pulp Fiction. It was actually based on one of Quentin Tarantino’s drug-induced rampages directed towards a gallon of orange juice.



(8) D; Debra Winger.

(9) A; Don Johnson. Let this be a lesson to kids: Stay in school and you’ll be famous for a cheesy cop show. Drop out and you’ll have a much bigger and better movie career.

(10) C; Demi Moore.