# General movie trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090 "2001-04-15T22:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/1 "2001-04-15T22:13:10Z")
1. In _The Caine Mutiny,_ what obstacle _(not_ his Navy duties) interfered with Ensign Keith’s love life? 2. True or false: in _It’s a Wonderful Life,_ George Bailey jumps off the bridge to commit suicide. 3. What urban legend was commemorated in _Smokey and the Bandit?_ 4. What Hal Roach actor appeared in a Marx Brothers movie? 5. What was the name of the young Eloi woman Wells fell in love with in _The Time Machine?_ 6. In _A Streetcar Named Desire_ (with Marlon Brando), what disappoints Blache DuBois about her sister’s home? 7. What did Buster Keaton never do in the movies? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/2 "2001-04-15T22:21:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > \*\*1. In _The Caine Mutiny,_ what obstacle _(not_ his Navy duties) interfered with Ensign Keith’s love life? > 2. True or false: in _It’s a Wonderful Life,_ George Bailey jumps off the bridge to commit suicide. > 3. What urban legend was commemorated in _Smokey and the Bandit?_ > 4. What Hal Roach actor appeared in a Marx Brothers movie? > 5. What was the name of the young Eloi woman Wells fell in love with in _The Time Machine?_ > 6. In _A Streetcar Named Desire_ (with Marlon Brando), what disappoints Blache DuBois about her sister’s home? > 8. What did Buster Keaton never do in the movies? \*\* Let me take a…crack, at it. 1. Impotence. 2. True- I think. But he gets stopped by that scary angel guy. 3. The one with the car in the side of the cliff? 4. Impotence. 5. Leena, or something… 6. It has only two rooms? It’s kind of shabby in comparision with Belle Reve? (I haven’t seen the movie but i have read the play so this should be right.) 7. (What, you’re afraid of 7?) Talk? I haven’t seen any of these movies, btw, so if I do well, heh…all the better. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/3 "2001-04-15T22:48:06Z")
1. Nope. It’s his mother. 2. Gotcha! No, he doesn’t commit suicide! That’s why Clarence was there. Clarence jumped off, and hollered for help. George took off his coat and dived into the icy water to pull Clarence out. (You’re not the first to fall nto this trap!) :)😃 3. It was the one with the hapless trucker (Jerry Reed, I believe), and a bunch of bikers who rough him up and steal his lunch in a roadside diner. He pays and leaves–and runs his rig over six motorcycles! (See _The Baby Train_ by Jan Harold Brunvand for details.) 4. Impotence? No! Edgar Kennedy, who played a lemonade vendor bested by Harpo and Chico in _Duck Soup._ 😃 5. _Weena._ 6. He never smiled. (He spoke in _Around the World in 80 Days,_ for one.) > [@](#): > > 1. It has only two rooms? It’s kind of shabby in comparision with Belle Reve? (I haven’t seen the movie but I have read the play so this should be right.) That’s about it, Zoggie. I read the play too–in a college course. And the professor had us watch the movie. Here’s question 7: 7. What actor appeared in _It’s a Wonderful Life, Mighty Joe Young_ (1949), and the TV series _Petticoat Junction?_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/4 "2001-04-15T23:04:30Z")
Hey well…one out of seven ain’t bad. Is it? Considering I haven’t seen any of those movies. (I saw the Wishbone version of Time Machine…that’s how I sort of remembered Weena…except that I remembered it Leena. Heh.) Can I come up with some movie trivia, too? Please please please? i bet mine will be really really good! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/5 "2001-04-15T23:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Can I come up with some movie trivia, too? Please please please? I bet mine will be really really good! Hey, I didn’t say you couldn’t!! that’s why I posted this thread. 🙂 Go ahead–you and any others of the Teeming Millions. [🙂 to the nth power] ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/6 "2001-04-15T23:30:09Z")
1. Who directed _Stage Door?_ 2. In _My Man Godfrey,_ what was Godfrey accused of stealing? 3. Which _Star Wars_ actor once played 8 different roles in one movie? What was the movie? 4. What TV show explains where Sylvester Stallone got his “Rocky trains by beating up beef cuts” idea? 5. Which team wins the big game in _Hoosiers?_ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/7 "2001-04-15T23:35:19Z")
#11 : Alec Guiness in _Kind Hearts and Coronets_ #13 is (I think) the Hickory Huskies. [Edited by Eutychus55 on 04-15-2001 at 06:45 PM] ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/8 "2001-04-17T22:39:52Z")
1. In _Miracle on 34th Street,_ what future TV star is shown “facing” outgoing mail in the post office? 2. What TV star played a goon in the last Marx Brothers movie? 3. Who played Babe Ruth in the 1990s movie? (bonus question: what problem did Ruth, as a child, have with cutting fabric?) 4. In _Invaders from Mars,_ what did it mean when the mastermind in the glass globe looked to the side? 5. True or false: in _Forrest Gump,_ Lieutenant Dan was (originally) happy not to have lost his life in the battle that killed Bubba and got Forrest shot in the seater. 6. What city was _The Sting_ shot in? 7. In _The Love Bug,_ what was Herbie’s license plate number? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/9 "2001-04-17T22:52:00Z")
#20 : California plates OFP857 ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/10 "2001-04-18T06:30:08Z")
#14----JACK ALBERTSON #19----CHICAGO ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/11 "2001-04-18T06:57:58Z")
#9 Gregory La Cava #10 a pearl necklace #12 The Straight Dope TV show??? #15 Raymond Burr #16 John Goodman #18 False #19 Mostly Pasadena, Caifornia ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/12 "2001-04-18T14:03:54Z")
Correction: Buster Keaton DID smile and laugh in a couple of his movies (notably “Fatty in Coney Island”). 1. In “The Bank Dick,” W.C. Fields co-starred with what member of a famous comedy team? 2. In Woody Allen’s “Bananas,” what actor, later to be a major star, had a bit part as a punk in the subway? 3. Name the only actor who appeared in five films in his lifetime, every one of which was nominated for a best picture Academy Award. 4. Name the studio excutive of whom it was said, “the whole world was wired into his ass.” 5. What was “Rosebud” in “Citizen Kane” named for. 6. What was the only non-honorary Oscar won by Charlie Chaplin? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/13 "2001-04-18T14:36:29Z")
Just coming in to do some sweeping up in the OP . . . 1. What Hal Roach actor appeared in a Marx Brothers movie? Edgar Kennedy, perhaps, but also Thelma Todd. Several times. 2. What did Buster Keaton never do in the movies? Sorry. Buster not only smiled, but actually laughed, in one of his first movies, “Fatty at Coney Island” (1917). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/14 "2001-04-18T14:38:31Z")
23 - I think his name is John Cassals or something … he played Fredo in _Godfather 1 and 2_. And he was Al Pacino’s exitable partner in _Dog Day Afternoon_, as well as Bob DeNiro’s hunting buddy in _The Deer Hunter_. What was the fifth film? 1. A sled. Those are the only ones for which I have even the slightest clue. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/15 "2001-04-18T14:48:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > 25. A sled. Just stepping in here, Rosebud _was_ the sled. I think he wants to know what the sled was named after. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/16 "2001-04-18T15:42:44Z")
Oh, silly me. In that case, I don’t think I remember - was it his sister, possibly? ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/17 "2001-04-18T22:22:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > 16. Who played Babe Ruth in the 1990s movie? (bonus question: what problem did Ruth, as a child, have with cutting fabric?) He was left handed and couldn’t hold scissors? > [@](#): > > 1. What was “Rosebud” in “Citizen Kane” named for. Marion Davies’ clit. ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/18 "2001-04-18T23:18:13Z")
#22. Sylvester Stallone played a mugger in “Bananas.” #26. Chaplin won an oscar for best music score for “Limelight.” ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/19 "2001-04-18T23:21:15Z")
#21. Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/20 "2001-04-21T20:12:44Z")
ThisYearsGirl, you’re right. 🙂 24. I think that was Harry Cohn, of Columbia. (I once read that when he died in 1958, thousands of people came to his funeral–ostensibly to make sure he was dead. (Red Skelton was quoted as commenting, “Give the people what they want and they’ll come to see it, every time.”) About _The Sting_–Oops, I’m sorry. I meant, where the movie was _set,_ not necessarily where it was _made._ :o 27. What supporting actor from the Three Stooges shorts was a judge in the court-martial scene in _The Caine Mutiny?_ (You have to look close to see him.) 28. In _War of the Worlds_ (c. 1953), what kind of vehicle was the hero’s girlfriend driving when people were fleeing Los Angeles because of the Martin attack? 29. Why did Bette Davis turn down the part of Scarlett O’Hara in _Gone with the Wind?_ 30. In _Witness for the Prosecution,_ Charles Laughton’s last movie, what special mechanical device did his character have installed in his home? 31. In _Time Bandits_ (1982), what 60s movie idol played the Devil? 32. In the animated feature _Lady and the Tramp_ (about 1958, I think), how does Tramp redeem himself to Jim Dear and Darling? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090.md?page=2)