# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/41 "2001-04-23T09:12:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number Six \* > **45. In “Rumble in the Bronx” what does Jackie Chan do in the one-way mirror, not realizing that Anita Mui is watching him from the other side?** He pops a zit. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/42 "2001-04-23T11:47:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by Number Six \* > > 49. Mel Gibson’s first line in “Chicken Run” is the same as his last line in what movie?_\* > > I believe the **Chicken Run** line was “Thank you ladies and gentlemen, you’ve been a wonderful audience”, but I don’t know what the other film would have been. \*\* Nope. His first word is “Freeeeeedoooommmmm!!!” which is, of course, from **Braveheart**. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/43 "2001-04-23T23:08:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > > I believe the **Chicken Run** line was “Thank you ladies and gentlemen, you’ve been a wonderful audience”, but I don’t know what the other film would have been. \*\* > > Nope. His first word is “Freeeeeedoooommmmm!!!” which is, of course, from **Braveheart**. > \*\* DOOOOHHHHHHHHHH! ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/44 "2001-04-24T00:58:47Z")
I’ll give you a question I bet NO ONE gets: #52: Michael Gough played Alfred in the last four Batman movies. Name the job he had in the British Army. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/45 "2001-04-24T02:21:57Z")
Just a WAG, jab1, but your bet suggests he must have been a batman, a valet and general aide to an officer. #53: What was Dirty Harry’s badge number? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/46 "2001-04-24T17:46:10Z")
Darn! You got it right, **rjk**. (Most people don’t know what a “batman” is in British Army parlance.) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > \*\*Here’s question 7: What actor appeared in _It’s a Wonderful Life, Mighty Joe Young_ (1949), and the TV series _Petticoat Junction?_ \*\* Edgar Buchanan? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/47 "2001-04-24T17:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > **About _The Sting_–Oops, I’m sorry. I meant, where the movie was _set,_ not necessarily where it was _made._ :o** Chicago. > [@](#): > > **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?** A large truck. > [@](#): > > **31. In _Time Bandits_ (1982), what 60s movie idol played the Devil?** There was no Devil in _Time Bandits_. You may be thinking of Sean Connery, who played “King Agamemnon”. The “Evil Genius” was played by David Warner, but he was never a 60s movie idol. ---
**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 24, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/48 "2001-04-24T21:25:38Z")
Question 7: It was Charles Lane. He played Potter’s rent collector; one of the reporters pressing O’Hara for details on the big surprise at the Golden Safari; and “Homer Bedloe,” a developer who wanted to put the train in _Petticoat Junction_ out of business. > [@](#): > > 1. Bette Davis never turned down the role of Scarlett O’Hara. She wanted it (and made the movie “Jezebel” to show she could play a southern belle), but it was never offered to her. AFAIK, Vivian Leigh was the only actress who was offered the part, though many were considered (some just as publicity). According to an edition of _The Book of Lists,_ Ms. Davis turned the role down because she thought Errol Flynn was already cast as Rhett Butler–and she refused to work with Flynn. (I once read that author Margaret Mitchell herself, a Marx Brothers fan, wanted Seznick to cast Groucho Marx as Rhett Butler! :eek: > [@](#): > > 1. An elevator. You’re close. 🙂 Laughton’s character had a car installed to carry him up and down the staircase; very likely Laughton himself needed it. > [@](#): > > quote: > 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 Martian attack? > A large truck. _ **I** _ saw her driving a school bus. Unanswered questions: 27. It was Kenneth MacDonald–he has a mustache and curly hair. He played the Stooges’ brainy adversary in the shorts, mostly with Shemp. As for Sean Connery in _Time Bandits,_ he definitely did play an evil character–in fact, I saw part of the script (published in a book), in which the character–whom I identified immediately as Connery–was named “EVIL.” ---
**Author:** ![Simon-the-Likeable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@Simon-the-Likeable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simon-the-Likeable)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/49 "2001-04-24T22:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > \*\* > As for Sean Connery in _Time Bandits,_ he definitely did play an evil character–in fact, I saw part of the script (published in a book), in which the character–whom I identified immediately as Connery–was named “EVIL.” \*\* You are mistaken. Connery played two characters: the fireman at the tail end of the movie and Agamemnon. David Warner played “Evil.” ---
**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 24, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/50 "2001-04-24T22:11:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number Six \* > **46. Name three movies in which the main character is killed at the beginning, but doesn’t know he/she is dead until the end. (Be sure to post a spoiler warning if answering this one.** How bout this? I’ll name one… Sixth Sense? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/51 "2001-04-26T20:14:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > > > [@](#): > > > > 1. 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 Martian attack? > > A large truck. > > _ **I** _ saw her driving a school bus. You’re absolutely right. I now remember the scene where the hero, played by Gene Barry, finds the “School Bus” sign in some wreckage and calls out the names of the scientists who had been aboard, and then shouts out, “Silvia!” the name of his girl-friend. _He_ had driven the big truck I was thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/52 "2001-04-27T02:16:14Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. What Chinese folk hero has appeared as a character in over 100 movies? Hint: He’s been played by Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Donnie Yen. > > 2. What character has appeared in the most English language movies? No one has gotten these, so I thought I’d clean up. 1. Wong Fei Hung 2. Sherlock Holmes **Spoiler Warning** > [@](#): > > 1. Name three movies in which the main character is killed at the beginning, but doesn’t know he/she is dead until the end. (Be sure to post a spoiler warning if answering this one. Here are four. 1. The Sixth Sense 2. Almost an Angel 3. Jacob’s Ladder 4. Carnival of Souls Of course the idea of a character being killed at the beginning of the story, yet not actually being revealed as dead until the end originated with the Ambrose Bierce short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/53 "2001-04-28T17:59:03Z")
#54: Give the name of the dog in the original _Absent-Minded Professor_ (Fred MacMurray). #55: Name the only actor who was a regular voice in the 1992 animated _X-Men_ series who also had a bit role in the _X-Men_ feature film. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/54 "2001-04-28T21:58:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jab1 \* > \*\*#55: Name the only actor who was a regular voice in the 1992 animated _X-Men_ series who also had a bit role in the _X-Men_ feature film. \*\* George Buza was the voice of Wolverine in the series; in the film, he was the trucker who dropped Rogue at the bar where she met the hottest guy in the universe. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/55 "2001-04-30T18:11:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jab1 \* > **#54: Give the name of the dog in the original _Absent-Minded Professor_ (Fred MacMurray).** Charlie. ---
**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 30, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/56 "2001-04-30T22:42:56Z")
1. Jack Oakie once appeared as a football star with a childlike neurosis. When he was running downfield, what did he imagine he saw in the end zone? 2. In _Back to the Future,_ in the scene in which Fox’s character was confronted by Lybian terrorists with submachine guns, what department store’s parking lot was he in? 3. What setting was used for the last Abbott and Costello movie? 4. In what movie did Jerry Lewis run amok in a department store, including switching on a vacuum cleaner that sucked a woman’s clothes off? (I don’t know _this_ one myself.) 5. In _High Noon,_ what was the name of Marshall Kane’s (Gary Cooper) Latina lover and what was the name of the actress who played her? 6. In _Run Silent, Run Deep_ (a submarine movie with Clark Gable), what tipped the sub’s officers off that the Japanese were studying the wreckage of torpedoed subs? 7. Who played the sidekick of Bonnie and Clyde in the 1968 movie with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway? 8. In _Forrest Gump,_ what mistake does Forrest not realize he has made until the end of the story? 9. In _The Believers_ (1987), how does the Santeria cult get past the customs station? 10. In _North by Northwest,_ what happens to the plane that was chasing Cary Grant in the rural scene? 11. What movie featured both John Wayne and Oliver Hardy (in the same scene, yet!)? ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/57 "2001-04-30T22:51:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > **67. In _Forrest Gump,_ what mistake does Forrest not realize he has made until the end of the story?** He didn’t have to wait for the bus to show up, he could just walk over to Jenny’s. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/58 "2001-05-01T01:37:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > **63. In what movie did Jerry Lewis run amok in a department store, including switching on a vacuum cleaner that sucked a woman’s clothes off? (I don’t know _this_ one myself.)** _Who’s Minding the Store?_ > [@](#): > > **66. Who played the sidekick of Bonnie and Clyde in the 1968 movie with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway?** Michael J. Pollard. #71. Pollard later appeared in another movie with Warren Beatty. Name it. > [@](#): > > **69. In _North by Northwest,_ what happens to the plane that was chasing Cary Grant in the rural scene?** It crashes into a gasoline truck. > [@](#): > > \*\*70. What movie featured both John Wayne and Oliver Hardy (in the same scene, yet!)? \*\* _The Fighting Kentuckian._ ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/59 "2001-05-01T11:10:39Z")
> [@](#): > > #71. Pollard later appeared in another movie with Warren Beatty. Name it. _Dick Tracy_ #72. In _Spies Like Us_, what’s a “dickfer”? ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090/60 "2001-05-01T11:21:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WIGGUM \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > #71. Pollard later appeared in another movie with Warren Beatty. Name it. > > _Dick Tracy_ > #72. In _Spies Like Us_, what’s a “dickfer”? \*\* To pee with, stupid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-movie-trivia/62090.md?page=4)