Who was the male lead in “War of The Worlds”?
A: Gene Barry.
No slam intended, it just jumped out at me.
Sir
Starts with a “G”. Close enough.
Indeed.
Impossible trivia…? Well, obscure, anyway:
What is Mad Max’s last name?
What is the name of the captain in the first draft of Star Trek’s “The Cage”?
What’s his name is the “Revised” draft?
I’ll think of a couple more, see if anybody gets these.
Sir
Not sure if I’m on the right track here, Chuck, but are you making a reference to the good Doctor?
Sir
I know this one!!! One leg is both the same!
Carl Yazstremski. Duh.
–sublight.
I see nobody jumped on this one, so IIRC it was a Carl Yastremski (sp?) bat. But wasn’t it Shelly Duvall who brandished the bat to beat the tar out of Jack? Haven’t watched it in a few years, so I might be off.
My turn? What famous philosopher was thrown down a flight of stairs by his mother at age three?
Rockatansky
booyah!!
Captain Christopher Pike … (played by Jeffrey Hunter)
(sorry … did not even know there was a name change to the final draft)
… Here is a difficult trivia question for you followers of the Oracle of Bacon …
…> What is the link between the movie The Matrix and Kevin Bacon?
Right and wrong, Lazarus7. Right on Mad Max’s last name. Wrong on the various script name changes for “The Cage.”
Roddenberry’s first draft, mid-1964: Captain Robert T. April
Revised draft, Nov. 20, 1964: Captain James Winter
By the time “The Cage” was filmed in mid-December '64, the character’s name had become Christopher Pike.
Trivially yours,
Sir
No fair! While I was still previewing my answer, Sir Rhosis answered the question. Anyway, I would have gotten it right:
Orignally the captain was named “Robert T. April”. This was briefly changed to “Captain Winter”, and finally filmed as “Captain Christopher Pike” for the pilot. (Source: Stephen E. Whitfield, The Making of Star Trek, 1972)
Sir Rhosis– The doctor may have used it, but the phrase predates him by some years. I recall it from Eric Frank Russell’s “Diabologic,” which was written in the mid-50s.
How about these questions:
- What was the name of Superman’s uncle?
- What was Superman’s stepmother’s maiden name?
- In the movie, “Modern Times,” what were the first and last names of the character played by Paulette Goddard?
- What major league baseball player played his entire career in one city, and for every major league team that ever played in that city (as a player only – Casey Stengel never played for the Mets or Yankees)?
- What ballplayer played the most years for one team under one manager?
- What do Apollo C. Vermouth and Bernard Webb have in common?
- Name the five actors who played the same fictional character in two different movies, and the second was not a sequel of the original. In other words, Indiana Jones wouldn’t count.
- Two actors have won Oscars playing the same role. Who are they?
- What actor has starred in the most US TV series?
- Why can’t you use the word “flick” in a comic book (according to the Comics Code)?
Chuck, et al
I do remember a scene in which Tom Baker’s Doctor Who, in one of his “weird” spells, mutters the mouse line. I always assumed it was a nonsense line made up by the scriptwriter.
Some guesses.
- Clark
- Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan (though you say “two different” movies, etc., so I may be way off here. Technically each movie is part of a series, and not direct sequals)
- Robert Urich (followed closely by Robert Conrad)?
#8 is intriguing. I’ll think some.
Sir
I just thought of a great near-impossible one. For the Edgar Rice Burroughs fans:
In Burroughs’ original hand-written draft (on old stationery and backs of envelopes, if we are to believe the legend) of “Tarzan of the Apes,” Tarzan, aka John Clayton, was not the inheritor of the title “Lord Greystoke.” What was his title? Hint: It was Lord __________, just not Greystoke.
Sir
I’ll try this one. Isn’t “flick knife” a synonym for switchblade knife? By excluding the word “flick” from the comics, they would thus ensure that comic book characters don’t talk about flick knives.
Larry. They were in Quicksilver together.
No. Because a capital L and capital I can look like a U if put too close together.
They were both assumed names that Paul McCartney of the Beatles used when working on either solo projects or non-Beatles projects.
They were both assumed names that Paul McCartney of the Beatles used when working on either solo projects or non-Beatles projects.
Sorry, Sir. I should have specified the movies weren’t in a series. I’ll give you an example from the sixth name I rejected: In “The Seven Little Foys,” James Cagney played the role of George M. Cohan, a part he created years before in “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” I had to drop him when I realized if I allowed historical characters, there were a couple of actors who appeared multiple times as Adolph Hitler.
Mobo has it right with “flick.” And Robert Ulrich has appeared in the most TV series. Second is Henry Morgan.
Keep trying. 
I don’t think anyone answered this: Hitchcock had someone go to the market and buy a variety of melons. He closed his eyes and had someone stab the melons with a knife. When he found the sound he was looking for, he opened his eyes and said: “Casaba” (that’s a type of melon. don’t know if it’s true, but that’s the story.