# Puzzle Time -- Film Math Quiz! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-time-film-math-quiz/246881 "2004-05-24T22:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-time-film-math-quiz/246881/1 "2004-05-24T22:58:39Z")
Puzzle time! The text: All clues have something to do with a particular film. Generally, they’re a very brief description. Some are bits of trivia on the film, but _all reflect a film that has a number in the title_. Once you’ve deciphered all the films, take the numbers in the titles and run each of the equations. The answer to the final main equation will reflect another movie title. First one to come up with that title wins! All movies listed (and the eventual answer) are full-length feature films (although one is a live concert film). Most are well-known films. Some aren’t. Some hints are pretty obvious. Some are pretty obscure. If you solve the puzzle, please do the others a favor and spoiler box your solution. The math: I tested this out on some co-workers, and after having several people get several different answers based on how they were taught (and how much 5th grade math stuck with them), it seems some clarification is needed. I’ll lay down the math basics like this: **parentheses first, work everything else left-to-right**. _Don’t_ try and do multiplication or division before addition/subtraction, unless that’s the way the problem is written. Yes, I realize that’s technically incorrect. Deal with it. 😛 Have fun! Note to all: With something this complex, there’s a pretty hefty margin for error. I tested this myself dozens of times, and had others try it out until everyone got it right. Still, you never know. I apologize in advance if there are any mistakes, and if you get stuck, let me know where and I’ll let you know if our numbers jibe. Note to the Mods – I went back-and-forth on if this was MPSIMS or Cafe Society. I decided on MPSIMS, but if you want to move it, go right ahead. * * * “Perdita and Pongo rescue their offspring” x “George Burns helps push the ‘parent and offspring trade bodies’ trend up a generation” x “The title reflects the supposed weight of the soul” / “Paul Reiser does standup” - “B-Rabbit battles through a _Purple Rain_ ripoff” = a “_Frasier_ proves he’s a better shrink than a scumbag TV reporter” x “Fellini’s autobiography” x “Juror number 8 just won’t play along” / (“Lots of Elvii and a casino robbery” / “A lot of people smoke and have sex on New Year’s Eve, 1981”) - “An art dealer with kidney stones was one of the players in this, one of the first _Pulp Fiction_ rip-offs” = b “Nemo is out for revenge” / (“An Indian woman has a vision of her sister’s murder” x “Best. Movie description. Ever: ‘It’s _The Wedding Singer_ meets _Memento_!’”) + “Cyrus learns he inherited more than just a house from his uncle” = c “Larisa Oleynik can’t date until her sister does” / “The Doctor becomes entangled in the murders of The Elevator Killer” x (“Randle pisses off Mildred, and Bromden takes a hike” + “_McMullen_ director moves to Fitzpatricks”) = d “Gwen drives drunk at her sister’s wedding, does time in rehab” x “Hannay didn’t murder her, so he goes on the run to prove it” - “Was based on the book _Eaters Of The Dead_” + “Reggie gets out of jail for a bit to help Cates” = e “Bart stops the Dr. from his enforced piano playing” / “Monty parties down before getting sent to the clink” / (“A master chemist gets stuck in Liverpool with his new concoction” - “The President kicks some terrorist ass on his plane”) x “One of Billy’s lives is lived on the planet Tralfamadore” x “The Governator gets cloned” = f “Franklin goes to New Jersey for the drinking and the whoring” - (“The original film _not_ the crappy remake featured an average of nearly one car crash per minute” - “Chandler goes to Oz with a Tulip” ) / “Matthew searches for his dream woman in an all-girl dorm” x “Tony goes to a Sex Pistols gig, and then signs Joy Division” = g “Guy begins to question his job and meets a girl who shows him how to think for himself” + “The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand take a big hit” / “Caan does his Neil Simon impression” + “Myles films his search for a love life” -“Bo jogs, and the beads bounce” = h **(a / b) + (c \* d) + (e - f) + g + h =**??? ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-time-film-math-quiz/246881/2 "2004-05-24T23:10:59Z")
Oh, my! This is engrossing. I’m actually sorry I have to leave the office. 🙂🆒 I’ll be back. To quote my governor.