# Test Your Movie Knowledge!: Part IIII

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605 "2003-08-25T21:53:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/141 "2003-08-27T04:41:23Z")

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GG\_1 The GREAT Race (sorry)

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**Author:** ![GorillaGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GorillaGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaGirl)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/142 "2003-08-27T05:02:55Z")

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GG\_1 The Freat Race  
Yes

GG\_2 Could this be Deathtrap or The Actors?  
No to both

GG\_3 84 Charing Cross Road  
Yes

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> \*Originally posted by Zeldar \*  
> \*\*GG\_1 The GREAT Race (sorry) \*\*

No froblem 🙂

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/143 "2003-08-27T05:05:01Z")

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Id GG\_2 Little Voice then?

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/144 "2003-08-27T05:10:38Z")

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Z\_21 “Everything I needed to know about roping horses, I learned from Montgomery Clift.” (2 answers at least)

Z\_22 “Everything I needed to know about cross-country aquatics, I learned from Burt Lancaster.”

Z\_23 “Everything I needed to know about coconut rafts, I learned from Steve McQueen.”

Z\_24 “Everything I needed to know modeling clay, I learned from Richard Dreyfuss.”

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/145 "2003-08-27T05:36:00Z")

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> \*\*MM\_4: “Everything I needed to know about figure painting, I learned from Max von Sydow.”
> 
> “Minority Report”?\*\*

Nope. But good pull, there.

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> \*\*MM\_2 “Everything I needed to know about geology, I learned from Ryan O’Neal”  
> What’s Up, Doc?

\*\*  
Absolutely

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> \*\*Z\_21 “Everything I needed to know about roping horses, I learned from Montgomery Clift.” (2 answers at least)  
> \*\*

_The Misfits_

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> **Z\_22 "Everything I needed to know about cross-country aquatics, I learned from Burt Lancaster."**

_The Swimmer_

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> \*\*Z\_23 “Everything I needed to know about coconut rafts, I learned from Steve McQueen.”

\*\*  
_Papillon_

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> **Z\_24 "Everything I needed to know modeling clay, I learned from Richard Dreyfuss."**

_Close Encounters of the Third Kind_  
…This means something…

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/146 "2003-08-27T05:36:14Z")

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GG\_2 = Noises Off (I was trying to think of a clue for this one myself)

**r.j.a** gets credit for HF\_14 and HF\_16.

**Zeldar** got HF\_15.

**Gorilla Girl** correctly guesses HF\_11.

That’s all of mine and it’s beddy-bye time. Have fun everyone!

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/147 "2003-08-27T05:41:19Z")

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Fine work on Z\_21-24, **MonkeyMensch**. Not a bobble. The other Clift roping movie (one anyway) would be Red River from the 40’s with John Wayne.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/148 "2003-08-27T05:47:37Z")

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Okay, people. Here are about all the clues, short of a title, that I can provide on the hanging Z\_7.

– You already know Anthony Franciosa is in it  
– It’s set in Mississippi  
– A famous couple made one of their first films together in it  
– One character’s name is Minnie Littlejohn  
– Varner owns the town  
– There’s a barn burner loose  
– Theme music sung by Jimmie Rodgers (no, the younger one)

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**Author:** ![cheesepickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@cheesepickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheesepickles)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/149 "2003-09-04T18:25:22Z")

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Z7-the long hot summer

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiii/197605/150 "2003-09-04T20:23:11Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by cheesepickles \*  
> \*\*Z7-the long hot summer \*\*

Absolutely! Thanks for getting it this late rather than letting it hang there forever.

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