# Test Your Movie Knowledge: Part IIIII!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiiii/197954>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 27, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiiii/197954 "2003-08-27T12:29:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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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 29, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiiii/197954/121 "2003-08-29T21:05:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lost4life \*  
> \*\*Z\_31 "Everything I needed to know about boxing, I learned from Louis Gossett, Jr.
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> Diggstown
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> Z\_32 "Everything I needed to know about boxing, I learned from Denzel Washington.
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> Hurricane
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Right on both.

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiiii/197954/122 "2003-08-29T22:36:53Z")

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These three of mine are still alive:

O-1 Everything I needed to know about really big guns, I learned from Charlie Chaplin.  
O-2 Everything I needed to know about pornographic web sites, I learned from Sylvester Stallone.  
O-4 Everything I needed to know about being a news anchor I learned from Stockard Channing.

Some new ones (because I find it fun to think of movies with the same profession):

O-14 Everything I needed to know about gynecology I learned from Robin Williams.  
O-15 Everything I needed to know about gynecology I learned from Jeremy Irons.  
O-16 Everything I needed to know about gynecology I learned from Richard Gere.

O-17 Everything I needed to know about using a machine gun I learned from Emilio Fernandez.

O-18 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from June Allyson  
O-19 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Shirley Jones  
O-20 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Penelope Ann Miller  
O-21 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Peter Sellers  
O-22 Everything I needed to know about being a library clerk I learned from Parker Posey  
O-23 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Bette Davis  
O-24 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Jet Li  
O-25 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Katherine Hepburn  
O-26 Everything I needed to know about being a the potential of having been a librarian I learned from Donna Reed.  
O-27 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Renee Russo  
O-28 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Barbara Eden

(Ok, I’ll stop now. Back in library school I did an annotated list of librarians on film. Glad to know it finally became useful.)

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiiii/197954/123 "2003-08-29T22:49:31Z")

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Oh hell, two more since they are both among my favorite movies:

O-29 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Tim Robbins  
O-30 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Bridget Fonda

I won’t officially do Julia Roberts, Jason Robards, Noreen Roberts, or Orlando Jones

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**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiiii/197954/124 "2003-08-29T23:20:42Z")

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O-29 Everything I needed to know about being a librarian I learned from Tim Robbins - **Shawshank Redemption**?

H-1 Everything I needed to know about lights in the sky, I learned from Dennis Quad.

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**Author:** ![gawen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@gawen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gawen)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiiii/197954/125 "2003-08-29T23:38:14Z")

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O-14 Everything I needed to know about gynecology I learned from Robin Williams

Nine months

O-16 Everything I needed to know about gynecology I learned from Richard Gere

Doctor T and the women

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge-part-iiiii/197954/126 "2003-08-29T23:59:20Z")

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O29, 14, and 16 are correct.

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