# Test Your Movie Knowledge! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341 "2003-08-24T16:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/1 "2003-08-24T16:37:58Z")
The game is simple. You post “Everything I needed to know about \_\_\_, I learned from \_\_\_.” The first is something related to the plot of the movie, but not the main plot. The second is the actor or actresses name. For instance: “Everything I needed to know about taxidermy, I learned from Anthony Perkins.” Answer: Psycho Another: “Everything I needed to know about dinosaur bones, I learned from Cary Grant.” Answer: Bringing Up Baby. I’ll start with: **I\_L 1** “Everything I needed to know about cracking eggs, I learned from Audrey Hepburn.” ---
**Author:** ![SUPERKARLENE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@SUPERKARLENE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUPERKARLENE)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/2 "2003-08-24T16:59:57Z")
Answer: Sabrina Everything I needed to know about pig-squealing, I learned from Ned Beatty. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/3 "2003-08-24T17:01:19Z")
Z\_1 “Everything I needed to know about eating boiled eggs, I learned from Paul Newman.” (Do we need to have solved earlier posts before posting our own? If so, all I can think of for I\_L\_1 is “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” but I didn’t want that as an official guess) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/4 "2003-08-24T17:02:36Z")
SUPERKARLENE = Deliverance ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/5 "2003-08-24T17:11:48Z")
Answer: Deliverance **I\_L 2** “Everything I needed to know about sewing I learned from Ralph Fiennes” **I\_L 3** “Everything I needed to know about psychology, I learned from Ingrid Bergman.” **I\_L 4** “Everything I needed to know about insurance, I learned from Fred McMurray” **I\_L 5** “Everything I needed to know about latin hairdressers, I learned from Michael Caine.” ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/6 "2003-08-24T17:13:42Z")
Z\_1: Cool Hand Luke. No need to solve earlier posts. Post Away. SUPERKARLENE got I\_L\_1 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/7 "2003-08-24T17:21:00Z")
I\_L\_3 = Spellbound I\_L\_4 = Double Indemnity Z\_2 “Everything I needed to know about a robotic fast draw, I learned from Yul Brynner.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/8 "2003-08-24T17:26:40Z")
Z\_2 = Westworld. R\_A\_1 “Everything I needed to know about locomotives I learned from Buster Keaton.” R\_A\_2 “Everything I needed to know about network news I learned from Peter Finch.” R\_A\_3 “Everything I needed to know about being a butler I learned from William Powell.” R\_A\_4 “Everything I needed to know about being a weatherman I learned from Bill Murray.” R\_A\_5 “Everything I needed to know about being a weatherman I learned from Steve Martin.” R\_A\_6 “Everything I needed to know about the Russian Navy I learned from Sergei Eisenstein.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/9 "2003-08-24T17:29:49Z")
Z\_2 = Westworld T\_1 “Everything I needed to know about a fast draw, I learned from Russel Crowe.” T\_2 “Everything I needed to know about making ice, I learned from Harrison Ford.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/10 "2003-08-24T17:30:51Z")
R\_A\_2 = Network R\_A\_6 = Battleship Potemkin (sp?) Z\_3 “Everything I needed to know about being a 50 year old bounty hunter I learned from Steve McQueen.” Z\_4 “Everything I needed to know about being a bare knuckled brawler in Depression Era New Orleans I learned from Charles Bronson.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/11 "2003-08-24T17:30:51Z")
R\_A\_4 = Groundhog Day? R\_A\_5 = L.A. Story ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/12 "2003-08-24T17:31:58Z")
T\_1 = The Quick and the Dead ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/13 "2003-08-24T17:43:02Z")
R\_A\_1 The General I\_L\_6 “Everything I needed to know about photography, I learned from Jimmy Stewart.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/14 "2003-08-24T17:48:15Z")
I\_L\_6 = Rear Window ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/15 "2003-08-24T17:51:46Z")
Z\_5 “Everything I needed to know about being a witch, I learned from Kim Novak.” Z\_6 “Everything I needed to know about being a hitman, I learned from Charles McGraw.” ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/16 "2003-08-24T17:52:56Z")
I\_L\_7 “Everything I needed to know about solitaire, I learned from Laurence Harvey” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/17 "2003-08-24T17:53:46Z")
I\_L\_7 = Manchurian Candidate ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/18 "2003-08-24T17:55:54Z")
Z\_5 The Legend of Lylah Clare? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/19 "2003-08-24T17:56:30Z")
**Ilsa\_Lund** , since you started this wonderful thread, are you planning to “sweep up” every so often and re-post the ones that still haven’t been answered? Love this! (if you can’t tell) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/20 "2003-08-24T17:57:44Z")
Z\_5 Might be, but not the one I was thinking of. Clue = Jimmy Stewart gave me the idea for it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341.md?page=2)