# 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:** 2
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/21 "2003-08-24T17:59:54Z")
Sure: As it stands we still need I\_L 2 “Everything I needed to know about sewing I learned from Ralph Fiennes” I\_L 5 “Everything I needed to know about latin hairdressers, I learned from Michael Caine.” R\_A\_3 “Everything I needed to know about being a butler I learned from William Powell.” R\_A\_5 “Everything I needed to know about being a weatherman I learned from Steve Martin.” T\_2 “Everything I needed to know about making ice, I learned from Harrison Ford.” Z\_3 “Everything I needed to know about being a 50 year old bounty hunter I learned from Steve McQueen.” 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, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/22 "2003-08-24T18:07:22Z")
Z\_5 Vertigo was my first thought, but where do you get the witch part? Was it just a figure of speech, or did I miss something big? I think Ferguson died in the beginning of the film anyway. ---
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/23 "2003-08-24T18:11:17Z")
Z\_5 is not Vertigo (Jimmy Stewart was in it), but this was released near that same time. Think Jack Lemmon and Hermione Gingold and a cat named Pyewacket. If that’s not enough, I’ll tell you. ---
**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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/24 "2003-08-24T18:12:16Z")
Z\_5 = Bell, Book and Candle And Tangent got R\_A\_5, it’s “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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/25 "2003-08-24T18:12:24Z")
Is I\_L\_2 Sunshine? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/26 "2003-08-24T18:13:14Z")
I\_L 5: Educating Rita? ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/27 "2003-08-24T18:13:26Z")
Roger on Z\_5! ---
**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, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/28 "2003-08-24T18:19:51Z")
Not Close on I\_L\_2, but pretty close on I\_L\_5 In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, Heaven knows! I\_L\_8 “Everything I needed to know about roulette, I learned from Lauren Bacall” I\_L\_9 “Everything I needed to know about framing legislation I learned from Jean Arthur” ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/29 "2003-08-24T18:20:15Z")
Z\_7 “Everything I needed to know about being a pool shark, I learned from Jackie Gleason.” Z\_8 “Everything I needed to know about being a bugler, I learned from Montgomery Clift.” ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/30 "2003-08-24T18:21:24Z")
Z\_8 From Here To Eternity? ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/31 "2003-08-24T18:23:19Z")
Z\_8 Yep! ---
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/32 "2003-08-24T18:31:06Z")
I\_L\_9 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington? R\_A\_3 My Man Godfrey? (sp?) ---
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/33 "2003-08-24T18:33:32Z")
Z\_9 “Everything I needed to know about being a dry goods store owner, I learned from Anna Magnani.” Z\_10 “Everything I needed to know about being a trapeze artist, I learned from Betty Hutton.” ---
**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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/34 "2003-08-24T18:35:55Z")
I\_L\_8 = The Big Sleep R\_A\_7 “Everything I needed to know about being an Indian actor I learned from Peter Sellers.” R\_A\_8 “Everything I needed to know about being a test pilot I learned from Sam Shepard.” R\_A\_9 “Everything I needed to know about being a rock star and a brain surgeon I learned from Peter Weller.” R\_A\_10 “Everything I needed to know about being a drill instructor I learned from R. Lee Ermey.” (On preview, Zeldar got R\_A\_3, “My Man Godfrey”.) ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/35 "2003-08-24T18:38:06Z")
R\_A\_7 = The Party R\_A\_8 = The Right Stuff R\_A\_10 = Full Metal Jacket ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/36 "2003-08-24T18:38:53Z")
Correct on I\_L\_ 8 and 9 R\_A\_7 Henry Orient? ---
**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, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/37 "2003-08-24T18:40:53Z")
Still Need I\_L\_2 “Everything I needed to know about sewing, I learned from Ralph Fiennes” and I\_L\_5 “Everything I needed to know about Latin Lover-Hairdressers, I learned from Michael Caine” ---
**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/38 "2003-08-24T18:46:14Z")
I\_L\_8 How to Marry a Millionaire? I\_L\_9 Mr Smith Goes to Washington I\_L\_2 Red Dragon? Z\_3 The Getaway Z\_7 The Hustler R\_A\_3 My Man Godfrey Here’s mine: Everything I needed to know about being a Quaker I learned from Gary Cooper. ---
**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, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/39 "2003-08-24T18:47:12Z")
Nanook = Friendly Persuasion Z\_3 not right Z\_7 right ---
**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341/40 "2003-08-24T18:47:44Z")
Z\_9 The Fugitive Kind Z\_10 The Greatest Show on Earth [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-movie-knowledge/197341.md?page=3)