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DR. STRANGELOVE

  1. What is the motto of Burpelson Air Force Base?
    "Peace is Our Profession."

  2. What's the easiest way to get the phone number for the People's Air Defense Headquarters at Omsk?
    Call information.

  3. What's the name of the B-52 bomber that Major Kong pilots?

  4. Slim Pickens was not Kubrick's first choice to play the role of Major Kong. Who was originally intended for the role?

  5. "Shoot! A fellow could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff!" says Major Kong of the niceties included in the Air Force Plan R equipment packet. However, the word "Vegas" was later dubbed into the film, as Pickens originally recommended a different city to have fun in. What was that city, and why was it later changed to "Vegas"?
    Dallas, because John F. Kennedy learned to stop worrying about everything.

  6. Just what is that elusive 3-letter code prefix, anyway?
    OPE.

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  1. What kind of car do Alex and the droogs steal?

  2. What record album is significantly visible upon Alex's visit to the record store?
    The soundtrack to "2001: A Space Odyssey."

  3. What establishment does Alex patronize for his milk plus?

  4. What's Alex's snake's name?

  5. Alex kills the cat lady by dropping an extremely phallic sculpture on her head. At this point, Kubrick edited a few frames of rather unorthodox footage into the film. What flashes on the screen at the very moment that the cat lady is killed?
    Images of a breast and a vagina.

THIS IS SPINAL TAP

  1. At what club did Marty DiBergi first discover Spinal Tap?
    The Electric Banana.

  2. What was the first St. Hubbins/ Tufnel collaboration? (Give all lyrics.)
    All the way home

  3. What really good band can you find at a Ramada Inn just outside of Kansas City?

  4. What projects do Derek Smalls and David St. Hubbins hope to undertake after Spinal Tap breaks up?
    One is "Saucy Jack," a musical treatment of the Jack the Ripper murder spree.

  5. Which key is "the saddest of all keys"?
    D-minor.

  6. List the zodialogical signs for the following band members:

EASY RIDER

  1. Of course, we all love Jack Nicholson as soused civil liberties lawyer George Hanson, but who was the part originally written for?
    Rip Torn.

  2. What future 80's pop star (whose musical popularity was thankfully short-lived) played a New Orleans prostitute who has her mind blown by dropping acid with Billy and Wyatt in a local graveyard?
    (I believe this is) Tony Basil, of "Mickey" fame.

  3. What more legitimate musical legend played Wyatt and Billy's cocaine connection?

  4. As recently as 1983, Terry Southern was reported to be working on the screenplay for a sequel to "Easy Rider." The working title?

  5. Which of the following are NOT lines of dialogue in "Easy Rider"? (Mark all that apply.)

    1. "A man just can't outrun his own karma."
    2. "I'm just getting my thing together."
    3. "Oh, I want to rap."
    4. "Are you an Aquarius?"
    5. "I'm hip about time..... but I gotta go."
    6. "Why can't the different herds mingle?"
    7. "You do your own thing in your own time."
    8. "The first thing--- go and get us a groovy meal."

    Only A & F are phony.

SLACKER

  1. "Slacker"s director, Richard Linklater, also acts in the film. How is this part listed in the film's credits?

  2. An Ayn Rand adherent states that "anyone who's ever done anything really important has probably been considered an asshole by the rest of the world." He then gives two examples of such people. Name them.

  3. What sort of vehicle does S-T-E-V-E own?

  4. What two items are thrown off a bridge to symbolize the end of a relationship, and what book is subsequently quoted?

  5. What "medical term" proves the authenticity of Madonna's pap smear?
    "Ciccione." (Madonna's last name.)

  6. What are the two possible titles for the JFK assassination buff's upcoming book?

HAROLD AND MAUDE

  1. List all the ways in which Harold feigns suicide.
    Hanging; drowning; slashing throat; slashing wrist; shooting through head; immolation; hacking hand off with cleaver; hari-kari; driving car off a cliff.

  2. Why does Maude throw Harold's gift into the ocean?

  3. What three portraits hang in the offices of Uncle Victor, the psychiatrist, and the priest, respectively?

  4. To Maude, seagulls will always be.....?

  5. Upon its initial release in 1971, Art Murphy wrote in "Variety" that "Harold and Maude" has all the fun and gaeity of...."?
    1. a George McGovern speech
    2. a diseased pony
    3. a Shriners convention
    4. a burning orphanage

  6. How does the priest feel about sexual intercourse between Harold and Maude?
    It makes him want to vomit.

THE MUPPET MOVIE

  1. At what bar does Kermit find Fozzie?
    El Sleazo

  2. Complete the joke:
    Fozzie: "There was once a man who was so fat....."
    Angry and Imposing Fat Man: "How fat was he?"
    Fozzie: "Er.... he was so fat that......"
    ".....that everybody liked him, and there was nothing funny about him at all."

  3. Who is Snake Walker?
    Professional frog killer

  4. How does Dr. Krassman spell "frog"?

  5. How much do the Muppets get for trading in the rainbow-colored Studebaker? How much does their new car cost them?
    $5. The new car costs $4.95 ("You owe us a nickel")

  6. What is the inevitable response to the observation, "I think I'm lost...."?
    "Have you tried Hare Krishna?"

TIME BANDITS

  1. Name all six of the Time Bandits. (For a full extra point, name the seventh Time Bandit who is only alluded to, having died before the movie starts.)
    Randall, Strutter, Og, Wally, Fidget and Vermin. The dead Time Bandit was Horseflesh.

  2. What is the Pink Bungadoo? Whose idea was it?

  3. Which of Evil's henchmen gets turned into a dog?
    Benson.

  4. What game show do Kevin's parents watch?
    "Your Money or Your Life."

  5. How does the Ogre's wife plan to cook and serve Kevin and the Time Bandits?

  6. From what ailment does the Ogre suffer?

THE COEN BROTHERS

  1. In "Blood Simple," what ironically upbeat song plays as Ray tries to clean up the blood in Marty's office?
    The Monkees' "I'm a Believer."

  2. The last lines of "Blood Simple" (doubtless one of the best last lines of any movie) is the Detective's "well, if I see him, I'll give him the message." Who is the "him" referred to, and what is the message?

  3. According to his father, what does "Raising Arizona"s Nathan Jr.'s jammies have on them?
    Yodas.

  4. In the unbelievably confusing "Miller's Crossing," please give the killer for each of the four victims listed:
    1. Eddie the Dane

    2. Rug Daniels

    3. Bennie Birnbaum

    4. Johnny Caspar

  5. In what building does Tom Reagan live in?

  6. In "Barton Fink," what genre must Barton write a screenplay for, and who is to star in the film?

  7. At the film's climax, what does John Goodman's Charlie Meadows/Karl Mundt finally threaten to show Barton?

LOCAL HERO

  1. In spite of his surname, Macintyre is not Scottish. What country are his ancestors actually from?

  2. What message is Happer's psychiatrist in the process of spelling out on Happer's window as part of the therapy?

  3. What becomes of the injured rabbit that Mac picks up while driving to Ferness?

  4. For how long has old Ben's family been in possession of the Ferness beach?

  5. In Mac and Ben's negotiations, for how much does Ben offer to sell the beach?
    A dollar for each grain of sand in Ben's hand.

WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

  1. What usually sensible cereal company financed the production of "Willy Wonka"?
    Quaker Oats.

  2. In what European city was "Wonka" shot?

  3. Why does Willy Wonka give Veruca Salt "a good sporting chance," after she has plunged down a chute to the furnace?

  4. To what room in the factory is the sadly inflated Violet Baeuregarde rolled off to, following her unfortunate encounter with some experimental chewing gum?

  5. What is Wonka's impassioned response to Veruca's claim, "there's no such thing as a snozzberry"?
    "We are the musicmakers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

  6. Give the full text of Wonka's really unnerving rhyme that he recites during the super-scary excursion on the S.S. Wonkatania.

AIRPLANE!

  1. Which did Dr. Rumack have for dinner, chicken or fish?
    Chicken

  2. What four habits did McCloskey pick the wrong week to quit?
    Smoking, sniffing glue, drinking

  3. According to Rex Kramer, how is flying a plane different from riding a bicycle?

  4. What's the autopilot's name?

  5. What airline is the plane affiliated with, and what's the flight's destination?

  6. What does Johnny make of the report handed to him by McCloskey?
    A hat, a broach, a pterodactyl...

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE

  1. What dubious honor does this film hold, according to a reader's poll conducted by Michael and Harry Medved for "The Golden Turkey Awards"?
    "The Worst Film Ever Made."

  2. What props did director Edward Wood use for flying saucers?
    Pie plates.

  3. Sadly, "Plan 9" marked the final film appearance of screen legend Bela Lugosi, who died during the film's shooting. Interestingly, who did director Wood find to fill in as Lugosi's double?
    His dentist (a man a foot taller than Lugosi, with blonde hair).

  4. How can you tell that the gravestones in the cemetary are made of cardboard?
    Because actor Tor Johnson trips over them, and they bend.

  5. What is narrator Criswell's final prayer, at the very end of "Plan 9"?
    "God help us in the future!"

HEATHERS

  1. What is the Westerberg High School mascot?

  2. What key word does Veronica underline in Heather Duke's copy of "Moby-Dick"?

  3. What pseudonym does Heather McNamara use when calling into the radio show?

  4. What's the most popular band among the students of Westerberg High?

  5. Give the croquet colors (at the movie's start) for Heathers Chandler, Duke, and McNamara, respectively.

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

  1. Who do Janet and Brad hear over the radio?
    Richard Nixon's resignation speech.

  2. What relation are Magenta and Riff Raff? Give their full address.
    Brother and sister. Transsexual, Transylvania.

  3. If one so desired, how would one go about doing the Time Warp again?
    It's just a jump to the left, then a step to the right. Put your hands on your hips, and bend your knees in tight. (But it's the pelvic thrusts that will drive you insane.)

  4. What is the sequence of names called out, after Dr. Scott arrives?
    Janet! Dr. Scott! Janet! Brad! Rocky! (ugh.)

  5. List as many appropriate props for "RHPS" as possible.
    Newspaper, rice, toast, playing cards, candle/lighter, and more.

  6. Give the proper audience response to the following lines:

    1. "Say goodbye to all of this."
      "Goodbye all of this, don't forget to write."

    2. "Everyone knows that Betty is a wonderful little cook."

    3. "I see you shiver with antici......."
      "Say it! Say it!"

    4. "She tried in vain."
      "Not the artery, but the vein."

TWIN PEAKS (Alright, we know it's not a movie. So sue us.)

  1. Where would Dr. Jacoby rather be?
    Hawaii

  2. One of the items seen in the railroad car where Laura was killed may be familiar to David Lynch fans. What is it, and where was it first seen?

  3. Where is Waldo? (pre- and post-mortem)

  4. What does "Hester Prynne" have to do to get a job as a prostitute at One-Eyed Jacks, and what were her qualifications?
    She ties a cherry stem into a knot using only her mouth.

  5. What is the shape of the scar on Major Briggs' neck?
    Three triangles. Looks a lot like a radiation symbol.

  6. Sheryl Lee's claim to fame will always be having played Laura Palmer. But in what role did she appear in David Lynch's buffet of Texan perversity, "Wild At Heart"?

MISCELLANY

  1. What animals did the people feast upon after the creation of the Holy Hand Grenade?

  2. Explain the purpose of the experimental watermelon in "Buckaroo Banzai." Why did it have to be so tough?

  3. In "Back to the Future," what was the repercussion of Marty's having run over a pine tree in 1955?

  4. Besides "Silence of the Lambs," what other movie has featured Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter?
    Manhunter.

  5. What movie poster was prominently displayed in Jack's video store, in "The Fisher King"?

  6. In "The Blues Brothers," who played the Cook County Clerk? The Jail Guard?
    Country Clerk-- Steven Spielberg.

  7. What is geekmeister John Hughes' official definition of a geek, and how does a geek differ from a nerd?

  8. Who is the one person that appears in all of the following Martin Scorsese films: "GoodFellas," "King of Comedy," "Mean Streets," and "Who's That Knocking at My Door?"
    Martin Scorsese.