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 Real Genius
Carmen McRae. Specifically, we hear McRae's mid-1960's rendition of "You Took Advantage of Me," which is a fitting theme song for the film, given the treatment of the featured "geniuses."
| During the briefing at the opening of the film, Major Carnagle (Louis Giambalvo) requires clarification after the use of a specific word by David Decker (Ed Lauter). What is the word? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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"liberate". Decker says, in reference to George, the man who has left the room(and the Crossbow Project) on moral grounds: "We may have to liberate him." Carnagle immediately asks, "'Liberate'? As in 'liquidate'?" Decker is indeed using the term "liberate" as a euphemism for "kill." (Odd, though, that Carnagle uses ANOTHER euphemism as his point of translation.)
| At the local science fair where we first see Dr. Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton), he is asked by an autograph-seeking fan, "What's Mr. Einstein really like?" What is Jerry's one-word response? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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Dead. Not exactly informative, but one can't argue with his accuracy.
| When we first see Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarrett), he's trying to explain the particulars of his science project to his father (Paul Tulley). What word does Mitch's dad clearly not understand? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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"coherent". Mitch: "This is coherent light." Mr. Taylor: "Oh. So, it talks?" Mitch, with a sigh: "No." "Coherent" is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as "relating to or composed of waves having a constant difference in phase." It follows that Mitch's expertise in this area has led him to being recognized by Hathaway as a potential genius in the field of lasers.
Pacific Tech. We see the fictional college's name several times throughout the film. Pacific Tech is clearly based on Cal Tech. (If you answered "Adams College," you were thinking of "Revenge of the Nerds"!)
| Mitch's mother (Joanne Baron) asks Hathaway a question that occurred to her while watching a particular episode of his science-related television show. What was the topic of the episode? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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radioactive isotopes. Unfortunately, Mrs. Taylor's question is: "Is that your real hair?"
| When we first see Chris Knight, he is wearing toy "antennae" on his head, and a t-shirt emblazoned with an amusing sentence. What does the shirt say? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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"I Love Toxic Waste". It's actually a heart, and not the word "love," but my ASCII skills aren't what they used to be. Sue me. =) (Chris does wear the "Surf Nicaragua" shirt later in the film, but not in this scene.)
| Chris Knight is touted as being one of the top ten minds in America, and DEI employee Sherry Nugil (Patty D'Arbanville) claims to have been intimate with several people (presumably men) on that list. Before she meets Chris Knight, how many of the "top ten minds in America" has Sherry been with? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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seven . "You'll be eight," she tells Chris. Given that she later makes a (failed) pass at Mitch, and ends up with Lazlo Hollyfeld (Jon Gries) at the film's finale, it's possible that she made her way through all ten!
"Never forget to check your references.". Meredith starts off saying, "Always..." then trails off and says, "No -- *Never* forget to check your references."
| When Mitch first meets his roommate, Chris Knight, Chris is wearing a t-shirt sporting a particular corporate logo. What's the corporation? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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Harley-Davidson. It's a black t-shirt with the familiar Harley-Davidson logo. Chris is actually seen wearing this shirt more than once throughout the film.
| Chris demonstrates his creative engineering skills by flying a remote-controlled gyroscope the size of a medicine ball around his and Mitch's room. Chris explains that the chaotic appearance of their room actually has a system to it, and that the gyroscope would normally be "filed" under a certain letter, as it is a "Toy." The letter is not, however, "T." What is it? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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"H". Chris: "For example: this would be filed under 'H', for 'Toy'."
a sportsjacket. Chris: "I had a little trouble with the sportsjacket, so I threw it out." It's entirely possible that Chris was kidding, but we never really find out one way or the other.
| Major Carnagle (Louis Giambalvo), Jerry Hathaway's primary government contact, presents Hathaway with a veiled threat during one of their characteristically unfriendly conversations. Carnagle strongly suggests that, if the top secret project does not go off as planned, Hathaway will be charged with a felony. Which one? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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fraud. Carnagle, upon seeing Hathaway's new house, warns Jerry with, "Fraud is a felony." This strongly suggests that Hathaway bought the new house with "secret" payments from the U.S. government, and Carnagle will be happy to expose Hathaway's newfound source of (illegal) additional income if the project fails.
| As Hathaway approaches his new house, he is forced to chase a neighborhood dog off of his property, berating it verbally. Of what breed is the dog? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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Great Dane. Who lets a Great Dane run loose around the neighborhood, though?
| When Mitch enters the laser lab for the first time, his youthful appearance leads the students working there to mistake him for a delivery boy. What kind of food were the students apparently waiting for? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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sandwiches. Kent: "Just put the sandwiches down and go."
| In one scene, student "Ick" Ikagami (Mark Kamiyama) turns the dormitory into an ice rink. Chris Knight, ever in the spirit, has donned ice skates and a scarf. He is also wearing stylized earmuffs. What animal's head decorates each of Chris' ears? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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panda. The black-and-white face of the panda is easily discernible on the earmuffs.
| Chris makes a (possibly sarcastic) reference to the fact that the college -- or perhaps just Chris' dorm -- had recently held a look-alike contest. Whom were contestants supposed to resemble? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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Marie Curie. Chris: "We only had one entry in the Madame Curie Look-Alike Contest, and he had to be disqualified later." Madame Marie Curie was the co-discoverer of radium.
a cherry. Ick: "I grow them myself." The cherry is about the size of a 16-inch softball!
bed. Jordan is asking because she is willing to build Mitch a bed in case he doesn't have one. Weird...but *tell* me Jordan isn't bizarrely alluring. I dare you.
| When Kent shows up during the ice rink scene, Chris embarrasses him by revealing to the crowd that he once caught Kent naked with a particular type of food. What was the food? | "Real Genius" For Diehards, Part 1
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Jell-O. Chris: "What about that time I caught you naked with that bowl of Jell-O?" Kent: "You did not!" Chris: "This is true." Kent: "Okay. I was hot, and I was hungry."
Another "Real Genius" quiz is on its way, so stay tuned!
| Jordan Cochran (Michelle Meyrink), a physics genius, is apparently also an accomplished knitter. What does she knit as a present for Mitch? | 'Real Genius' For Diehards, Part 2
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a sweater. Mitch is seen wearing the sweater to a class later in the film.
| Chris Knight seems to be a fan of distinctive slippers. Which characters or creatures do NOT appear on any of the pairs of slippers that he wears during the film? | 'Real Genius' For Diehards, Part 2
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Batman and Robin. Val Kilmer played Batman in 1995's "Batman Forever," but Chris never wears Batman-inspired slippers in the film. We see him wearing the pink bunny slippers several times, and he wears the Heckle and Jeckle slippers during the "liquid nitrogen slug" scene with Mitch.
| Finish Chris' quote to Mitch: "Was it that dream where you're dressed in sort of sun-god-like robes, and thousands of women are screaming your name and throwing little _____________ at you?" | 'Real Genius' For Diehards, Part 2
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pickles. Mitch quickly says, "No." Chris looks off into space, and with all sincerity, asks the rhetorical question, "Why am I the only one who has that dream?"
| Val Kilmer, apparently a highly dextrous man, is known for working complex hand-related activities into many of his films. What dextrous feat does Chris Knight perform in this film? | 'Real Genius' For Diehards, Part 2
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He "rolls" coins across his knuckles. Chris uses his knuckles to "roll" coins across the backs of his hands (simultaneously!) as he talks to Mitch in Hathaway's classroom during a montage. He also twirls a socket wrench in his hand in the same sequence. Kilmer twirls a drumstick in "The Doors," and performs a number of dextrous pistol tricks in "Tombstone."
| Mitch finally figures out that, in order to follow the mysterious Lazlo Hollyfeld (Jon Gries), he has to close the closet door (into which Hollyfeld habitually disappears) behind him. A hidden trap door slowly and dramatically opens before Mitch's eyes. What message has been painted on the wall that is now visible to him for the first time? | 'Real Genius' For Diehards, Part 2
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"THIS IS IT". The first indication that Mitch has succeeded in his quest is the message "THIS IS IT." He *later* encounters the words "HERE IT COMES."
popcorn . Hence the final stage of the "geniuses"' big plan at the end of the film.
| Hathaway tells Chris Knight that the timetable for the laser project he's been working on has been sped up. Hathaway wants the project to be completed by the middle of which month? | 'Real Genius' For Diehards, Part 2
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May. Hathaway: "I want five megawatts by mid-May."
| Once Chris drags Mitch and several other hard-working students to the impromptu "tanning invitational," which musician or band's song is the FIRST heard at the party? | 'Real Genius' For Diehards, Part 2
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Don Henley. Henley's "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" (from the album "Building the Perfect Beast") is the first song we hear. Bryan Adams' "One Night Love Affair" (from the album "Reckless") is heard in a later scene.
beauticians. Specifically, they attend the Wanda Trossler School of Beauty. Mitch: "Being snubbed by beauticians is not my idea of a good time." Chris: "*Student* beauticians."
19. Just before she and Mitch begin kissing, one of the things Jordan reveals about herself at a rapid-fire pace is the fact that she is nineteen.
Bill. When Mitch makes a collect call to his parents, he is clearly heard -- thanks to Kent's broadcasting said call over the cafeteria P.A. -- telling the operator the first name of his father.
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