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Dubious Player or Deliberate Foil?

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Something in Common : Dubious Player or Deliberate Foil?

Introduction:
"Many movies feature illness either as a pivotal part of the movie or as a background event. All these movies feature characters suffering from diabetes."


1. In "It Runs in the Family", the wife of one of the characters has diabetes. Four of the roles in this movie are actually played by members of the one acting family. Which one is it?
    The Baldwin family
    The Douglas family
    The Arquette family
    The Sheen/Estevez family


2. Mario Puzo is responsible for the "Godfather" trilogy, chronicling the lives and fortunes of the Corleone family. In the third movie of the series, which character is seen struggling with diabetes?
    Joey Zasa
    Michael Corleone
    Vincent Mancini
    Connie Corleone Rizzi


3. In this action horror movie, the diabetic heroine actually dispatches the title villain with the help of a syringe. Which movie is this?
    Vampire
    White Zombie
    Warlock
    The Monster from the Black Lagoon


4. "Dog Day Afternoon" is based on a true story and documents the misfortunes of two hapless bank robbers, when their hold-up turns into a prolonged hostage situation. Which character is a diabetic sufferer?
    The guard
    The accountant
    The teller
    The bank manager


5. In "Click", Adam Sandler's character Michael Newman finds that the amazing universal remote he has, can control what happens to him. After experiencing the future, which character, who suffers from diabetes, does Michael finally manage to return to and make amends with?
    His boss
    His dog
    His wife
    His father


6. Two girls change their holiday plans and end up in Thailand on drug charges. One girl's father is influential and attempts to help his daughter. The other girl's father is unable to help because of his diabetes. Which movie is this?
    Brokedown Palace
    The Year of Living Dangerously
    Midnight Express
    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason


7. In "Panic Room", Jodie Foster's character Meg and her daughter Sarah find themselves trapped in the panic room in their new townhouse, while intruders attempt to gain access to a treasure hidden in a floor safe where they are sheltering. Sarah has Type One diabetes.
    True
    False


8. An action packed adventure from start to finish, "Con Air" features Nicolas Cage's character Cameron Poe, returning home after serving a prison sentence. The aircraft he is travelling in is hi-jacked by dangerous convicts, and Poe has to defend a character who suffers from diabetes. Which one is it?
    Baby-O
    Cyrus
    Pinball
    Jones


9. "Chocolat" is set in France. Vianne and Anouk Rocher arrive in a small village to set up a chocolaterie in the middle of Lent. Eventually an entire cast of eccentric characters find their way to her delicious shop. One such villager is Armande Voizin who suffers from diabetes. What happens to her?
    She goes to Paris for treatment.
    She dies.
    She moves in with her daughter and grandson.
    She gets married.


10. "Steel Magnolias" introduces us to the beautiful Shelby Eatenton just before her wedding. Almost without warning she suffers a severe hypoglycemic reaction. Where does this happen?
    In her bedroom
    At Truvy's Beauty Parlor
    At the church
    In her parents' garden


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