Interesting Movie Tidbits

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1. The soundtrack in the 1949 film 'The Third Man' is played on what instrument? harp sitar clarinet zither

2. At the start of the 1949 film 'DOA', Edmund O'Brien stumbles into a police station and announces 'I want to report a murder'. Who was the murder victim? his best customer his wife himself his landlord

3. Which actors play the pair of compulsive gamblers so memorably depicted in Robert Altman's 1974 film 'California Split'? Elliott Gould and George Segal Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight Paul Newman and Robert Redford Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon

4. The 1973 film 'Badlands' depicts the real-life crime spree of whom? Al Capone John Dillinger Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate Bonnie and Clyde

5. The American reporter played by Martin Sheen in 'Gandhi' represented what real-life journalist? William Shirer Walter Lippmann Murray Kempton Edward R. Murrow

6. In 'Cool Hand Luke', what song does Luke sing and play on his banjo after being informed that his mother has died? Swanee River Just a Closer Walk with Thee Plastic Jesus How Great Thou Art

7. 'Mediocrities of the world, I absolve you' was said at the end of what film? Gandhi Jesus Christ, Superstar The Ten Commandments Amadeus

8. The character played by James Earl Jones in 'Field of Dreams' is based on what American writer? J. D. Salinger Frederick Exley Philip Roth Norman Mailer

9. In 'Amistad', what does the Spanish Minister tell President Martin Van Buren that he must control in order to rule? the Congress the high seas the South the Courts

10. Which actress accepted a tidy sum of money to be a spokesperson for the National Beef Council, and then announced that she did not eat red meat? Farrah Fawcett Brigitte Bardot Cloris Leachman Cybill Shepherd