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1. Many of the 1961 audiences who enjoyed Elvis Presley's first film set in Hawaii likely did not remember that the title song was first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1937. What is the movie's title?
2. James Michener's 1959 novel was made into a 1966 movie of the same name, starring Max von Sydow and Julie Andrews. Rather than attempt to portray the entire book on screen, the film is based on Chapter 3, "From the Farm of Bitterness", which tells the story of the first American missionaries. What is the name of both the film and the novel?
3. Which 2006 American horror film, starring Samuel L. Jackson, begins in Hawaii with a witness to a mob murder, but quickly transitions to an airplane over the Pacific Ocean?
4. California surfer girl goes on family vacation to Hawaii, leaving behind California surfer boyfriend named "Moondoggie" who then comes to Hawaii, but finds her in another boy's arms. Can you name this movie?
5. Suppose a big movie star, Rosalind Reynolds (Esther Williams), took her fiancé, Ricardo Montez (Ricardo Montalbán), to Hawaii to film a movie but the technical advisor on the film, Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee (Peter Lawford), fell in love with her while her best friend, Yvonne Torro (Cyd Charisse), tried to get Ricardo for herself. Name this 1948 romantic comedy, which was spiced with the music of Xavier Cugat.
6. A 1953 movie, set in and around the Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu, won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra). The movie tells the story of American Army troops stationed on Hawaii in the time leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Name it.
7. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy and girl fall out of love. Boy goes to Hawaii to recover. Boy finds girl there with her new boy. Can you identify this 2008 movie?
8. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is most often told and depicted from a wide perspective. A 2001 American film, with an all-star cast (Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Dan Aykroyd), focused instead on a few people and their involvement, not only with the 1941 attack, but also with the 1942 American retaliatory bombing of Honshu. What was the title of this movie?
9. Movie goers who enjoyed Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in "The Wedding Singer" returned to the theatre to see them teamed in a 2004 romantic comedy shot in Hawaii. In this film, Sandler plays an aquatic veterinarian who falls in love with a woman suffering from Goldfield Syndrome, an otherwise unknown medical condition which causes her to lose her memory overnight every night. Name this film.
10. Walt Disney Pictures set a 2002 animated film on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. In it, a lonely little girl befriends an alien with a serious streak of mischief. She attempts to civilize him by telling him to be like Elvis Presley, a model citizen to her thinking. The movie's soundtrack includes many classic Elvis recordings. What was this film?
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