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Quiz about Cult  Films Part Quatro
Quiz about Cult  Films Part Quatro

Cult Films Part Quatro Trivia Quiz


Here is part four of the Cult Film series, after a hiatus. As before, the quiz includes films generally acknowledged as cult film, or others that the author thinks could or should be.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rehaberpro. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Rehaberpro
Time
5 mins
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Multiple Choice
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318,520
Updated
Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover" (1989) is a true cinema experience which, in its time, pushed the envelope. Viewers were sometimes surprised by the mixture of violence, sex, nudity, rotten meat, cannibalism, and dark, satiric humor. What well known British actress played 'the Wife'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Blade Runner" (1982) received mixed reviews when released but has since become a sci-fi cult classic. E. Emmet Walsh calls retired 'blade runner', Harrison Ford back from retirement. The film is based on the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by renowned sci/fi writer Philip K. Dick. What is the danger that Ford's character must face? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as a video game designer, presenting a demonstration of her latest creation, "eXistenZ" (1999). The virtual reality game plunges the player into a ghastly world, where fancy vies with reality. What must one do in order to play the game? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Joke: "I saw "Snakes on a Plane" last night."
Reply: "Really? What was it about?"

Snakes escape or are released in the cargo hold on a plane in flight. Why are they placed there?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Robocop" (1987) spawned a series of sequels, comic books, video games, and television series, but none have had the success of the original. The original Robocop, played by Peter Weller, retains the flashes of memory, the humanity, and the instincts of the now cyborg cop. Robocop travels through a deplorable landscape of a fictionalized city of the future. What is this city? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In the film "Body Double" (1989) a fired actor with claustrophobia takes a job as a housesitter of a lush bachelor pad. With a telescope he is able to peer at the surrounding housing. One of these is a beautiful woman, who seems to be displaying herself just for him. This was a 'break-through' role for this actress. Who is she? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This director gave us the first talkie "Dracula" (1931) and "Freaks" (1932). In 1927 he directed Lon Chaney, Senior as a knife thrower in a circus but one who throws the knives with his feet, in a silent classic called "The Unknown". This director made ten silent films with Chaney. Who is this director? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The Raspberries were conceived by John Wilson in 1981, to honor (?!) the worst that the motion picture industry had produced that year. What film, concerning the fate of a drifter in Las Vegas, not only won seven Raspberries awards, but won an eighth award later, as the worst film of its decade?

Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "House of Games" (1987) was David Mamet's first film. It is an intricately plotted movie, punctuated by Mamet's gift for language and dialogue. Lindsay Crouse plays a psychiatrist. How or why does her character get involved in the seedy underworld? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "Myra Breckenridge"(1970) is also a film that is so bad, it is good. It is also a mess. It was way over budget for the time, as Director Michael Same often sat in contemplation about what to do next, or worked hours re-filming a four second segment. The author of the original novel said that the film hurt his book sales for a decade, although he never saw the film. Who wrote the novel? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover" (1989) is a true cinema experience which, in its time, pushed the envelope. Viewers were sometimes surprised by the mixture of violence, sex, nudity, rotten meat, cannibalism, and dark, satiric humor. What well known British actress played 'the Wife'?

Answer: Helen Mirren

The Cook is at the mercy of the Thief who owns his restaurant. Each night he comes with his cadre of thugs and his abused wife and dominates the room. Helen Mirren plays the wife, who begins to have a dangerous affair with a quiet, bookish patron. The sound of the boy soprano on the soundtrack is haunting.

The film was released as 'not rated', as it broke the rules for 'R' and was not considered pornographic enough to be labeled 'X'. Dame Helen Mirren is an English actor. She has won many awards, including an Academy Award, SAG Awards, BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Emmy Awards during her career.
2. "Blade Runner" (1982) received mixed reviews when released but has since become a sci-fi cult classic. E. Emmet Walsh calls retired 'blade runner', Harrison Ford back from retirement. The film is based on the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by renowned sci/fi writer Philip K. Dick. What is the danger that Ford's character must face?

Answer: Outlaw androids, indistinguishable from humans

Because the androids are so much like humans, the special talent that Harrison Ford has, as a blade runner, is to be able to distinguish between the two. Or can he?
Philip Dick died the year of "Blade Runner" was released but the film sparked a renewal of interest in Dick's novels and short stories, as well as in Philip Dick himself. Movie adaptations of his work include "Total Recall" (1990), "Minority Report" (2002), and "A Scanner Darkly" (2006).
3. Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as a video game designer, presenting a demonstration of her latest creation, "eXistenZ" (1999). The virtual reality game plunges the player into a ghastly world, where fancy vies with reality. What must one do in order to play the game?

Answer: Have a bio-port implanted in the spine

Jude Law is recruited to aid Leigh in the venture, while Willem Dafoe plays the arch-villain. Dafoe implants the bio-port into Law as they wander through a landscape of disgusting foods, menacing forces, and strange weaponry. The virtual reality game can only be assessed by having an implant into the spine. Such is the technology of this film.
4. Joke: "I saw "Snakes on a Plane" last night." Reply: "Really? What was it about?" Snakes escape or are released in the cargo hold on a plane in flight. Why are they placed there?

Answer: To eliminate a key witness from testifying.

The hope is that the snakes will kill a key witness at an up-coming trial. The other passengers would be just 'collateral damage'. It is scheduled on a time-release, so that landing is not a valid option. "Snakes on a Plane" was an Internet sensation as its publicity preceded its release in 2006. Several scene were expanded or added, based on Internet pre-release feedback.

These changed the rating from PG13 to R, to live up to fan expectations. Although it had a relative slow start at the box office, it eventually doubled the cost of making it. Apparently Jackson has some hangups about snakes as he had a clause in his contract that there were to be no live snakes within 25 feet of him during the filming.
5. "Robocop" (1987) spawned a series of sequels, comic books, video games, and television series, but none have had the success of the original. The original Robocop, played by Peter Weller, retains the flashes of memory, the humanity, and the instincts of the now cyborg cop. Robocop travels through a deplorable landscape of a fictionalized city of the future. What is this city?

Answer: Detroit

The City of Detroit, beset with unchecked crime and violence, contracts a private company to develop a crime-control device. The first models turn out to be a disastrous, but by building the elements of a cyborg around a human being, they have the beginning of success, although not without cost to the individual.
6. In the film "Body Double" (1989) a fired actor with claustrophobia takes a job as a housesitter of a lush bachelor pad. With a telescope he is able to peer at the surrounding housing. One of these is a beautiful woman, who seems to be displaying herself just for him. This was a 'break-through' role for this actress. Who is she?

Answer: Melanie Griffith

Brian de Palma directed this suspenseful, surprising film. Melanie Griffith won the Film Critic Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for a Golden Globe. In 1988 Griffith received an Oscar nomination for "Working Girl" but lost out to Jodie Foster in "The Accused". The name of the film tells you that what he is seeing is not real, but therein lies the mystery.
7. This director gave us the first talkie "Dracula" (1931) and "Freaks" (1932). In 1927 he directed Lon Chaney, Senior as a knife thrower in a circus but one who throws the knives with his feet, in a silent classic called "The Unknown". This director made ten silent films with Chaney. Who is this director?

Answer: Tod Browning

His first film in the sound era was "Dracula" which was a huge success. However, "Freaks" proved to be both controversial and a financial failure at the box office. After "Freaks" he had little work. In the end he became reclusive and died in 1962, largely forgotten.
8. The Raspberries were conceived by John Wilson in 1981, to honor (?!) the worst that the motion picture industry had produced that year. What film, concerning the fate of a drifter in Las Vegas, not only won seven Raspberries awards, but won an eighth award later, as the worst film of its decade?

Answer: Showgirls (1996)

"Showgirls" was an utter failure as a film, and did little to advance the careers of those who participated. It is a popular 'party movie' rented and played for laughs. The subject matter of "Showgirls" is rape, lesbianism, and interracial relationships. The film has gratuitous nudity and simulated sex including lap dances. With these credentials, it must be a cult film. At last count it had over 100 million in video rentals alone. Here are the Raspberry Awards it garnered:

Worst Picture (Won)
Worst Director (Paul Verhoeven, (Won)
Worst Actress (Elizabeth Berkley, Won)
Worst Screenplay (Joe Eszterhas, (Won)
Worst New Star (Elizabeth Berkley, (Won)
Worst Screen Couple ("Any combination of two people, or two body parts",(Won)
Worst Original Song ("Walk Into the Wind", (Won)
Worst Movie of the Decade (awarded in 2000)
9. "House of Games" (1987) was David Mamet's first film. It is an intricately plotted movie, punctuated by Mamet's gift for language and dialogue. Lindsay Crouse plays a psychiatrist. How or why does her character get involved in the seedy underworld?

Answer: She acts as an advocate for one of her patients.

The film piles con-job on con-job. The viewer is advised to not believe anything. Crouse falls into the world of con men as she acts as an advocate for her patient and is dragged into the complex web of this subtle underworld.
10. "Myra Breckenridge"(1970) is also a film that is so bad, it is good. It is also a mess. It was way over budget for the time, as Director Michael Same often sat in contemplation about what to do next, or worked hours re-filming a four second segment. The author of the original novel said that the film hurt his book sales for a decade, although he never saw the film. Who wrote the novel?

Answer: Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal has penned 25 non-fiction books, 8 stage plays, 28 novels, and 14 screen plays but not this particular screen play. He has been a popular talk show guest and television commentator. The plot revolves around a sex change operation. Raquel Welsh did not advance her career. Mae West, who was called out of retirement, did not add much to her legend. Rex Reed, a film critic turned actor returned to criticism. Nonetheless, it has become a cult film, popular at parties when something is played for laughs.

Among the carnage were several outstanding character actors--Jim Backus, Kathleen Freeman, Tom Selleck, Andy Devine, and Dan Hedaya--whose talents seem untapped.
Source: Author Rehaberpro

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