Recipes for Movies: Part 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Thor

"Thor" is a 2011 superhero movie directed by Kenneth Branagh, and starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, and Idris Elba. The film revolves around Thor, the god of thunder. The story starts out with Thor about to be crowned King of Asgard, but is soon exiled to Earth by his father Odin. On Earth, he meets and soon develops feelings for a scientist named Jane Foster (played by Natalie Portman.) Back in Asgard, Loki, Thor's brother, discovers his true identity as the son of a Frost Giant from Jotunheim, and attempts to rule as Asgard's king in Thor's absence.

Thor is very strong. The source of his power can be found in his hammer, Mjolnir. When Odin banishes Thor, he also banishes Mjolnir to Earth. When the hammer reaches Earth, it creates a huge crash site. At first, a crowd of people have a party and try to remove the hammer from the ground for fun. Later, S.H.I.E.L.D agents close off the crash site, surround the site with guards, and investigate the hammer. Thor manages to beat up many of the agents and gets to the hammer, but discovers he cannot lift it.

When Thor first meets Jane, she is on the verge of a scientific discovery. She studies the stars and space, and thinks she may have discovered a wormhole. She keeps most of her findings in a notebook. When S.H.I.E.L.D agents investigate the crash site of Thor's hammer, they need all the information they can get, and they confiscate all of Jane's work, including her notebook and her computers.

Answer: The A-Team

"The A-Team" is a 2010 action film directed by Joe Carnahan, and starring Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson, Sharlto Copley, and Quinton Jackson. The movie is based on the television series of the same name. The film revolves around four soldiers, known as The A-Team, who attempt to escape from jail to clear their names of a crime they did not commit.

After the four men each escape from jail, they are on the run to clear their names. One person out to find them is Peck's (Bradley Cooper's) ex-lover, Sosa. She almost catches them, until they escape in a plane. Her team manages to shoot down the plan, so the team escape in a tank attached to parachute. To prevent crashing into the ground, the team shoots off rounds, stalling them in the air, which simulates "flying" the tank.

In the film, the team's enemy is a man named Lynch. Lynch, along with a man named Pike, have stolen U.S. Treasury plates and plan to sell them. Towards the end of the movie, Peck comes up with a plan. He believes, "You beat a guy like Lynch with three things: distraction, diversion and division. Then you put him on display, for the whole world to see..." When demonstrating his plan to the rest of the team he uses three red, plastic cups.

Hannibal (played by Liam Neeson) has a popular catch-phrase, which is "I love it when a plan comes together." At the end of the film, as the team is being arrested, Peck is given a key by his ex-lover Sosa in a kiss. Peck says to Hannibal, "I don't mean to steal your line, boss, but I love it when a plan comes together."

Answer: Cast Away

"Cast Away" is a 2000 drama directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Tom Hanks. The film revolves around Chuck Noland, a FedEx employee, who becomes stranded on an island after his plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean. In the film, we watch Chuck as he attempts to survive on the island and watch how being alone and stranded affects him and his mind.

The plane crashes into the ocean during a violent storm. Chuck (played by Tom Hanks) finds a raft then blackouts until he is awoken on a shore of a deserted island. During his stay on the island, packages from his plane wash up on shore. As he works for FedEx, all the packages are FedEx packages. Among the many packages he finds a Wilson Sporting Goods volleyball.

During one of his first nights, Chuck attempts to make a fire, but injures his hand instead. As his hand bleeds, he gets frustrated and throws things, including the volleyball. Later, he sees a bloody hand print imprinted on the volleyball that resembles a face. He then names the volleyball "Wilson" and talks to it often, as it becomes his only friend.

One thing Chuck managed to keep after the plane crash was a watch given to him by his girlfriend Kelly. At the end of the film, when he is rescued, he returns the watch to her because it was her family's heirloom but keeps the picture of her that was inside. He confesses later that the watch and her picture kept him alive.

Answer: Cars

"Cars" is a 2006 computer-animated film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter, with voices provided by Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, and Paul Newman. The film revolves around an arrogant race car, named Lightning McQueen.

We first meet Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) as he competes in the Piston Cup championship. Unforgettably, it's a three-way tie, and another race has been scheduled in Los Angeles. On his way there, he loses track of Mack, his big rig, and gets lost. While trying to find his way to Mack, he ends up in Radiator Springs.

Radiator Springs is a small town that use to be a stopover place along Route 66. When a highway was created, Radiator Springs was bypassed and soon forgotten and removed from maps. Attractions in the town include The Cozy Cone Motel, Luigi's Casa Della Tires, Ramone's House of Body Art, Sarge's Surplus Hut, Tow Mater Towing & Salvage, Fillmore's Taste-In, and Flo's V8 Cafe.

During the film, McQueen often displays his signature move. He has designs of lightning bolts on the front ends of his cars, and his move includes lighting them up and saying, "Ka-Chow!"

Answer: I Am Legend

"I Am Legend" is a 2007 post-apocalyptic film directed by Francis Lawrence, and starring Will Smith. The film revolves around Robert Neville, a virologist who is forced to live in a world where he is surrounded by mutated humans. Humans were mutated by a man-made virus, that was created to cure cancer but had a different effect. Robert (played by Will Smith) happens to be immune to this virus. In the film, we watch how Robert attempts to survive while simultaneously trying to create a cure.

We see early in the film that Robert's family is killed in a helicopter accident during a quarantine, leaving him alone in the new world. His only other companion is his dog, Sam, a German Shepard. Robert attempts many times to contact any other people. He develops a daily schedule, which first includes testing infected rats in his lab looking for a cure. After that, he follows up on any responses from his AM radio broadcast, which instructs any survivors to meet him in downtown Manhattan. This is his broadcast:

"My name is Robert Neville. I am a survivor living in New York City. I am broadcasting on all AM frequencies. I will be at the South Street Seaport everyday at mid-day, when the sun is highest in the sky. If you are out there... if anyone is out there... I can provide food, I can provide shelter, I can provide security. If there's anybody out there... anybody... please. You are not alone. "

During the entire movie, there is a recurring theme of a butterfly. At the beginning of the film, while driving his family, Robert's daughter makes butterfly hand gestures and tells her dad to "look at the butterfly". At the end of the film, while trapped in his basement lab that is getting smashed by mutated humans, Robert sees a pattern of wings in the shattering glass (and remembers his daughter's voice telling him to "look at the butterfly".) During this time, he also notices a butterfly tattoo on a woman survivor that he met, named Anna. This is when Robert realizes that this woman has been brought to him for a purpose, and that she is meant to bring the cure he just discovered to any other survivors.

Answer: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

"Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" is a 2004 film directed by Brad Silberling, narrated by Jude Law, and starring Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, and Meryl Streep. The movie is an adaptation of the first three books in the children's novel series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket. The film revolves around three siblings, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny, who become orphans when their parents die in a fire. They soon get adopted by an amateur actor named Count Olaf, who has ulterior motives to steal their wealthy parents' money.

When Count Olaf first meets the three children, he believes the youngest child, Sunny, is a monkey. He says later in the film, "I chose to open my heart to you two lovely children and your hideous primate." Going along with this mindset, while getting the three children treats in the store, he tells the two older children that he will get them a soda, and that he will get Sunny a banana.

Later, after Count Olaf is deemed unfit as a guardian, the kids go to live with Dr. Montgomery, a herpetologist and their uncle. To get the kids back in his possession, Count Olaf (disguised as a man named Stephano) kills Dr. Montgomery and blames Monty's poisonous viper for the murder. It is soon discovered the viper isn't dangerous at all, as Sunny plays and gets tickled by the "Incredibly Deadly" viper. This exposes Stephano/Count Olaf as a fraud, but he escapes.

Next, the children go to live with their Aunt Josephine in a terrifying-looking house in Lake Lachrymose. Aunt Josephine suffers from many irrational fears, including fridges, doorknobs, and realtors. Aunt Josephine tells the kids that the lake is infested with leeches that eat humans if they go in the water without waiting an hour after eating. Later in the film, after an encounter with Count Olaf, Aunt Josephine is left to be eaten by these leeches.

Answer: The Wedding Singer

"The Wedding Singer" is a 1998 film directed by Frank Coraci, and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. The film is set in the 1980s and revolves around Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, who falls in love with an engaged waitress, Julia, he meets at a reception. As he copes with his own fiance leaving him, Robbie helps Julia plan her wedding to a Glenn, who we later find out is very unfaithful. Adam Sandler plays Robbie Hart, and Drew Barrymore plays Julia.

At the beginning of the movie, at his own wedding, we see Robbie is ditched by his fiance, Linda. She claims she left him because she doesn't want to be tied down with someone who is only a wedding singer living in his sister's basement, and not a rock star she wanted him to be. Robbie is miserable, and finally his brother Sammy gets him to sing for another wedding. He is depressed at the wedding, and his singing and attitude ruined the mood for most people at the wedding. At one point, he starts talking about his life, which angers the bride's father. Robbie responds, "Well, I have a microphone, and you don't, SO YOU WILL LISTEN TO EVERY WORD I HAVE TO SAY!"

While being a wedding singer, Robbie also gives an elderly woman, Rosie, singing lessons to prepare for her upcoming 50th wedding anniversary. Being the nice man that he is, he charges Rosie payment in meatballs, not money. She really enjoys making the meatballs for Robbie, and loves to see his face while he eats them.

As Julia's wedding date gets closer, so do her and Robbie. But after Robbie gets drunk one night, Linda comes back to him and wants him back. Linda spends the night, and Julia shows up the next morning. Linda answers the door, and Julia assumes she and Robbie are back together. She quickly changes her mind into getting married as soon as possible, and her and Glenn decide to fly to Vegas. Robbie wakes up to find Linda in his house, and tells her he doesn't want her back. He plans to follow Julia to Las Vegas, and hops a plane.

This movie, which is set in the '80s, also has many popular '80s songs. A few of the songs include: Billy Idol's "White Wedding", Culture Club's "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", and Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)".

Answer: The Town

"The Town" is a 2010 film directed by Ben Affleck, and starring Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall, and Blake Lively. The film revolves around Doug MacRay, a ex-hockey player, who now, with three of his long time friends, robs banks. We watch as Doug (played by Ben Affleck) tries to get out of the crime business, and make a new life and relationships, including one with a hostage of one of his latest heists whom he has fallen for. His friends include James "Jem" Coughlin (played by Jeremy Renner), Albert "Gloansy" Magloan, and Desmond "Dez" Elden.

The film is set in Charlestown, MA, a neighborhood of Boston. Charlestown is known for its robberies. The film even states, "One blue-collar Boston neighborhood has produced more bank robbers and armored car thieves than anywhere in the world."

In the middle of the film, the four men develop a plan to rob an armored car. Upon getting to the location, they discover the armored car is running late. They drive around the block until the car pulls up. During this heist, the men decide to wear rubber masks and nun's habits. Right before they start their assault, Gloansy tells the others to "say your prayers".

At the end of the film, during their last heist, the four friends decide to rob Fenway Park. Doug and Jem get into the park by dressing up like the Boston police. After tying up some guards, they force the guards to let them into the cash room. Here, they steal $3 million, and try to escape in an ambulance, where Gloansy and Dez have dressed up like paramedics.

Answer: Jumanji

"Jumanji" is a 1995 film directed by Joe Johnston, and starring Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and Kirsten Dunst. The film revolves around a magical board game, "Jumanji", that comes to life. Two children, Judy and Peter, play the game and soon realize the game unleashes dangerous things and can only be stopped by winning the game. On one turn, the two release a man, Alan, that has been trapped in the game for 26 years. Alan (played by Robin Williams) helps the two with the game, but soon realize they need the last player to finish the game. The last player is Sarah, the girl who Alan started the game with 26 years ago, and never finished.

The game is played by shaking two dice, then the game board moves the token for you. When Alan first played the game, when he was 12 years old, he got sucked into the game. A message appeared that read he will only be freed if a five or eight is rolled. 26 years later, when Judy and Peter are playing, Peter rolls a five, and releases him. Alan has quite a knowledge for the game and the creatures it releases. Before Alan was rescued, Judy and Peter released a lion, psychotic monkeys, and giant mosquitoes.

When Alan gets Sarah to join back in the game, the four players release many other things, including man-eating vines from a giant flower. Later in the film, Judy is unexpectedly shot by one of the poisonous barbs from that flower. Another obstacle they face is Peter transforming into a monkey. Peter tries to cheat the game while rolling his dice, and develops a tail, a monkey nose, and a lot of hair.

Answer: Transformers

"Transformers" is a 2007 action film directed by Michael Bay, and starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson. The film revolves around a teenager named Sam Witwicky. He gets caught in the middle of a war between alien robots with the ability to transform into cars and other machines of our world. Autobots fight for good, while the Decepticons fight for evil and desire a cube, called the AllSpark, that will create an army of all machines on Earth. The Autobots (including their leader Optimus Prime), Sam, and the government team up to stop the Decepticons, led by Megatron.

"Transformers" is based on a line of toys, by the same name, produced by the toy company, Hasbro. The toys were created back in 1984. The line, along with this movie, created many spin-offs including a Marvel comic book series and an animated TV show.

In the beginning of the movie, Sam Witwicky (played by Shia LaBeouf) and his father are out to buy Sam's first car. They end up buying a a $4,000 Camaro, that's not in very good shape.

Later, the Camaro leaves Sam, and Sam believes someone is stealing it. He chases it down, but soon sees it transform into a robot. He is shocked and when the police arrive, they don't believe him. When he returns home, after being arrested, the car is back. He tries to escape the car, who is named Bumblebee, but is bombarded by a Decepticon instead. The Decepticon is trying to get a pair of eyeglasses with a code scripted into them. He knows Sam has the eyeglasses from his eBay account as Ladiesman217. (Earlier, while in class, during a presentation, he tries to get other students to buy his grandfather's stuff (including the eyeglasses) on eBay. His grandfather, Captain Archibald Witwicky, was an explorer who went crazy after finding a "giant man frozen in the Arctic ice".

Later, Sam, accompanied by a girl named Mikayla, are captured by a secret government group called Sector 7. They know the two have a connection with the Autobots and try to extract information from them. Sector 7 investigates aliens and have been working on a project called "Project Iceman" for a long time.

Answer: Se7en

"Seven" (a.k.a. "Se7en") is a 1995 film directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kevin Spacey. The film revolves around two homicide detectives, William Somerset, who is about to retire, and David Mills (played by Brad Pitt), who is newly-transferred to this division. Somerset and Mills are put onto a case of a serial killer, who murders victims who are related to one of the seven deadly sins (lust, wrath, sloth, pride, envy, gluttony, and greed.)

The first murder is of an obese man who symbolizes "Gluttony." Next, a rich attorney symbolizes "Greed" and a drug dealer/child molester symbolizes "Sloth." Later, a prostitute symbolizes "Lust" victim, while a young model symbolizes "Pride."

At the end of the movie, Mills and Somerset realize the last two sins, "Envy" and "Wrath," actually represent the serial killer himself, named John Doe, and Mills respectively.

When finally captured, John Doe tells the two detectives he will lead them to the last two bodies (the last two sins.) The three meet in an empty desert, and a white van arrives. While Somerset goes to meet the van, Mills and John are left alone. John then tells Mills how he admires him. Somerset returns to Mills and John after opening the package from the van. It turns out to be a box with the head of Mills's wife inside. John then reveals he symbolizes "Envy" because he is jealous of Mills's life. He then taunts Mills into killing him, against the protests of Somerset. Somerset claims, "If you kill him, he will win." However, Mills does eventually shoot and kill John, symbolizing "Wrath" like John Doe wanted.

Answer: Zoolander

"Zoolander" is a 2001 comedy directed by Ben Stiller and starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Will Ferrell. The film revolves around Derek Zoolander, a shallow male model, as he becomes apart of a fashion mogul's, Jacobim Mugatu's, plot to exploit Malaysia workers. Mugatu's plan is to brainwash a model into assassinating the newly appointed Prime Minister of Malaysia, in turn, allowing them to maintain their cheap child labor. They select Derek because he is very dim-witted.

At the beginning of the film, we learn Derek's most well-known look is the Blue Steel, which is pretty much the only facial expression he makes. Soon after, we see Derek attend VH1 Fashion Awards. There, Derek is trying to defend his title of top male fashion model. However, a new, rising fashion model beats Derek. His name is Hansel and is played by Owen Wilson. Derek has resentment of Hansel, but later in the film, the two join forces to take down Mugatu.

The day after the fashion awards, we see Derek in his house with his model roommates, Brint, Rufus, and Meekus. They all complain about Hansel, and soon decide they want to get orange mocha frappuccinos. The four men go to a gas station and start having a water fight with windshield squeegees. Soon, the water fight turns into a gasoline fight with the gas pumps. Derek, however is not a part of it, as he stands off to the side reading an unflattering cover of a magazine he is on. One of the men soon lights a cigarette, resulting in an explosion, killing the three other men.

Throughout the film, Derek questions his modeling life and is quoted saying, "Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?"

Answer: The Devil Wears Prada

"The Devil Wears Prada" is a 2006 film directed by David Frankel, and starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci. The film revolves around Andy Sachs (played by Anne Hathaway), a recent college grad who gets a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, a cruel fashion magazine editor.

Many of Andy's job duties to Miranda Priestly includes tedious activities like getting her lunch or taking her coat. One of the hardest duties Andy has to complete is getting two copies of the unpublished manuscript for the next "Harry Potter" book, for Miranda's twin daughters to read while traveling.

Later in the film, Miranda asks Andy to accompany her to an important trip to Paris. Andy is hesitant, due to the fact that another assistant, Emily, has been excited for this trip for months. When Emily is hit by a taxi, Andy goes to Paris, and meets designers and gets many fashionable clothes.

During the film, Nigel, the magazine's art director, is one of the few people Andy is close to. When talking to Nigel, he discusses clothing sizes and how important they are in the fashion world. After this conversation, Nigel nicknames Andy "Six," after her pant size. When Andy complains about Miranda later in the film, he says, "Poor you. Miranda's picking on you. Poor you. Poor Andy? Hmm? Wake up, Six. She's just doing her job."

Answer: Step Brothers

"Step Brothers" is a 2008 comedy directed by Adam McKay, and starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. The film revolves around two adult men, Will Ferrell as Brennan Huff and John C. Reilly as Dale Doback, who still live with their parents. When Brennan's mom and Dale's dad get married, the two are forced to live together and become step-brothers. We watch as the two resent each other, become friends, and then eventually hate each other once again.

One of the first things Dale does once Brennan moves in is telling Brennan not to touch his drum set. It's very important to him, and he watches over it like a hawk. Eventually, Brennan touches it, just to make Dale angry.

Earlier in the film, Brennan and Dale's parents (Robert and Nancy) get upset that neither of them have jobs. They tell Brennan and Dale that they must find jobs by the end of the month, or they will kick them out of the house. After many failed job interviews and fighting with one another, Brennan and Dale move their separate ways.

Brennan gets a job for his younger, successful brother's, Derek's, helicopter leasing firm. While Brennan works for Derek, Dale gets a job for a catering service. Brennan and Dale finally reconnect when they meet at the Catalina Wine Mixer, a very important sales party event for Derek's company. Dale works for the catering service employed for the party. The two step-brothers make the event a success.

Towards the end of the film, once Brennan and Dale are successful in their own karaoke entertainment company, they return home to find that Dale's dad has made them a tree house in the backyard. The tree "house" is actually made from a boat that the two step-brothers destroyed earlier in the film, when making a music video for their song 'Boats and Hos'. Also in the tree house boat, Dale's dad included magazines, hats, and most importantly, Chewbacca masks.

Answer: Miss Congeniality

"Miss Congeniality" is a 2000 film directed by Donald Petrie, starring Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, and William Shatner. The film revolves around an FBI agent, an unladylike Gracie Hart (played by Sandra Bullock.) The FBI is on a case dealing with a terrorist named "The Citizen," who is threatening the Miss United States beauty pageant. Gracie Hart is chosen to go undercover at the pageant as a contestant. After getting coached and beautified by a pageant coach, she becomes Gracie Lou Freebush, a.k.a. Miss New Jersey.

Out of the 49 other contestants for Miss United States, Gracie becomes closest with Cheryl Frasier, a.k.a. Miss Rhode Island. Cheryl is a timid, shy girl who was raised not to play with fire. Her routine for the talent portion of the show is to twirl batons. Later, when she gains more confidence from Gracie, she agrees to use flaming batons that Gracie gifts to her.

"The Citizen" turns out to be Kathy Morningside, a former winner and now the pageant's director, and her son. The two planned to kill the winner of the pageant with a replica version of the Miss United States tiara that has a bomb inside of it.