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Quiz about Thanks for the Memories
Quiz about Thanks for the Memories

Thanks for the Memories Trivia Quiz


Amnesia or loss of memory is the crux of an endless series of novel, film, and television dramas, and occasionally comedies. Here a few films that utilized this literary conceit. Contains spoilers.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rehaberpro. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Rehaberpro
Time
5 mins
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388,549
Updated
Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Memento" (2000) was a suspense film about a man with severe memory loss who is seeking the killer of his wife. What is one method he uses to trace/remember clues? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Not satisfied with the traditional trilogy, this action hero has spun into five films between 2002 and 2016. Throughout most of these he is not fully able to remember who he is but it does not detract from his resourcefulness. What is the last name of this memory-damaged assassin? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Douglas Quaid is construction worker in 2084. In this time, vacations are implanted into the brain and are remembered as real. Quaid requests a 'vacation' as a spy on the planet Mars but something goes wrong and the experience becomes all too real. What action star had his memories wiped out in this 1990 sci-fi thriller? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) a veterinarian, meets a restaurant worker and artist Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) and both feel a connection. The second time he sees her, she does not know who he is because she suffers from amnesia. How many dates according to the title does it take before they connect with mutual recognition? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Plot: Andrew Laeddis has traumatic memory loss and has blocked out his murder of his wife who had drowned their three children. At the psychiatric institute where he is being treated they allow him to role play a U.S. Marshal investigating the institute, thinking this might release him from his memory block. What 2010 Martin Scorsese film is this? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Goldie Hawn stars as an arrogant spoiled rich woman who falls off her yacht and is rescued by a garbage scow. At the hospital it is found that she has amnesia from the trauma. Her husband (Edward Herrmann), angry, denies their relationship. However, a man appears to claim her as his spouse. Who was Goldie Hawn's co-star in "Overboard" (1987)?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. James Garner plays "Mister Buddwing" (1966) as a man who wakes up on a park bench not knowing who he is. As he begins to follow the clues to his identity, he meets several women who have information. Who did NOT play one of the women? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In Alfred Hitchcock's "Spellbound" (1945), Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck) is exposed as an impostor and possibly the murderer of the real Dr. Edwardes. Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) seeks to sort out the truth through psychoanalysis. In this process there is a dream sequences. What surreal artist was the architect of these persistence of memory special effects? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) has been hospitalized due to the trauma of witnessing the death of her cousin, Sebastian Venable, resulting in her memory loss. Sebastian's mother, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), does not want those sordid details to be known so she offers a bribe to have Catherine lobotomized. "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959) was based on a Tennessee Williams play but what political critic and novelist developed the screen play? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A British officer is gassed and shell shocked during World War One leaving him assigned to an asylum with no memory and difficulty speaking and known only as John Smith (Ronald Colman). He wanders off and is taken in by a singer, Paula Ridgeway (Greer Garson). Together they form a mutual bond. What 1942 Oscar nominated film is this the basic plot? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Memento" (2000) was a suspense film about a man with severe memory loss who is seeking the killer of his wife. What is one method he uses to trace/remember clues?

Answer: Tattoos

This film was greatly honored by a number of international film associations and critics. It was nominated for two Academy Awards for Screenplay and Film Editing but won neither. It earned a 92% Rotten Tomatoes rating. It is highly regarded for its styling and editing.

Personal: It is not on my bucket list to watch again as I found it unimpressive. Film critic Sean Burns summed it better than I can: "For all its formal wizardry, Memento is ultimately an ice-cold feat of intellectual gamesmanship. Once the visceral thrill of the puzzle structure begins to wear off, there's nothing left to hang onto."
2. Not satisfied with the traditional trilogy, this action hero has spun into five films between 2002 and 2016. Throughout most of these he is not fully able to remember who he is but it does not detract from his resourcefulness. What is the last name of this memory-damaged assassin?

Answer: Bourne

Matt Damon is Jason Bourne and appears in four of the five films and does put together some fragments of his past. He is not seen but is mentioned several times in the fourth film, and returns in the fifth edition. Essentially, Bourne is a government assassin.

In "The Bourne Identity" (2002) after nearly drowning, he finds a box that gives clues to his forgotten identity. Perhaps because of an aborted mission, the CIA has made him a prime target and he evades them as he seeks his true self.
3. Douglas Quaid is construction worker in 2084. In this time, vacations are implanted into the brain and are remembered as real. Quaid requests a 'vacation' as a spy on the planet Mars but something goes wrong and the experience becomes all too real. What action star had his memories wiped out in this 1990 sci-fi thriller?

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

The memories that were erased were that he really had been a secret agent on Mars and had reoccurring dreams of those events. He then travels to Mars to recover those lost recollections.

The film is based on a short story by Philip Dick "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". At that time it was one of the most expensive films produced due to the spectacular special effects. Rotten Tomatoes rated it 82% and appreciated its combination of action and humor. Sharon Stone plays his enigmatic wife.
4. Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) a veterinarian, meets a restaurant worker and artist Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) and both feel a connection. The second time he sees her, she does not know who he is because she suffers from amnesia. How many dates according to the title does it take before they connect with mutual recognition?

Answer: 50

The name of the film is "50 First Dates" (2004). However, what happens in the movie is that Lucy paints pictures of Henry when they are apart, showing that there is some connection. Later, a video called "Good Morning, Lucy!" is played each day that reviews their dating, their wedding, and the birth of their child, Nicole.

Rotten Tomatoes gave it a lack luster 44%, commenting that the gross-out humor, particularly by supporting characters, tended to wipe out the charming chemistry between Sandler and Barrymore.
5. Plot: Andrew Laeddis has traumatic memory loss and has blocked out his murder of his wife who had drowned their three children. At the psychiatric institute where he is being treated they allow him to role play a U.S. Marshal investigating the institute, thinking this might release him from his memory block. What 2010 Martin Scorsese film is this?

Answer: Shutter Island

Laeddis continues to have vivid dreams and hallucinations. Just when it seems that the memories are returning, he reverts to the role play character Marshall "Teddy" Daniels. This not the first time this experiment has failed. We are led to believe that lobotomy may be the only recourse. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Ben Kingsley star.

Although critics were not overwhelmed by Scorsese, it was a smash at the box office grossing $294 million on a $15 million budget. The plot is convoluted and Scorsese commented that patrons of "Shutter Island" would have to see it twice thereby doubling the box office. Rotten Tomatoes scored it 68%.
6. Goldie Hawn stars as an arrogant spoiled rich woman who falls off her yacht and is rescued by a garbage scow. At the hospital it is found that she has amnesia from the trauma. Her husband (Edward Herrmann), angry, denies their relationship. However, a man appears to claim her as his spouse. Who was Goldie Hawn's co-star in "Overboard" (1987)?

Answer: Kurt Russell

With no wedding ring and her husband's rejection, Goldie is vulnerable to the claims of Russell, a carpenter, who had been fired by her. Although he has no proof of their marriage, he identifies her by a small tattoo he had observed. Since the hospital staff were weary of her demanding behavior, they allow Russell to take her 'home'. At first Goldie is still herself but as she gets to know Russell and his four children. Predictably, she develops a bond with the children and falls in love with Russell.

In real life Hawn and Russell were domestic partners. The film had mixed reviews. According to Rotten Tomatoes, it was a split with critics but 73% of audiences liked the film.
7. James Garner plays "Mister Buddwing" (1966) as a man who wakes up on a park bench not knowing who he is. As he begins to follow the clues to his identity, he meets several women who have information. Who did NOT play one of the women?

Answer: Lana Turner

The four women are Jean Simmons, Suzanne Pleshette, Katharine Ross, and Angela Lansbury. Lana Turner does not appear. The highlight of the film are the supporting roles by these women built around Garner who came to the silver screen via television.

Gloria (Angela Lansbury) doesn't recognize him but gives him money out of pity. He recalls Janet (Katharine Ross) as Grace, a romance from his past. Fiddle (Suzanne Pleshette) is an actress with whom he has a brief romance, and "The Blonde" (Jean Simmons) is on a scavenger hunt that leads Buddwing through a series of experiences that trigger his recovery.

Although nearly forgotten today, it was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction. The film has been called 'a failed Hitchcock imitation'. On a recent television viewing, the film seems to stand on its own and perhaps needs an a new appraisal. It has the elements of the film noir genre.
8. In Alfred Hitchcock's "Spellbound" (1945), Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck) is exposed as an impostor and possibly the murderer of the real Dr. Edwardes. Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) seeks to sort out the truth through psychoanalysis. In this process there is a dream sequences. What surreal artist was the architect of these persistence of memory special effects?

Answer: Salvador Dali

Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí conceived the film's key dream sequences. However, the sequences ran 20 minutes and in the final editing were cut to two minutes. Dali is most associated with the surrealism art movement.

Peck is afflicted with a guilt complex that has impinged on his memory. Peck recovers his real name as John Ballantyne and going back to the dream remembers Edwardes falling off a cliff but this does not square with the bullet in his head. Ballantyne is convicted of murder. Later we find that Dr. Murchison (Leo G. Carroll), jealous of being demoted in favor of Edwardes, actually was the culprit.

"Spellbound" was nominated for six Academy Awards winning only for musical score. Rotten Tomatoes maintains an 83% outcome.
9. Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) has been hospitalized due to the trauma of witnessing the death of her cousin, Sebastian Venable, resulting in her memory loss. Sebastian's mother, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), does not want those sordid details to be known so she offers a bribe to have Catherine lobotomized. "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959) was based on a Tennessee Williams play but what political critic and novelist developed the screen play?

Answer: Gore Vidal

Like an elephant in your living room, the homosexual theme is apparent. Sebastian is never seem in the film although the plot revolves around him. Catherine recovers her memory through the use of sodium amatol and describes in detail the ruthless gang of boys who cannibalize her cousin in the horrible traumatic conclusion.

Both Taylor and Hepburn were nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. Apparently, many people were unhappy with the production. Here are a few:

Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz was unhappy with Elizabeth Taylor's insistence that Montgomery Clift be included in the cast as his short term memory was so shot due to drugs and alcohol that scenes had to be reshot many times.

Tennessee Williams disavowed any input in the script and declared that Taylor was miscast.

Taylor and Hepburn were unhappy with the way Mankiewicz treated Clift.

Gore Vidal criticized the ending which had been altered by Mankiewicz and added "We were also not helped by... those overweight ushers from the Roxy Theatre on Fire Island pretending to be small ravenous boys."

Hepburn spit in Mankiewicz's face the last day of filming.

"Suddenly, Last Summer" has an 83% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
10. A British officer is gassed and shell shocked during World War One leaving him assigned to an asylum with no memory and difficulty speaking and known only as John Smith (Ronald Colman). He wanders off and is taken in by a singer, Paula Ridgeway (Greer Garson). Together they form a mutual bond. What 1942 Oscar nominated film is this the basic plot?

Answer: Random Harvest

Their idyllic rural life changes when 'Smith' is evolved in a motor accident and his memory is restored but he now has amnesia about his life with Paula. He returns to his family and his life takes a new direction. Fortunately, by ironic circumstances, they are reunited.

Rotten Tomatoes still give it a 90% rating although the plot lacks some credibility. It addition to being nominated for Best Picture, Coleman was nominated for Best Actor and Susan Peters for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a love interest when his memory was restored.
Source: Author Rehaberpro

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