Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 148 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tamba, a chimpanzee

The role of Tamba, the chimpanzee in "Fury of the Congo," was played by Peggy, who also played Bonzo in the Universal Pictures release "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951). Peggy died in a fire at the World Jungle Compound before the second Bonzo film, "Bonzo Goes to College" (1952).

The Phantom was accompanied by a trained wolf named Devil. George of the Jungle had a pet elephant named Shep. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, had a chimpanzee companion unimaginatively named Chim.

Answer: Inhabitants of the World

Kathryn Crosby (billed as Kathryn Grant) played Laura Hutchinson in "The Night the World Exploded" (1957). She was married to crooner Bing Crosby (1957-1977). Margaret Sheridan (1926-1982) starred in "The Thing From Another World" (1951) as Nikki Nicholson, love interest to Captain Patrick Hendry, played by Kenneth Tobey. Kasey Rogers (born Josie Imogene Rogers; 1925-2006) played Elaine Jeffries in "Two Lost Worlds" (1951). Rogers is perhaps best remembered for replacing Irene Vernon as Louise Tate, the mortal wife of Larry Tate, Darrin's boss in the television programme "Bewitched."

The King James (Authorized) version of the Bible contains the following Isaian prophecy: "All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye." (18:3) Despite the literary potential of this phrase, there has been no motion picture found named "Inhabitants of the World."

Answer: They are both burned up in a fire.

Det. Bill Dillon finds the monster and Oliver orders it to kill the policeman, which it does. Boyle, Trudy and Johnny arrive at the house. Oliver orders the monster to kill them all. Johnny fights with the monster and throws a flask of acid at it. His toss misses and the acid strikes Oliver, dissolving his face.

When Oliver falls screaming to the floor, the monster rushes forward, bumping into a lit Bunsen Burner and catching itself on fire. Trudy, Johnny and Boyle escape; Oliver and the monster are incinerated in the flames. Boyle says to the youngsters, "It's all over now. I'll call the department."

Answer: Pamela Duncan

Pamela Duncan (1924-2005) said that producer-director Roger Corman called her on the phone and offered her the lead in "The Undead". She neither auditioned for nor even sought the part, but said, "He must have seen me in something; I worked a lot and I was on TV a lot." Her career began as a teenage beauty-pageant winner and stage actress, until she broke into motion pictures as hard-boiled private detective Mike Hammer's secretary, Velda.

She appeared in over 300 parts on television. Among her movie roles was another scary movie, also made by Roger Corman, "Attack of the Crab Monsters" (1957).

Answer: German V-2 rocket

The scene in which the mission rocket blasts off is of a captured German V-2 rocket which was brought to the United States from Europe at the end of WWII. It was launched from White Sands, New Mexico, in 1946. The film of this launch has been used in a large number of science-fiction motion pictures.

The V-2 could not hold sufficient fuel to travel to Jupiter. According to "Fire Maidens from Outer Space," this rocket was atomic powered.

Answer: Yes, a paperback novel

Novelisation is the adaptation of a work in one medium (stage play, motion picture, video game, comic book) into a novel. A classic example is J.M. Barrie's novelisation of his play "Peter and Wendy" (1904) into the 1915 novel by the same name. "The Man Who Could Cheat Death" was novelised in 1959 as a cheap paperback.

The US edition said it was by "Barre" Lyndon and Jimmy Sangster. The UK edition said it was by John Sansom (a pen name used by Jimmy Sangster). Sangster wrote the screenplay from Barre Lyndon's 1939 stage play "The Man in Half Moon Street".

Answer: to signal the squeamish to close their eyes

Prior to rolling the opening credits in "Terror Is a Man," the following title card appeared: "Warning -- The picture you are about to see has a scene so shocking that it is necessary to forewarn you. We suggest that the squeamish and faint-hearted close their eyes at the sound of the bell and reopen them when the bell rings again.

The Management." The sound of the bell is heard just before a close-up of the surgeon Dr. Girard slicing into the panther-man with a scalpel. The review in the New York Times said that, if the fright engendered by the movie itself was insufficient to scare the audience, the startling ring of the bell was enough.

Answer: acting

Richard Long (1927-1974) was better known for his leading roles in American television than for his films. He played the leads in three ABC productions: Rex Randolph in "Bourbon Street Beat" (1959-1960), Jarrod Barkley in "The Big Valley" (1965-1969), and Professor Harold Everett in "Nanny and the Professor" (1970-1971).

He also played regularly on "77 Sunset Strip" (1958-1963). His only two appearances in horror or science fiction motion pictures were "Cult of the Cobra" (1955) and "House on Haunted Hill" (1959). Long's career was cut short by multiple heart attacks at only 47 years of age.

Answer: Santa Mira, California

The original conception of the setting of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" was that it occurs in the real town of Mill Valley, California, just a few miles north of San Francisco near Mount Tamalpais. That location was too expensive a place in which to shoot so the filmmakers used shots of Sierra Madre, Chatsworth, Glendale, Los Feliz, Bronson, and Beachwood Canyons to compose the fictional Santa Mira.

Hill Valley is the fictional town in which the "Back to the Future" movies are set. Santa Carla is the fictional town in which "The Lost Boys" (1967) is set. [This movie proves that actor Edward Herrmann was a vampire long before he was the father/grandfather Richard Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls" (2000-2007).] The 1978 remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" was set in San Francisco.

Answer: a volcanic eruption in the South Seas

A volcano erupts violently on an island in the Southern Hemisphere. The narrator of the movie (Paul Frees) explains that, to every action, there is a reaction. Without using the term, this expresses the "Butterfly Effect," which holds that, if a butterfly flaps its wings in China, it can result in a hurricane in the Caribbean.

This theory of global cause and effect shows how the convulsive explosion on the island causes icebergs at the North Pole to shift and fracture. Large areas of ice melt, which exposes a gigantic praying mantis, encased in ice for millions of years.

It awakens from suspended animation and is hungry.