Popcorn Crunchers, Reel 71 Trivia Quiz

Answer: There is no dialogue.

The 1955 version of this motion picture had no dialogue at all. There was music, composed by George Antheil and sung by Marni Nixon but not with recognizable words. There were sound effects, such as a door slamming and an audience laughing. It was not until the 1957 re-release as "Daughter of Horror" that this film had any words at all (the narration of Ed McMahon).

Answer: Terrors of the Earth

"Terror in the Haunted House" (1958) was originally titled "My World Dies Screaming." "Terror Is a Man" (1959) was also released/distributed as "Blood Creature," "Creature from Blood Island," "The Gory Creatures," "Island of Terror," and "Gore Creature." "Beyond Terror" was the working title of "The Unknown Terror" (1957). King Lear, who was very upset with his daughters Regan and Goneril, said of them "You unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, that all the world shall -- I will do such things, -- What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be the terrors of the earth" (Act II, scene 4).

There does not appear to have been a motion picture titled "Terrors of the Earth" for which omission Shakespeare is doubtless thankful.

Answer: prehistoric dinosaurs

In a jungle plateau atop a Pacific island volcano, the party is confronted by a Brontosaurus and a pair of Triceratops. They also shoot a Pterosaur for food. Several of the men are killed by these prehistoric dinosaurs before the party escapes the island.

Answer: Leonard Nimoy

As one of Nimoy's earliest roles, his part as the staff sergeant working communications was not credited. He is seen pulling information out of some sort of IBM-brand electronic machine.

Answer: The knife is driven farther into its heart.

The vengeful walking tree-stump monster is called Tabanga by the natives on the island. The Tabanga kills his ex-wife by throwing her into quicksand. Then it finds and kills Chief Maranka. Finally, after Tano tries to burn it to death, the Tabanga throws him down a steep hill where he is impaled on a plant at the bottom.

The Tabanga then kidnaps the lovely Dr. Mason and heads for the quick sand. Dr. Arnold shoots the monster such that his bullet hits the handle of the ceremonial knife already stuck in the trunk and drives it deeper into the Tabanga's heart.

The Tabanga's mission of revenge accomplished, it falls into the quicksand and sinks.

Answer: 20 Million Miles to Earth

The comic-book series, titled "20 Million Miles More" (2008), was set fifty years after the events depicted in the 1957 film. Scott Davis and Alex Garcia developed the idea for TidalWave Productions. It was part of a broader offering called "The Ray Harryhausen Signature Series." Harryhausen had little to do with the creative content in the books. There was a 50th anniversary re-release of the motion picture; copies of the comics were included in a package with the DVD.

Answer: True

The action in "Phantom from Space" begins when a UFO traveling at great altitude and speed is detected over Point Barrow, Alaska, a few minutes after seven p.m. At 8:18 p.m., it drops off the radar near Santa Monica, California. All of the events which follow occur on that one night. Shots of a black-faced wrist watch are intercut to maintain continuity. All of the exterior scenes were shot day-for-night. When the Phantom has died, Dr. Wyatt opens the dome of the observatory to reveal that it is now morning.

Answer: acting

Gerald Mohr (1914-1968) was well known to radio audiences, live theatre audiences, television audiences and movie audiences. He was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. He voiced Jungle Jim, Philip Marlowe, and Archie Goodwin on radio. He appeared in over one hundred television productions. Among his film credits are "The Monster and the Girl" (1941), "The Night the World Exploded" (1957), "Terror in the Haunted House" (1958) which was also known as "My World Dies Screaming," and "The Angry Red Planet" (1959).

Answer: in the Old West

The motion picture "Curse of the Undead" is set in 1860 in that part of the American Old West which was formerly a possession of Spain or Mexico. Preacher Dan finds a diary written by Don Miguel Robles, who is identified as the former owner of the land. It says that he sent his son Drago to Madrid for a time on business.

Answer: Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen built his reputation on animating dinosaurs using stop-motion photography. Producer Charles Schneer put to him the challenge of making something other than a living creature appear to be in motion for "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers." His work on the flying saucers was state of the art. This was the last film in which he used stop-motion photography to depict collapsing buildings; he said the investment of time and money did not pay off sufficiently.