Da - De Movies Trivia

1. The film opens in the trenches of Belgium, during WWI. What advice does a young Poirot give his Captain about the approaching attack?

From Quiz Death on the Nile (2022)

Answer: to advance early

The Captain receives orders to attack Yser Bridge. The orders suggest that the men wait a couple of hours for the wind to change and to use gas to mask their advance. Poirot advises that they leave immediately because the birds are flying and he has observed that this always signifies a change in the wind. The Captain takes his advice and they take the Germans by surprise and win the offensive. However Poirot does not notice a tripwire in time and an explosion kills his Captain and badly wounds his own face.

From Quiz The Deep

Answer: Bermuda

The open water scenes were filmed, not in Bermuda, but in the British Virgin Islands. The land sequences were shot in Bermuda. They also developed one of the largest underwater movie sets ever, for 'The Deep'. The St. David's lighthouse, the Royal Navy Dockyard, and the Bermuda National Library were all used in the film.

From Quiz Date Night

Answer: Their children

As the movie starts, we see a door open into a dimly light hallway, and follow the person who comes out of the room down the hallway into the Fosters' bedroom. The shot changes to show the face of their son, Oliver, who says "Dad, Mom, can I have breakfast?" before his little sister Charlotte runs into the room, jumps onto the bed, and "piledrivers" both of her parents! Phil looks at the clock which shows that it just before 5am!

From Quiz "On les vacances" - "Death on the Nile" 1978

Answer: Estate management

Estate management, also known as property management, is the operation, maintenance, control and oversight of real estate and other property, taking into account the need for it to be monitored and looked after. In the case of a large country estate, the manager would have responsibility for overseeing the operation of the estate and its economic activities. Many universities in the UK offer degrees in estate management, with one institution, the University College of Estate Management, founded especially for the purpose of training staff to run large estates. In the film, Jackie tells Linnet that Simon has studied Estate Management at Cambridge, and is an ideal choice to manage Linnet's new estate centered around Wode Hall. Upon meeting Simon for the first time, Linnet determines that he will do very well, which leads to a whirlwind romance and marriage between them, leaving Jackie in the cold.

From Quiz Dark Shadows (2012)

Answer: Collinsport

The town is called Collinsport. The Collins family sailed from Liverpool to the New World in 1760 to expand their empire and, in the words of Barnabas, "built a fishing business the likes of which America had never seen".

From Quiz The Cast of "The Death of Stalin"

Answer: Adrian McLoughlin

Adrian McLoughlin was born in London in 1947. He appeared many times in Ayckbourn's work, such as the trilogy, "The Norman Conquests", and "Taking Steps". In the movie, Stalin is shown as a restless tyrant, phoning a radio station to get a recording of a broadcast- which made them re-play an entire concert and force an audience to attend for reasons of acoustics - and compelling his Politburo members to watch Hollywood movies with him. A letter from the pianist at the concert (played by Olga Kurylenko) causes him to have a haemorrhage, which incapacitates and ultimately kills him. "The Death of Stalin" was directed by Armando Iannucci, known as the creator of TV shows "The Thick of It" and "Veep".

From Quiz The Dead Zone (1983 film)

Answer: The Raven

Johnny was reading the last part of "The Raven" aloud to his class. The poems's sense of mystery and supernatural set the tone for this suspenseful movie. In the same scene, Johnny told his class that their next project would be "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", about "a schoolteacher who gets chased by a headless demon." This was more foreshadowing about what lay ahead for this popular teacher.

From Quiz Destry

Answer: Audie Murphy

In each version, Tom Destry is the main character, but the 1939 and 1954 versions follow a different storyline to the 1932 film. Tom Mix plays Destry in 1932 and James Stewart is the star of the 1939 film. Murphy's Destry is the son of a famous lawman, summoned by the new sheriff in the belief that he has followed in his father's footsteps, and will be able to help rid the town of the bad element that has taken over.

From Quiz Dangerous (1935)

Answer: Heath

She's Joyce Heath, a former Broadway star from the past. He decides to leaves her alone, and then goes into a Gentleman's Club, and talks about Joyce Heath with others and we're introduced to Don Bellows, the man who later falls for Joyce.

From Quiz 'Delivery Man' (2013)

Answer: Jerseys

In the opening scenes of the movie we see David enter his family butcher shop called Wozniak & Sons. He is then met by his brothers and his father who tell him not to forget the family jerseys for the photograph. Aleksy, one of David's brothers actually goes on to say that he will definitely forget the jerseys. In the end, David leaves the jerseys in the delivery truck which is later towed away and the family ends up not getting their jerseys, except for David who is seen wearing his.

From Quiz The Dark Corner

Answer: Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball was a natural blonde but dyed her hair red, the colour she kept for the rest of her life. Lucille Ball was born Lucille Desiree Ball in Jamestown, New York, U.S.A., in 1911. She started her acting career on Broadway under the stage name of Diane Belmont. In the 1930s and '40s she played many small movie roles as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures. She played so many roles in B-movies that she was dubbed the "Queen of the Bs". Her most famous role was that of Lucille Esmeralda McGillicuddy Ricardo in the TV show "I Love Lucy". It originally ran from 1951 to 1957. She starred in the show with her real life husband Desi Arnaz as her husband Enrique Alberto Fernando y de Acha Ricardo III. Together they had set up their own production company Desilu Productions in 1950, which among other TV shows produced "The Untouchables", starring Robert Stack as Elliot Ness.

From Quiz Dead of Night

Answer: Ealing Studios

Although associated with classics such as "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and "Passport to Pimlico", Ealing in fact produced more dramas than comedies. "Dead of Night" was one of the studios' first post-war releases and was the first to make no mention of the war. Production of horror films had been expressly forbidden in Britain during World War II.

From Quiz The Decoy Bride

Answer: Lara Tyler

The famous American actress Lara Tyler is engaged to James Arber, a British author. The opening of the film shows Lara and James's wedding being sabotaged by press photographer Marco Ballani, who follows them all the way to Hegg. In this memorable scene, Lara storms after him and screams "When I do get married, you will not even know what continent I am on!"

From Quiz "Dangerous Liaisons", a Tale of Love and Revenge

Answer: To see it written in her own hand

The Marquise de Merteuil would not let Valmont off easy, nor would she believe what he told her. She wanted concrete proof, and she made it difficult so as to not lose the wager.

From Quiz "Dangerous Liaisons" Quotes

Answer: clearing his throat

The original challenge that the Marquise had given Valmont, to win the heart of Cecile, was far too easy and she realizes it. This line evokes a snicker... even from Valmont!

From Quiz The Deep

Answer: yellow

Gail Berke's tank was yellow; David Sanders' tank was blue. Gail and David were played by Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte.

From Quiz D.C. Cab

Answer: Harold Oswelt

Harold Oswelt is a Vietnam vet who, after serving in the army, moved to Washington D.C. to start his own taxi cab company. He is also married to Myrna (Anne DeSalvo), who is generally unsupportive of both him, and D.C. Cab! Harold Oswelt is played by Max Gail, who is best known for his role as Detective Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz on the classic TV show "Barney Miller".

From Quiz "Death at a Funeral" (2007)

Answer: The funeral directors bring the wrong coffin.

Daniel's father has passed away. He has to arrange the funeral and take care of the expenses. The funeral directors bring in a coffin supposedly containing Daniel's recently deceased father's body. When they open the coffin, they realise that they've not brought the right coffin and rush back to get the other coffin.

From Quiz Deja Vu

Answer: Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington played Doug Carlin, an ATF agent sent to investigate an explosion. Denzel's resume usually has him playing a fairly clean-cut, good guy, but sometimes he gets to play someone with a bit more emotional baggage. He wrestled with a bit of homophobia in "Philadelphia", was a brutal drug lord in "American Gangster" and a US Army Private with a chip on his shoulder in "Glory". As Doug Carlin, however, he is a pretty straight-forward hero.

From Quiz "Desk Set" (with Hepburn and Tracy)

Answer: New York City

"Desk Set" takes place almost exclusively in a New York City skyscraper. The company featured in the movie is the Federal Broadcasting Company which is in the media business. Events in the movie revolve around rumours of computers being introduced to various departments and the fears of employees losing their jobs to a machine. Spencer Tracy's character Richard Sumner is the computer expert who is bringing in these new fangled computers and threatening their jobs. That's what everyone thinks anyway. It's not the complete story.

From Quiz Death Note: The Movie

Answer: Light Yagami

Light Yagami is the main character in both movies. Light is a very intelligent 17 year old, who is very bored. But when he discovers the Death Note, he decides to use it to kill all the criminals in the world.

From Quiz The Decline Of Western Civilization Part 2

Answer: Penelope Spheeris

Penelope was responsible for "The Decline Of Western Civilization Part 2". She also produced the first "Decline Of Western Civilization", as well as the third one.

From Quiz Dear Frankie

Answer: Frankie's mum, Lizzie

From the first letter Frankie narrated, we found out that Frankie, his mum and his nana were moving, something which happened often. Frankie's mum, Lizzie, had taken her son and left her abusive husband, Davey, years ago. Their frequent moves were made to keep Davey from finding them, something Frankie was unaware of. Lizzie went to Glasgow twice a month to retrieve Frankie's letters to his dad, and then wrote him back pretending to be Frankie's father. She always included postage stamps for Frankie's collection which he kept in an album.

From Quiz "Death Wish" Starring Charles Bronson

Answer: Hawaii

During the opening segment of the movie, Paul and Joanna are shown on the beach, at a luau complete with hula dancers, and as they are leaving their vacation, arrivals are receiving leis in the airport. When Paul goes back to work, a co-worker comments about Paul's Hawaiian vacation while New York is experiencing winter.

From Quiz Dead Man

Answer: William Blake

William Blake is most famous for his collections of poems 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience'. Although he shares his name with the poet, the character William Blake has never heard of him, or read any of his poems.

From Quiz The Descent

Answer: White water rafting

They are rafting in Scotland. Actresses Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, and Alex Reid did the entire white water rafting sequence on their own without any stunt doubles or special effects.

From Quiz Dead Silence

Answer: Donnie Wahlberg

Detective Lipton constantly pestered Jamie throughout the entire movie about whether he (Jamie) had killed his wife. Even when Jamie returned to Raven's Fair, Det. Lipton was right there behind him watching his every move.

From Quiz Dark City

Answer: Sydney, Australia

The back streets of Sydney were used for the wet, exterior shots, whilst interior shots were filmed at Fox Studios there. Sets from this film, including rooftops, buildings and other exteriors, were reused when filming "The Matrix".

From Quiz Daddy's Little Girls

Answer: Joe

Joe deals in illegal merchandise with both adults and children. He has everybody afraid of him and his boys. Jenny, Monty's ex-wife, is Joe's girlfriend and is given the profits of Joe's work. Throughout the movie we receive evidence that Joe deals in front of the church and to children. He has been arrested five times without conviction.

From Quiz Darkest Knight

Answer: A cave

Mordour and his two henchmen are there looking for a book of magic. They meet a ghost who kills the henchmen as Mordour escapes.

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