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Mike's Brooklyn Movies Trivia Quiz

From eggcreams to stoopball to great Brooklyn neighborhoods, Brooklyn is still the greatest place in the world. All these films take place in Brooklyn. This quiz will give you a little taste of it.

A multiple-choice quiz by brooklynmike. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
brooklynmike

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
180,708

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
715

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Saturday Night Fever" is set in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. What is the name of the Brooklyn disco "Tony (John Travolta) Manero" dances at? Hint

Alien Planet

Studio 54

2001 Odyssey

Xandau

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Annie Hall" where is Young Alvy (Woody Allen) Singer's house, in Coney Island's amusement park ? Hint

under the wonder wheel

next to the bumper cars

under a roller coaster

next to a haunted house

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the 1979 gang movie "The Warriors", what part of Brooklyn are the Warriors from? Hint

Sheepshead Bay

Bay Ridge

Coney Island

Brooklyn Heights

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Question 4 of 10

4. What two future stars were in 1974's "The Lord's of Flatbush"? Hint

Henry Winkler and Ron Howard

Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler

Sylvester Stallone and Mickey Rourke

Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was Al Pacino's name in "Dog Day Afternoon"? Hint

Johnny

Billy

Mikey

Sonny

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote the play and the 1986 movie "Brighton Beach Memoirs"? Hint

Woody Allen

Mel Brooks

Larry Gelbart

Neil Simon

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "Moonstruck" who plays the role of the man that Cher's character Loretta Castorini falls in love with? Hint

Val Kilmer

Ray Liotta

Johnny Depp

Nicolas Cage

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Question 8 of 10

8. In "Do the Right Thing" what is the name of Danny Aiello's pizza place? Hint

Lenny's Downtown Pizza

Berny's 11th Street Pizzeria

Sal's Famous Pizzeria

Sonny's Brooklyn Pizza

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Question 9 of 10

9. Burt Reynolds plays a girl chasing, hard drinking, gambling private eye in this 1973 movie "Shamus". What is Shamus's last name? Hint

Doyle

Ryan

Collins

McCoy

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Question 10 of 10

10. What Soprano's cast member is in 1997's "A Brooklyn State of Mind"? Hint

Lorraine Bracco

Dominic Chianese

Michael Imperioli

Jamie Lynn Sigler

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Saturday Night Fever" is set in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. What is the name of the Brooklyn disco "Tony (John Travolta) Manero" dances at?

Answer: 2001 Odyssey

While John Travolta was making "Saturday Night Fever" he was still a cast member of t.v.'s "Welcome Back Kotter", which was also set in Brooklyn.

2. In "Annie Hall" where is Young Alvy (Woody Allen) Singer's house, in Coney Island's amusement park ?

Answer: under a roller coaster

The roller coaster in "Annie Hall" was the Thunderbolt. Sadly this coaster has been torn down. It really did have a house under it. The coaster was in Coney Island from 1925 to 2000.

3. In the 1979 gang movie "The Warriors", what part of Brooklyn are the Warriors from?

Answer: Coney Island

Filmed in Coney Island,"The Warriors" was directed by Walter Hill. He went on to write and direct another gang movie, 1984's "Streets of Fire".

4. What two future stars were in 1974's "The Lord's of Flatbush"?

Answer: Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler

Sylvester Stallone went on to become Rocky and Henry Winkler became the Fonz on "Happy Days". The tagline for "The Lord's of Flatbush" was, "When was the last time someone gave you a hickey?"

5. What was Al Pacino's name in "Dog Day Afternoon"?

Answer: Sonny

"Dog Day Afternoon" was a true story. Sonny Wortzik tried robbing a Brooklyn bank to pay for his male lover's sex change operation. The attempted robbery took place in Brooklyn in 1972.

6. Who wrote the play and the 1986 movie "Brighton Beach Memoirs"?

Answer: Neil Simon

"Brighton Beach Memoirs" is Neil Simon's biography. It was of his teen years in pre-World War II Brooklyn, and was told by the main character Eugene Jerome played by Jonathan Silverman.

7. In "Moonstruck" who plays the role of the man that Cher's character Loretta Castorini falls in love with?

Answer: Nicolas Cage

Cher's role was written with Sally Field in mind. "Moonstruck" was filmed in the Booklyn Heights section of Brooklyn.

8. In "Do the Right Thing" what is the name of Danny Aiello's pizza place?

Answer: Sal's Famous Pizzeria

"Do the Right Thing" was filmed in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.

9. Burt Reynolds plays a girl chasing, hard drinking, gambling private eye in this 1973 movie "Shamus". What is Shamus's last name?

Answer: McCoy

Burt Reynold's cat in this movie was "Morris" from the 9-lives commercials. Most of this movie was filmed in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

10. What Soprano's cast member is in 1997's "A Brooklyn State of Mind"?

Answer: Jamie Lynn Sigler

Danny Aiello and Tony Danza two stars of "A Brooklyn State of Mind" were both born in Brooklyn.

Source: Author brooklynmike

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