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Quiz about Somewhere In Time Part 1
Quiz about Somewhere In Time Part 1

'Somewhere In Time,' Part 1 Trivia Quiz


The first of two quizzes about one of my favorite movies, 'Somewhere In Time.' Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by enfranklopedia. Estimated time: 9 mins.
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Time
9 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
54,297
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
12 / 25
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Question 1 of 25
1. Which of the following movies did the director of 'Somewhere In Time' NOT also direct? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Who composed the score for 'Somewhere In Time'? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. The first scene of the film takes place just after the performance of a play written by Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve). What is the name of that play? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. Blink and you miss it, but a supporting member of the 'ER' cast appears briefly in the scene described in the last question. Who is it? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. In the same scene, Richard introduces his girlfriend to someone in the crowd. What is his girlfriend's name? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. We see a number of different time periods throughout the movie. Which is NOT one of them? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. When Richard meets Elise McKenna for the first time (from his point of view, while he is still in college), she speaks exactly one sentence to him. What is it?

Answer: (Four Words -- no quotation marks or punctuation, please)
Question 8 of 25
8. Richard, a Chicago native, winds up at the Grand Hotel (on Mackinac Island, Michigan) quite unintentionally. Where was he actually headed? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. As Richard is driving out of Chicago, we can hear on his car radio a mention of a baseball game. Which teams are playing? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. When Richard and Grand Hotel bellhop Arthur first meet (from Richard's point of view), how old is Arthur? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. In a rather mystical moment, Richard seems to react to the 'presence' of Elise McKenna's framed portrait in the Grand Hotel's Hall of History before he actually sees it. What item is he looking at when this moment occurs? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. After Richard sees the picture of Elise, he has trouble concentrating on much of anything else, and even has trouble sleeping. When he awakes one night and checks his watch, what words can be seen on the t-shirt he's sleeping in? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Tough one: What is the license plate of Richard's convertible? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Richard's research into the life of Elise McKenna eventually leads him to Laura Roberts, Elise's assistant at the time of her death. The actress playing Miss Roberts was previously featured in which Alfred Hitchcock film? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. Another tough one. According to Richard's research, where was Elise McKenna born? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. On what day was Elise McKenna born? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Richard learns that Elise read 'Travels Through Time,' a book by his philosophy teacher in college, over and over. What was that teacher's name? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. When Richard asks his former teacher if time travel is possible, the teacher tells Richard that he once attempted to employ an autohypnotic technique to transport himself back to a certain year while he was in an old-style hotel in Venice. What year was this teacher's intended destination? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. Part of Richard's preparation for his trip through time is a haircut. Who cuts his hair? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Once properly dressed and coiffed for his trip to the past, Richard practices his intended first words to Elise McKenna in the mirror. What are they? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. What room does Richard learn, via the dusty guest book he gains access to in the present (from his point of view), is 'supposed' to be his room number in the past? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. As Richard is trying to hypnotize himself into making the trip through time, he finds that an object in his room is impeding his progress, since it is a part of the modern world. What is it? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. Our first hint that Richard has in fact succeeded in his journey to the past is a particular sound. What is it? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. An unforeseen problem with Richard's successful arrival in the past is that the room where he 'lands' is occupied. He is alerted to the presence of the half-dressed woman in the room by her impromptu singing. What song is she singing? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. My second 'Somewhere In Time' quiz will appear shortly -- we're not even halfway through the movie yet, after all! -- but in the meantime, a final question. As stated above, Richard Collier has arrived in a room that is *occupied* in the past. What are the names of the husband and wife staying in the room in question upon his arrival? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following movies did the director of 'Somewhere In Time' NOT also direct?

Answer: He directed all of these films

Frenchman Jeannot Swarc has enjoyed a rather eclectic career. He has also directed episodes of several popular TV series, including 'Ally McBeal,' 'Providence,' and 'The Practice.'
2. Who composed the score for 'Somewhere In Time'?

Answer: John Barry

Barry has scored over a hundred motion pictures, including quite a few installments of the 'James Bond' series.
3. The first scene of the film takes place just after the performance of a play written by Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve). What is the name of that play?

Answer: 'Too Much Spring'

We later see a framed program from this play stating that it premiered on May 19, 1972 at Millfield College.
4. Blink and you miss it, but a supporting member of the 'ER' cast appears briefly in the scene described in the last question. Who is it?

Answer: William H. Macy

Macy, who played Dr. David Morgenstern on 'ER,' appears as a critic in the opening scene. He has no discernible lines, but is clearly identifiable as the guy with the red sweater tied around his neck, standing closest to Christopher Reeve. The closing credits of the film also state that 'Cheers' alum George Wendt is in the same scene somewhere, but I'm damned if I can spot him, and I've seen the movie at least 25 times!
5. In the same scene, Richard introduces his girlfriend to someone in the crowd. What is his girlfriend's name?

Answer: Shelly

We're never told what became of Shelly, but when we next see Richard eight years later, he has just broken up with a different woman entirely.
6. We see a number of different time periods throughout the movie. Which is NOT one of them?

Answer: 1976

When we first see Richard and the 'old' Elise at Millfield College, it is 1972. When next we see Richard, a title card tells us that it is 'eight years later' -- the year that the film was released, 1980. He then travels to 1912.
7. When Richard meets Elise McKenna for the first time (from his point of view, while he is still in college), she speaks exactly one sentence to him. What is it?

Answer: come back to me

It is also the only line spoken in the film by Susan French, who played the 'old' Elise. Coincidentally, French was born in 1912, the very year to which Richard Collier travels in the film.
8. Richard, a Chicago native, winds up at the Grand Hotel (on Mackinac Island, Michigan) quite unintentionally. Where was he actually headed?

Answer: He didn't have a set destination

Richard's agent asks him where he's going, and Richard responds with, 'I have no idea.'
9. As Richard is driving out of Chicago, we can hear on his car radio a mention of a baseball game. Which teams are playing?

Answer: The White Sox and the Yankees

Richard doesn't seem especially interested in the game.
10. When Richard and Grand Hotel bellhop Arthur first meet (from Richard's point of view), how old is Arthur?

Answer: 75

Arthur states that he was five years old when his father first took a job at the Grand Hotel in 1910. Since it's 1980 when this scene takes place, Arthur is 75. (One is forced to wonder why, after all those years, Arthur has risen only to the position of bellhop!)
11. In a rather mystical moment, Richard seems to react to the 'presence' of Elise McKenna's framed portrait in the Grand Hotel's Hall of History before he actually sees it. What item is he looking at when this moment occurs?

Answer: a framed newspaper article

We never get close enough to see the words of the article, but it's clearly framed on the wall in front of Richard as he stiffens and turns his head slowly to see the image of his true love for the first time.
12. After Richard sees the picture of Elise, he has trouble concentrating on much of anything else, and even has trouble sleeping. When he awakes one night and checks his watch, what words can be seen on the t-shirt he's sleeping in?

Answer: 'Team Atlantic'

No explanation is ever given for the t-shirt, an odd one for a Chicagoan to be wearing. Perhaps Richard got his graduate degree on the East coast?
13. Tough one: What is the license plate of Richard's convertible?

Answer: UV 9783

Yeah, I know...that was kind of a mean question. Hey, sue me. =)
14. Richard's research into the life of Elise McKenna eventually leads him to Laura Roberts, Elise's assistant at the time of her death. The actress playing Miss Roberts was previously featured in which Alfred Hitchcock film?

Answer: 'Shadow Of a Doubt'

Teresa Wright starred opposite Joseph Cotten in 'Shadow Of a Doubt,' the film Hitchcock often named as his favorite among his works. It's a spectacular film -- go check it out!
15. Another tough one. According to Richard's research, where was Elise McKenna born?

Answer: Salt Lake City, Utah

We see a blurb VERY briefly in the theater magazine Richard finds at the local library that discloses this information. (But if she was born and raised in the U.S., why does Elise sound British...?)
16. On what day was Elise McKenna born?

Answer: November 11, 1885

Again, we can see this information in the theater magazine Richard reads. This means, of course, that Elise was 86 the night she gave Richard the watch...and then, went home and died.
17. Richard learns that Elise read 'Travels Through Time,' a book by his philosophy teacher in college, over and over. What was that teacher's name?

Answer: Finney

The book jacket lists him as 'G. Finney.' We never do learn what the 'G' stands for. It's been rumored that Richard Matheson (who wrote both the novel 'Bid Time Return' and the subsequent screenplay 'Somewhere In Time') named Finney after Jack Finney, the noted science fiction author who wrote, among other things, 'Time and Again,' a classic time travel yarn.
18. When Richard asks his former teacher if time travel is possible, the teacher tells Richard that he once attempted to employ an autohypnotic technique to transport himself back to a certain year while he was in an old-style hotel in Venice. What year was this teacher's intended destination?

Answer: 1571

Finney visited the Hotel DelVecchio in 1971, and imagined himself traveling back 400 years. Did he actually get there? Finney remains unsure, much to Richard's consternation.
19. Part of Richard's preparation for his trip through time is a haircut. Who cuts his hair?

Answer: Richard does it himself

Richard is more talented than I am -- the last time I tried to cut my own hair, a 911 call was necessary.
20. Once properly dressed and coiffed for his trip to the past, Richard practices his intended first words to Elise McKenna in the mirror. What are they?

Answer: 'Good evening, Miss McKenna. You don't know me...but you will.'

Richard does not, in fact, say these words to Elise when he finally meets her in 1912. He does, however, say 'You have no idea how far I've come to be with you' during their first dance together, several hours after their first exchange.
21. What room does Richard learn, via the dusty guest book he gains access to in the present (from his point of view), is 'supposed' to be his room number in the past?

Answer: 416

He is almost accidentally given room 420 by the desk clerk, but a second clerk realizes at the last second that room 420 is actually reserved for someone else. Richard says 'Bingo!' when he gets the 'right' room, which thoroughly confuses the desk clerk.
22. As Richard is trying to hypnotize himself into making the trip through time, he finds that an object in his room is impeding his progress, since it is a part of the modern world. What is it?

Answer: a tape recorder

Richard initially records his autosuggestive commands and plays them back to himself over and over, not realizing that the recorder itself is a constant (if subconscious) reminder of the present. Once Richard shoves the tape recorder under the bed and simply speaks the suggestions to himself aloud, he is able to make the journey without incident.
23. Our first hint that Richard has in fact succeeded in his journey to the past is a particular sound. What is it?

Answer: the whinny and hoofsteps of a horse

In an interesting parallel moment, when Richard later finds himself yanked back to the present, we hear the honking horn of a car. (Cars are not actually allowed on Mackinac Island...but hey, it's a movie.)
24. An unforeseen problem with Richard's successful arrival in the past is that the room where he 'lands' is occupied. He is alerted to the presence of the half-dressed woman in the room by her impromptu singing. What song is she singing?

Answer: 'You Made Me Love You'

She never sings any actual lyrics, but the melody is immediately recognizable to anyone who has heard the song. Another minor gaffe: it's 1912, but 'You Made Me Love You' wasn't popular until 1913, when it was performed by Al Jolson.
25. My second 'Somewhere In Time' quiz will appear shortly -- we're not even halfway through the movie yet, after all! -- but in the meantime, a final question. As stated above, Richard Collier has arrived in a room that is *occupied* in the past. What are the names of the husband and wife staying in the room in question upon his arrival?

Answer: Rollo and Maude

They each call each other by name while Richard is hiding behind furniture, ducking into the closet, and trying desperately to get out of the room without being detected!
Source: Author enfranklopedia

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