Unappreciated Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mad Money

This 2008 film stars Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes as three workers at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank who decide to smuggle money that is due to be destroyed out of the bank.

In this quote, Bridget (Keaton) (Person 1) asks Jackie (Holmes) (Person 2) about what she would use the money for. Don (Bridget's husband, played by Ted Danson) (Person 3) interjects, correcting Jackie on her geography.

Answer: National Treasure

This 2004 film is probably one of the more well-known movies in this quiz. It stars Nicolas Cage as Ben Gates, who is trying to find the greatest treasure known to man, along with the help of his assistant, Riley Poole (Justin Bartha). Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger), a National Archives archivist, joins in when Ian Howe (Sean Bean) attempts to steal the Declaration of Independence (of course, so does Ben).

This quote is said by Shaw (David Dayan Fisher) (Person 1), one of Ian's henchmen, as a seemingly random possible answer to the riddle posed on a meerschaum pipe found on a ship in the Arctic during the hunt for the treasure. Riley (Person 2) joins in with his own disconnected series of words, just to prove that he "can do it, too."

Answer: Garfield: The Movie

Based on the popular comic strip of the same name, this 2004 film received mostly bad reviews, even from fans of the strip. Despite this, a sequel was released in 2006 anyway. The movie stars Bill Murray as Garfield, Breckin Meyer as his owner, Jon, and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Garfield's veterinarian and the object of Jon's affection, Dr. Liz Wilson.

This quote is said by Garfield in reference to Jon's attempt to ask Liz out on a date, though he somehow managed to get saddled with a new pet dog, Odie, in the process because he was so smitten with Liz.

Answer: Fierce Creatures

This 1997 movie stars John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline. John Cleese is Rollo Lee, the new manager of England's Marwood Zoo who tries to introduce a "fierce creatures only" policy in order to attract customers. Jamie Lee Curtis is Willa Weston, who takes over later as manager, and Kevin Kline plays Rod McCain, who Willa works for, and Vince McCain, his idiot son. Hilarity ensues.

This quote is said by Vince when Willa is trying to talk to him about his general dislike of animals, which he shows by mocking a gorilla's lack of activity while he and Willa are standing in front of the gorilla exhibit.

Answer: The Road to El Dorado

This forgotten 2000 DreamWorks film stars Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh as Tulio and Miguel, respectively, two Spaniards who stow away on one of Hernan Cortes' ships bound for the New World. When they arrive, they find El Dorado, where they are mistaken as gods.

In this quote, Miguel (Person 1) and Tulio (Person 2) are floating in a lifeboat, having been lost at sea for days after jumping off Cortes' ship. Altivo, Cortes' horse, is with them, eliciting Tulio's response to Miguel's question of their impending death.

Answer: In and Out

This 1997 movie stars Kevin Kline (for the third time in a row) as Howard Brackett, an English teacher from the quiet little town of Greenleaf, Indiana who discovers he is gay (after much denial) after a former student of his (now a world-famous actor) outs him during an Oscar acceptance speech.

This exchange is between Howard (Person 2) and a self-help cassette tape (Person 1) (titled "Be a Man: Exploring Your Masculinity"), when Howard is trying to become more masculine in order to prove to the people in the town that he is not gay.

Answer: Music and Lyrics

This 2007 film stars Hugh Grant as Alex Fletcher, a washed-up pop star who is reduced to performing at class reunions and theme parks until today's biggest pop star, Cora Corman (Haley Bennett), asks him to write a song for her. Drew Barrymore stars as Sophie Fisher, who works with Alex as his lyricist and eventually falls in love with him.

This quote is said between Sophie (Person 1) and Alex (Person 2) when Sophie overreacts to pricking her finger on a cactus spine while watering Alex's plants.

Answer: Sahara

This 2005 film, an adaptation of Clive Cussler's best-selling novel, did semi-well at the box office, but the overall gross was barely enough to cover the cost of the movie. Matthew McConaughey stars as Dirk Pitt, and Steve Zahn co-stars as Al Giordino, two marine engineers who go looking for a famed "Ship of Death", thought to be the Civil War ironclad C.S.S. Texas, which somehow floated across the Atlantic Ocean and into Mali. Along the way, they join up with Penelope Cruz, a World Health Organization worker investigating the source of an illness that has spread throughout Africa.

This discussion is between Rudi Gunn (Rainn Wilson) (Person 1), a third but less important engineer, Dirk (Person 2), and Al (Person 3), where they discuss how Rudi is going to get back to the U.S. from war-torn Mali, to warn his superior officer, Admiral Sandecker (William H. Macy), of the impending pandemic.

Answer: UHF

"Weird Al" Yankovic stars as George Newman, an unemployed schmuck who acquires a television station (Channel 62) from his uncle Harvey (played by Stanley Brock), who won it in a poker game. With the help of Stanley Spadowski (Michael Richards), George makes Channel 62 the most popular channel on television. However, he soon faces competition from R. J. Fletcher, the head of Channel 8, which had, until now, been the most-watched channel on television.

This quote is said by Raul, played by Trinidad Silva, after receiving a shipment of animals for his show on Channel 62, "Raul's Wild Kingdom". This quote is a parody of a famous quote from the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", which, incidentally, was reused for the 1974 comedy "Blazing Saddles" as a take-off of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre".

Answer: Made of Honor

This 2008 movie stars Patrick Dempsey as Tom Bailey, a man who is trying to win over the girl, Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), who he has been best friends with for a long time, and who, he realizes, is the love of his life just as she is about to get married to Colin McMurray (Kevin McKidd).

The wedding is to be in Scotland, so Hannah, Tom, who Hannah has designated as her maid of honor, and Colin all go to Scotland in preparation for the wedding. This quote is said during Colin's family dinner in Scotland by Colin's mother, played by Hannah Gordon, referencing the reasoning for her choice of baby name (Athol) for when Colin and Hannah have a baby boy. Her lispy accent, however, induces snickering from Tom and Hannah.