Trivia Questions and Answers.

Cinema trivia questions and answers.

What famous actor won a part in the 1937 Cecil B DeMille western The Plainsman by pretending to be a Cheyenne Indian with little knowledge of the English language?
A: Anthony Quinn, who answered a casting call for an Indian who could do a war chant in native Cheyenne.

What was the name of the machine that replaced sex in woody Allen's 1973 comedy Sleeper?
A: The Orgasmatron.

Why did Cleopatra, the 1963 film extravaganza starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, have to be color-corrected before its release?
A: Because Taylor sunbathed while outdoor scenes were being shot in Italy and her skin tones in those scenes didn't match those in footage shot earlier indoors.

What did Nick and Nora Charles give their dog Asta as a Christmas present in the 1934 comedy classic The thin Man?
A: A toy fire hydrant.

When did former child screen star Shirley Temple stop believing in Santa Claus?
A: As she tells it; "When my mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

What is the French equivalent of the Oscar?
A: The Cesar.

In 1928, what was the only word of dialogue in MGM's first picture with sound, White Shadows in the South Seas?
A: "Hello." (It was also the first film to feature Leo the Lion's roar.)

What unique weapon ws featured in the movie The Tenth Victim, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, and The Ambushers, with Dean Martin and Janice Rule?
A: A shooting bra.

In what film did Brooke Shields make her screen debut?
A: Holy Terror, a 1977 horror movie also known as Alice, Sweet Alice.

Who is seen hitting the jackpot at a slot machine in a brief cameo appearance in the 1956 film Meet Me in Las Vegas?
A: Frank Sinatra.

Name the two students Actors Studio guru Lee Strasberg said stood out "way above the rest"?
A: Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe.

What was distinctive about the line of towels introduced as a commercial tie-in to the 1939 film extravaganza Ben Hur?
A: They were marked "Ben-His" and "Ben-Hers"

How many rats were specifically bred for the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?
A: 3,000

What famous comic once doubled for actress Dolores Del Rio by jumping from the second-story window of a Klondike saloon in a flowing black wig and can-can dress?
A: Lou Costello, the hefty half of the Abbott and Costello team. The silent movie ws The Trail of '98.

Who appeared at the 1968 Academy Awards celebration in a see-through pants suit?
A: Barbra Streisand. The following year she showed up in what one writer decried as a "nice pink bar-mitzvah mother dress."

What famous Hollywood husband and wife met when both were working aw understudies for the 1953 Broadway production of Picnic?
A: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman.

By what name is S.P. Eagle the producer of The African Queen, better known?
A: Sam Spiegel. The Polish-born producer of The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and On the Waterfront used the pseudonym S.P. Eagle until 1954.

Cinema Trivia Questions and Answers

Cinema trivia questions and answers.