Sunday, January 30, 2011

Trivia Time - Part 69

Last week was another great week...you guys got all but one question in TT68, and I have to admit, this one is a bit obscure:

3. Name the series that took place in the Australian outback and starred Richard Denning.

Answer: The Flying Doctor

Hope you all are ready for this one...we're loaded with questions this week! Some are easy, some are not so easy, and some are....well, just plain nasty!

But we'll let you be the judges....enjoy!

Who Are We? One of us is an Academy Award winning director who appeared as an actor in this director's third feature film. Who Are We?

Who Said This? "I love my country and I love my slippers." Who Said This?

Who Am I? Born in England, I began my career on the English stage. In film I had a long career as a character actor, frequently portraying doctors, professors, or military officers. I was privileged to work with Howard Hawks, Claude Rains, Gary Cooper, Ernst Lubitsch, Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Michael Curtiz, Vincent Price, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Joan Crawford, among many others. Who Am I?

Who Said This? person #1: "Shall we drink to a blitzkrieg?"; person #2: "No, I prefer a slow encirclement." Who Said This?

1. Name the two future TV stars who appeared in a movie with Whit Bissell and Joey Heatherton.

2. Name the stars of the film in the previous question.

3. Name the actor who crossed swords with both Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, and who danced with Alice Faye.

4. Name two Capra films featuring both Thomas Mitchell and Edward Everett Horton.

5. Name the thing(s) these films have in common: The Odessa File, Day of the Jackal, The Medusa Touch.



6. Believe it or not, Erich Wolfgang Korngold did not win the 1940 Oscar for Best Score for The Sea Hawk. Who did and for which film?

7. Name the thing(s) these films have in common: Airport, The Magnificent Seven, Never So Few, The Caine Mutiny, Spencer's Mountain.

8. Name a multiple Oscar winning film featuring Vincent Price, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Charles Coburn and Thomas Mitchell.

9. How many Westerns did Errol Flynn make?

10. In 1955, Flynn did two films that, when released in the United States, had the original titles changed. Give both the original titles and the U.S. titles.

11. Name at least 5 actors who were considered for the part of Dr. Peter Blood (in Captain Blood) before they finally got around to Errol Flynn.

12. Who was originally offered the part of Arabella in Captain Blood?

24 comments:

  1. 9. DODGE CITY, VIRGINIA CITY, THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON, SANTA FE TRAIL, SAN ANTONIO, SILVER RIVER, MONTANA, and ROCKY MOUNTAIN. That's 8...unless I left one out. I like the pics this week!

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  2. Well, Rick, you beat Becks to a Flynn question again....and you are CORRECT!

    The credit for the pictures goes to my new graphics designer, JoAnn, LOL! But thanks!

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  3. Robert Howe on the Cafe's FB page wrote: Richard Denning also co-starred as Lucille Ball's husband on her CBS radio show MY FAVORITE HUSBAND which was the precursor to I LOVE LUCY. He also played the Governor on Hawaii Five-0.

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  4. I'm in Flynn heaven! You got me Rick -- good one! I love his westerns.
    #6 Winner was Tin Pan Alley by Alfred Newman
    Really dumb choice over Sea Hawk.
    #10 The Warriors, also known as The Dark Avenger
    King's Rhapsody, also known (I think)
    as King's Ransom.

    #12 is driving me crazy--I can't figure it out.

    Love the pictures too, Paul and JoAnn. I bet you can't figure out which is my favorite. LOL.

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  5. Rick, yes, playing Governor of Hawaii on Hawaii Five-O was probably his best-known role. Although my wife recognized him as the fiance that Deborah Kerr jilts in An Affair to Remember...the quintessential chick flick!

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  6. Hi Becks, glad you like all the Flynn questions this week! And the pictures, of course...you can thank JoAnn for that pic of Errol, as if you didn't know, LOL!

    For #10, Warriors was indeed known originally as The Dark Avenger; the other movie is not King's Rhapsody though, sorry!

    As to #6, the 1940 Best Original Score winner was not "Tin Pan Alley" by Alfred Newman....but please keep on thinking!

    Sorry #12 is driving you crazy....Mwuhahaha (evil laugh)!

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  7. #6 Pinocchio. Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith (Either my original source was wrong or I read it wrong...it was probably me!)

    Pinocchio? Instead of Korngold's fabulous Sea Hawk score? I mean, I love "When You Wish Upon A Star", but the whole soundtrack? P-U!!

    And for #12, I believe it was Mae West.....
    NOT

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  8. #5. The marvelous Derek Jacobi was in all three of them.

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  9. For #7, given the time frame and the fact that these are movies in different genres, I'll go with the hardest-working actor in show biz: Whit Bissell.

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  10. #11. Leslie Howard, Fredric March, Ronald Colman and Clark Gable. I know that there is one more, but.. for the life of me I can not think of who it is. :(

    Love the pictures that JoAnn, added.

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  11. #1) Where Love Has Gone
    #2) DeForest Kelly & Mike Connors
    #4)Lost Horizon & Pocketful of Miracles

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  12. Becks, you got #6, way to go! As for #12, you're right....NOT! We'll give you a HUGE clue: the lady in question spent a lot of time on the Central Coast of California not too far north of where we live! And that's all you get, LOL!

    Rick, you're right on #s 5 and 7, and long live the Whit Bissell Seal of Approval (aka WBSA)!!

    Dawn, very good, you got most of #11...but you missed the very first choice, who was actually signed, then replaced. Keep thinking! (P.S. we're glad you like the pictures!)

    Gilby, the answer to #1 is actually what you posted as the answer to #2. You haven't actually answered #2 yet. You're right on #4 and #8...good work on the Wilson answer! I AM making these too easy, LOL!

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  13. Recap: still need to answer all of the "Whos", plus #s 2, 3, (half of) 10, (one more name for) 11, and the infamous #12! (Mwuhahaha!)

    Becks, are we still driving you crazy? Or is it a short put? LOL!!

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  14. Oops! Meant to say "short putt"!

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  15. #12. Marion Davies.

    I'm still working on #11. I see his face..

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  16. Dawn, good job on #12! I told JoAnn that clue was TMI, especially for a California girl, LOL!

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  17. #2) Bette Davis and Susan Hayward

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  18. See, we knew you knew it, Gilby! LOL!

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  19. Recap: still need to answer all of the "Whos", plus #s 3, (half of) 10, and just one more name for 11.

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  20. Don't forget Denning was the jerk in Creature from the Black Lagoon who keeps arguing with Richard Carlson about capturing the creature.

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  21. Yeah Gilby, I think Whit should have thrown Denning overboard into the lagoon!

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  22. Marion Davies!? I would never have thought of her. (I'm an Indiana girl) And yes Paul, you were driving me crazy, but its a very short drive in my case!

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  23. LOL Becks! The reference to the CA Central Coast is because of Hearst Castle, just north of us (we're in Pismo Beach). Davies lived with Hearst for quite a while there: San Simeon/Hearst Castle

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