From: heard@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au (George Heard (Laurie 8))
Subject: REPOST: Laurie 8's Cult-movie quiz
Summary: Does this really need a summary?
Keywords: Movies, films, not glam music at all
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:27:56 GMT


G'day trivophiles,
                  There's a week left, so here's a repost of...

       LAURIE 8's CULT-FILMS QUIZ

      The 70s have been given the flick momentarily, here are 25 questions,
each worth two marks (partial credit will be given), all on the topic of
cult films. Let me define 'cult' for you...

      In Laurie 8's mind, a film is 'cult' if it...

      - Is liked by Laurie 8, but not by anyone else

      - Did not get mainstream release, yet a lot of people saw it

      - Has lots of people who will watch it over ond over again in dingy cheap
cinemas.

      - Contains humor and plots too obscure for wide-stream release.

      I hope that's cleared that up. Send your answers to Laurie 8
(heard@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au), by Sunday 9th August, and DO NOT POST TO
THE LIST.



LAURIE 8's CULT FILMS QUIZ

1) Keeping with the theme here, which is the odd one out...

   Cab Calloway, Dionne Warwick, Chaka Khan, James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha
Franklin.

2) Two great stalwarts of cult films are Ed Begley Jr and Malcom McDowell. Name
   the film in which they appeared together.

3) Name three of the films in which Peter Sellers played multiple roles.

4) The late, great Dick Shawn has the honor of appearing in two films in which
there are "films (or plays) within films". In which film does he play an actor
in a play, and in which film does he play the cameraman of a film?

5) Name a film that is a "hypothetical sequel", i.e. there is no "1" in the
series, yet there is a "2".

6) The "Stonehenge" sequence in "This Is Spinal Tap" is actually a parody of
an actual stage occurrence, involving a dwarf dancing on a model of Stonehenge!
Name the rock group that was being parodied.

7) In which film would you hear a song consisting solely of the line "This is
the self-preservation society" chanted over and over.

8) Bizarre acts with food part 1: In which film can one see a raw egg passed
from one mouth to another, several times?

9) Bizarre acts with food part 2: Name the French film in which three people
die from overeating.

10) "Can't Stop The Music" is best known for having the Village People in it,
but which other disco group appear in the film?

11) What is the name of the "smelling cylinder" Bud Cort inhales in "Harold
and Maude"?

12) In which of Ed Wood Jr's films does the director have a starring role?

13) Cassandra Peterson is better known to cult-movies fans as...

14) It is a well-known piece of trivia that Marcel Marceau has the only spoken
line in "Silent Movie". It is less well-known that he has a speaking role in
another film. What is it?

15) What is Ozzie Osborne doing while being interviewed in "The Decline of
Western Civilization"?

16) In which film is Raquel Welch the result of a sex-change operation?

17) Pedro Almodovar always tries to shock the audience with his opening scenes.
Two of his films open with male masturbation. Name one of them.

18) Which paper-mache Japanese monster "Ravished A Universe for Love" according
to the movie's posters?

19) What was the first film made in which credits scrolled from top to bottom
of the screen?

20) An interesting side note... five years ago, the fairly highbrow "Age"
newspaper in Melbourne conducted a poll to find out which film readers would
most like to see on television. Much to the paper's consternation (and Laurie
8's delight), the film chosen was "Evil Roy Slade". In this film, which famous
TV comedian makes an appearance as a Boston shoe salesman?

21) What was the other film that Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta made
together (apart from "Grease", that is).

22) In which film do they "Do the Zombie Stomp"?

23) Which character was played by David Niven, Woody Allen, Peter Sellers and
Ursula Andress - in the same film?

24) Which of the seven deadly sins was played by Raquel Welch in "Bedazzled"?

25) In which film did Barry Humphries (that's Dame Edna to the rest of us) eat
cold salted porridge in order to win a gold necklace.

Hope you enjoy this quiz, and find it interesting.

Laurie 8

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