(CNN) -- When Hugh Jackman first called his director for "The Wolverine," James Mangold told him that he had had an inspiration after reading the script. Mangold wanted to make the set-in-Japan film similar to "The Outlaw Josey Wales" by making the mutant a Josey Wales with healing powers. Jackman hadn't seen the classic Clint Eastwood film, so Mangold sent him a copy.

"I felt like tonally, it would give him a clue of what I was talking about," the director said.

The director started thinking about the deep affinity between gun-slinging Westerns and swordfighting samurai films. Mangold thought that drawing upon both of them would help "The Wolverine" stand apart from the rest of the X-Men series.

This installment takes place after "X-Men: The Last Stand," as Wolverine retreats from killing the love of his life, Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix, and heads to Japan. It is based on the comic by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, and Mangold thought of it as Hugh Jackman in a Western in Japan, without the horse. To make sense of this movie mashup, the director tweeted images from the top ten inspirations for "The Wolverine," daring fans to identify them.

Astute fans of Mangold's body of work (which includes "Cop Land," "Walk the Line" and "3:10 to Yuma") might have spotted the 1959 Yasujiro Ozu film "Floating Weeds," since the director has cited it as one of the best films of all time as well as a major influence on his first film, "Heavy."

"Ozu is the most underappreciated Japanese director, in my mind," Mangold said. "For me, the whole trip that Logan takes south to the Nagasaki area, it's almost the reverse train trip that the older couple take in 'Tokyo Story.' " What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When does the installment take place?
2. What movie had Jackman not seen?
3. Where is Wolverine headed in the film?
4. Who is the director?
5. Where was the film set?
6. What is the Wolverine based on?
7. Who is the comic by?
8. Who tweeted images?
9. Who is Yasujiro Ozu?
10. Did Mangold send Jackman a copy of a film?
11. What film?
Answer: 1. after "X-Men: The Last Stand,"
2. The Outlaw Josey Wales
3. Japan
4. James Mangold
5. Japan
6. a comic
7. Chris Claremont and Frank Miller
8. the director
9. a Japanese director
10. yes
11. The Outlaw Josey Wales

CHAPTER XIV

A FACE PUZZLES DAVE

It was a time of extreme peril for Roger, and no one realized it more fully than did Dave. The angry steer was still some distance away, but coming forward at his best speed. One prod from those horns and the senator's son would be killed or badly hurt.

As said before, Phil had gone on, thinking his chums would follow. He was already at the side of his horse, and speedily untied the animal, and vaulted into the saddle.

"Why, what's up?" he cried, in dismay, as he turned, to behold Roger in the hole and Dave beside him.

"Roger's foot is fast!" answered Dave. "Oh, Phil, see if you can't scare the steer off!"

"I'll do what I can," came from the shipowner's son, and rather timidly, it must be confessed, he advanced on the animal in question. He gave a loud shout and swung his arm, and the steer looked toward him and came to a halt.

"You've got your gun--if he tries to horn Roger, shoot him," went on Dave.

"I will," answered Phil, and riding still closer he swung his firearm around for action.

Dave made a hasty examination and saw that Roger's foot was caught by the toe and the heel, and would have to be turned in a side-way fashion to be loosened. He caught his chum under the arms and turned him partly over.

"Now try it," he said quickly, at the same time turning once more to look at the steer. The beast had finished his inspection of Phil and was coming forward as before, with head and horns almost sweeping the ground. Behind him trailed the long lasso, which was still fast to one of his forelegs. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What happened to Roger?
2. Why?
3. What was the danger?
4. Who was his father?
5. Was he alone?
6. How many were with him?
7. Who was beside him?
8. Who had already got on his horse?
9. What did he do?
10. And then?
Answer: 1. extreme peril
2. Roger's foot was caught by the toe and the heel
3. The angry steer
4. the shipowner
5. no
6. Two
7. Dave
8. Phil
9. he had gone on
10. He untied the animal,

(CNN) -- An interview with a choreographer for the Miss Universe pageant spurred controversy Wednesday over alleged claims that Donald Trump personally selects some of the finalists.

Donald Trump is at the center of a brewing controversy over the Miss Universe finalists.

The Q&A with Michael Schwandt, which appeared on Guanabee.com, quotes him as saying that "it's just kind of common knowledge that [Trump] picks six of the top 15 single-handedly."

"And, his reason for doing so, as he told me and he's told the girls before, is that he left it all up to preliminary judging in the past, and some of the most beautiful women, in his opinion, were not in the top 15, and he was kind of upset about that," the story quotes Schwandt as saying. "And he decided that he would pick a certain number and let the judges pick a certain number."

Via e-mail, Schwandt said that he "was speaking in hypothetical jest" when he said Trump picks some of the finalists and said the mogul has never spoken to either him, or any of his team, about the selection process.

"The story posted on that site contains many misquotes and [is] highly inaccurate," Schwandt wrote. "I would like to disassociate myself from it completely and anything negative in regards to Miss Universe or even suggesting that Donald Trump 'rigs' his event. I'm perplexed as to why Guanabee.com would run a story such as this when they are aware that it is inaccurate."

Daniel Mauser, publisher of Guanabee, said his site stands by the story, which resulted after Schwandt was contacted about his role choreographing both the pageant and a much talked-about performance by reality-star-turned-singer Heidi Montag. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What was the controversy over the Miss Universe pageant?
2. Who said said it was him?
3. What was Trump's reason for picking them?
4. Where was this story posted?
5. Who's the publisher of the site?
6. What is Schwandt's job?
7. How many of the top 15 does Trump pick?
8. Is this considered common knowledge?
9. How was the interview conducted?
10. What did Schwandt say about the story posted?
Answer:
1. Donald Trump personally selects some of the finalists.
2. Michael Schwandt
3. some of the most beautiful women, in his opinion, were not in the top 15,
4. Guanabee.com
5. Daniel Mauser
6. choreographer
7. six
8. it's just kind of common knowledge
9. Q&A
10. highly inaccurate