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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A League of Their Own (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A League of Their Own (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992).
About the movie:
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Actresses auditioning for the film had to prove they could play baseball. All the actresses cast in the film apart, except Davis, did their own baseball stunts. None of the performers wanted stunt doubles.
b.
Kirk Douglas
did most of his own horse riding and, at one point, broke his nose attempting a stunt that called for him to make his horse fall. Instead of leaning back in the saddle when yanking the horses head around to the side, Douglas leaned forward and took the full force of the horses heavy head right in the face.
c.
For foreign distribution the flashback sex scene with Kanaka and Monica Stark was cut.
d.
The real Abbe de Coulmier was a four-foot-tall hunchback.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Minnesota was originally picked for location filming, but there was no snow, so filming was moved to Michigan.
b.
The infamous "Daisy" campaign ad aired for the first and only time during the September 7, 1964 telecast of this film on NBC.
c.
In theology the name Seraphim refers to a type of angel. Therefore, one could conclude the 2 main characters are angels that have fallen from grace. They battle eachother from the mountain tops (Heaven) to the hot desert (Hell).
d.
Madonna
s stand-in was
Melissa Totten
, who has performed as a Madonna impersonator in the Las Vegas stage show Legends In Concert for many years.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
The soldiers in the film wear a unit patch with a large "22" on it. This is a fictional unit. The actual 22nd Infantry Division was a "Phantom Division" that never actually existed. It was created in World War II to fool German intelligence. The patch created is different from the one in the film, though.
b.
Bonnie Hunt
s brother is a physician at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. He arranged for the hospital to be used as a setting in the film.
c.
Owing to the success of the film, a sequel was planned to be released in 1999, but plans were eventually scrapped.
d.
Kelly Candaele
was one of the writers for this movie. His mother played in the league portrayed in the movie. Also, Kellys brother, Casey, was a major league infielder from 1986 through 1997. His best season was 1991 (right before the movie was released) when he collected 121 hits and 50 RBI for the Houston Astros as their usual starting second baseman.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Certain spontaneous reactions of the actors were kept in the movie for greater effect. When Fundiswa steps from the vehicle into District 9 for the first time, his characters reaction of diving for cover - actor Mandla Gaduka was told there would be no gunfire, however, stunt men began firing unexpectedly. Obesanjos "Holy shit!" reaction when Wikus shoots the gangster - actor Eugene Khumbanyiwa was not prepared for the strength of the air compressors that blew out the side of the shack. Koobus reaction to his truck flipping after being hit - the truck actually did not flip after several attempts and actor David James (XLII) response was in frustration to the stunt not working.
b.
Nicholas Zebrun
: [long take] Inside the car with Greg and Melissa late at night, the entire shot lasts two minutes.
c.
All scenes on the train and at the railroad depot were filmed at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. The passenger train in the film is part of the its collection.
d.
A majority of the cast are active in the local theater scene in Austin, Texas. The scene has produced nationally and internationally renowned theater companies like Rude Mechanicals, Refraction Arts Project, Rubber Repertory, and Salvage Vanguard Theater. Many of these companies lent assistance to the production of the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Harveys house in Illinois is an actual house that was originally owned by
Robert R. McCormick
, a colonel in the Big Red One, the first Infantry, in WWII. He was also the owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune for decades. His home is now a museum along with a museum dedicated to the Big Red One.
b.
Isla Fisher
is only 14 years younger then
Joan Cusack
who plays her mother, Jane Bloomwood.
c.
Lynne Marie Stewart
: impatient mother superior at a movie set.
d.
Because Focus Features has a reputation for yielding eloquent, "artsy" independent films, Rogue Pictures was created as an off-shoot to release this movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Neither
Olivia Wilde
(Quorra) nor
Garrett Hedlund
(Sam Flynn) were born when the original
TRON
was first released.
b.
Zeppo played Grouchos son, but in real life,
Zeppo Marx
was only 11 years younger than
Groucho Marx
. Groucho was born in 1890, and Zeppo in 1901.
c.
Dick Smothers
character, Senator, is partly based on Nevada Senator
Harry Reid
, who was chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. The scene in which Sam Rothstein is denied a license by the Nevada Gaming Commission is based on a December 1978 hearing when
Harry Reid
was the commissions chairman; some of Reids statements are used in Smothers dialogue. The scene was shot in an actual courtroom in the Clark County Courthouse, which was later closed in 2005.
d.
To lighten the mood on the set in between takes,
Geena Davis
suggested that the cast perform songs from "Jesus Christ Superstar".
Tom Hanks
was assigned the role of Caiaphas.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Ellie Cornell
had originally landed a role in the film but had to back out after learning she was pregnant.
b.
Shelley Long
was originally cast to play the lead character.
c.
According to a recent biography Beatty also pursued Romy Schneider and
Samantha Eggar
for the title role.
d.
The gator is fighting a real live alligator.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Daniel Davis
first film.
b.
During the funeral scene, Kaylee wears a medallion with the doubled Chinese character for joy/happiness/cheer, a symbol often used in weddings.
c.
Moira Kelly
was originally signed on to play the role of Kit, but she hurt her ankle while filming
The Cutting Edge
.
d.
In the opening sequence of the film, a building with a sign that reads "Quick Loan Funding" can be seen. This was the name of writer/producer Daniel Sadeks company at the time.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Irene Cara
wrote the lyrics to the films Oscar-winning theme song while riding in a car to the recording studio the day she recorded the song.
b.
The famous scene where
Montgomery Clift
and
John Ireland
compare their revolvers was allegedly a reference to Clifts homosexuality and the affair they were reportedly having in real life.
c.
Madonna
co-wrote the theme song for the film "This Used To Be My Playground" for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
d.
Guy Williams
s first movie.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A League of Their Own (1992)?
a.
Actors Zoe Daelman Chlanda and Jerry Murdock won Best Actor and Best Actress awards for the anthology segment "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down" at the 2010s Terror Film Festival and Oklahoma Horror Film Festival.
b.
David L. Lander
, who has an uncredited role as a game announcer, is a real-life baseball fanatic who later became a scout for the Anaheim Angels. He is also a veteran of director Penny Marshalls
Laverne & Shirley
series.
c.
At the end of the film, the young woman in the coach asking Don Juan for directions is
Errol Flynn
s wife,
Nora Eddington
.
d.
The house Frankie Paige is taken to towards the end of the film is the Filoli Mansion, located 40km south of San Francisco. The 1997 movie The Game also features the Filoli Mansion and both movies show very similar shots of its front entrance.
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