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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bye Bye Birdie (1963) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bye Bye Birdie (1963) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bye Bye Birdie (1963) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963).

About the movie: A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		Rita Moreno was the initial choice for the role of Rosie, but turned down the part.
b.		The stock USAF aircraft footage was taken from the movie Iron Eagle II.
c.		The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, where the films climax takes place, is the largest fully steerable single aperture antenna in the world.
d.		Many of the snakes in the Well of Souls are not snakes but legless lizards (look for the earholes, which snakes lack).

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		Cartoon animator/MAD artist Richard Williams made a fake MAD cover involving Alfred E. Neuman as Barbara holding her book. MAD commented on its cameo in the movie as a sure-fire kiss of death for a movie.
b.		Kim Darbys film debut.
c.		Jude Law was originally considered for the role of Praetor Shinzon.
d.		The welcome speech that Kirk, McCoy, and the others receive on arriving on Rura Penthe is an homage to the speech made by Colonel Saito to the British POWs in The Bridge on the River Kwai.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		The television show, MythBusters proved that this escape worked (or was at least plausible). They recreated the entire escape right down to using the same materials to which the cons had access. They even used the same type of raincoats from which the boat was made. They successfully crossed the bay and reached the shore in exactly the spot that the cons were supposed to have reached.
b.		This was Maureen OHaras first feature film role since Big Jake 20 years earlier. However, (with the exception of three tv movies) she never acted in another feature film after this.
c.		Conrad Birdie was a parody of Elvis Presley and the play was based upon the furor that arose from Presley being drafted in 1958. The characters name, however, was the result of composers Strouse and Adams finding the name of real-life singer Conway Twitty far more humorous and safer to parody than Elvis. Interestingly, Conway Twitty was in the US Army first, before engaging in a singing career. Ironically, producers originally wanted Presley for the role of Conrad Birdie. Presley was interested, but his manager Col. Tom Parker refused to let Presley play a role spoofing himself.
d.		The studios first officially self-penned story since Dumbo.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		Ed Sullivan, who played himself in this film, would later reprise the "One Last Kiss" segment "for real" on his weekly variety show. In 1967. Gary Lewis (American musician, son of comedian Jerry Lewis and member of the band "Gary Lewis & the Playboys") performed the song, on "The Ed Sullivan Show", shortly before Garys actual induction into The US Army.
b.		The physical appearance of the Creature was modeled after a likeness of the Oscar, the figurine awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
c.		Felicity Huffman nicknamed her prosthetic penis "Andy" during filming.
d.		006, Alec Trevelyan, was originally named Augustus Trevelyan, and written as a much older character and a former mentor of Bond. The producers were keen to hire Anthony Hopkins for the part, but he turned it down. Alan Rickman also turned down the role, stating that he was tired of playing villains. Finally, Sean Bean was cast after the part was rewritten--but elements of the original idea survive in the finished version, such as the character remembering the 1940s, which would make sense with Hopkins but not with Bean.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		The three gymnasts we see at the beginning of the Ed Sullivan show are introduced as Frank, Dean, and Sammy McWilliams - a thinly veiled reference to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.
b.		David Lean was initially opposed to the idea of Alec Guinness playing Colonel Nicholson. He felt that Guinness lacked the "size" that the role required. But Sam Spiegel was keen on hiring the actor. Spiegel invited Alec Guinness to dinner, hoping to entice him to take the part. At the start of the meal, Guinness was emphatic that he would not play the role. By the end of the evening, the two men were discussing what sort of wig Guinness would wear. Such were the persuasive powers of Sam Speigel.
c.		The brief dance done by Eclipse when he scores the touchdown during the football game resembles the "Ickey Shuffle" made famous by Elbert "Ickey" Woods who played fullback for the Cincinnati Bengals in the late 1980s.
d.		Director Michael Wadleighs only non-Woodstock related film.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		First feature film of Jimmy Hanley.
b.		This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
c.		Despite portraying the mother of Dick Van Dykes character in the film, Maureen Stapleton is just six months older than Van Dyke.
d.		The picture in the inset of Laras fathers pocket watch is of Lynda Carter.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		Film debut of Dorothy Burgess.
b.		The last Police Academy movie to feature Matt McCoys character, Nick Lassard.
c.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 10, 1943 with Paul Henreid reprising his film role.
d.		Columbia Pictures logo dissolves into animated footage of the lady with a torch character rocking out, one of several films of the Sixties (Zotz!, Cat Ballou, Strait-Jacket, and some years later, Thank God Its Friday) in which the logo was comically altered to fit theme of the movie.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		Melody Pattersons film debut.
b.		Mary-Kate and Ashleys characters attend Syoddet High School.
c.		During the final escape, when Cuervo Jones fires the rocket at the helicopter, just after its hit, you can see it narrowly avoid crashing into the Matterhorn at Disneyland which resembles the Paramount Pictures logo (Paramount produced the film).
d.		As a gag veteran performers Andy Devine, Leo Carillo, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Johnny Mack Brown and Allan Jones, all of whom make cameos, are given a special "Introducing" title card.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		When Marty visits his neighborhood in 2015, a dog can be seen in the background being walked by one of the robots from *batteries not included.
b.		Michael Biehn shot his scenes in one day and for free as a favor to his good friend Electra Avellan, one of the producers.
c.		The piece the children play in the band hall is Rodrigos "Concierto de Aranjuez".
d.		The original Broadway production of "Bye Bye Birdie" opened at the Martin Beck Theater on April 14, 1960, ran for 607 performances and won the 1961 Tony Award for the Best Musical. Dick Van Dyke recreated his 1961 Tony Award winning performance for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in this filmed production.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)?
a.		Designs of the cars: - Ramone is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala or Bel Air two door hardtop, a very popular car with the low riders. - Luigi is a 1959 Fiat 500. - Guido is an ISO Isetta, a "bubble car" originally designed and built in Italy by ISO; the design was later licensed to BMW and to manufacturers in France and Brazil. - Mater is a 1951 International Harvester L-170. - Sally is a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera (Type 996).
b.		Pre-production had to be delayed due to the writers strike in 2007/08. After Bruce Willis walked because of script complaints, United Artists CEO Paula Wagner then made the decision to cancel the production entirely. Oliver Stone has protested that the writers strike and Willis drop out were merely convenient excuses for UA to rid itself of a hot potato (especially in light of the commercial failure of its politically charged film Lions for Lambs) , and that he was ready to replace Willis with Nicolas Cage.
c.		Snapshots was first released on the college circuit playing at schools such as Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, and Rutgers University.
d.		The throng of uncredited teenagers included future actresses and celebrities Melinda Marx (daughter of Groucho Marx), Kim Darby (starred in True Grit), Linda Henning (Betty Jo Bradley in Petticoat Junction (1963)), Elaine Joyce (actress, game show guest star and wife to Bobby Van and Neil Simon) and Melody Patterson (Wrangler Jane on F Troop (1965)).

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