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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cars (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cars (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006).
About the movie:
A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
Achilles shouts Hectors name nine times when he is waiting at the gates of Troy.
b.
Gigi Perreau
s first movie.
c.
Mia and Tia are modeled after the first-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata.
d.
The USS Poe ship in this film was portrayed by the real-life Fletcher Class destroyer DD-538 USS Stephen Potter for this movie. This vessel was named after World War I naval aviator Ensign Stephen Potter (1896-1918). The ship was chosen because of it was used during the Second World War.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
Lightning McQueens original number was to be 57, director
John Lasseter
s birth year. It was later changed to 95 to represent the year that
Toy Story
was released. The car in the final film who has the number 57 (who wins the race in the first teaser) vaguely resembles McQueen, and is probably an earlier production design for that character.
b.
One of the films shooting locations is Chestnut Hill Academy, a school near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which
Steven Kampmann
is a graduate of.
Thacher Goodwin
, who plays the young Billy Wyatt, was a student in 5th grade there at the time.
c.
The political talk show at the end of the film lists its phone number as 1-(800)-555-0199. This number is also Lester Burnhams office number in the film
American Beauty
as well as Lowell Bergmans fax number in the film
The Insider
d.
Hearing that people fly "Rosenbergs" and "Goldbaums" instead of driving cars, Single-O comments that someone got revenge on Henry Ford - a jab at the famed auto makers well-known rabid anti-Semitism (now all but forgotten).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
Seven foot two inches tall Richard Kiel revealed in his autobiography "Making it big in the movies" that his part as Reace the henchman was initially not written as a giant. In fact Kiel replaced actor Lionel Stander who left the project.
b.
According to
Harold Ramis
commentary in the DVD, the last scene involving Ned Reyerson involved the line (as it was written) "Oh, lets not ruin it!" from Rita. However, since
Andie MacDowell
was speaking in her thick native South Carolina accent, the word ruin was distorted repeatedly and Ramis felt viewers would be confused by what she was trying to say. It was at that point where the word ruin in the line was changed to spoil.
c.
The music that opens the teaser trailer of this movie is the main theme to
A Bugs Life
.
d.
Toni Collette
dropped out due scheduling conflicts.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
took over her role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
Max and Valerie, played by
Billy Crystal
and
Carol Kane
respectively, were named after author
William Goldman
s parents, Max and Valerie.
b.
Blanchard Ryan
and
Daniel Travis
spent over 120 hours in the water over the course of production.
c.
Pixar Studio Trademark: The train that Lightning outruns is numbered A113 after animation room at California Institute of the Arts, where many Pixar animators studied. Maters license plate has the same number.
d.
Was originally meant to be a musical.
Pete Townshend
and
Des McAnuff
developed it as a stage musical, using songs from
Pete Townshend
s concept album "The Iron Man" (much like the stage version of
The Who
s
Tommy
).
Des McAnuff
decided it would work better as an animated feature and pitched it to Warner Bros.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
Paul Gleason
was considered for the role of Ed Rooney.
b.
Four songs prerecorded by
Judy Garland
were not used in the film:
Cole Porter
s "Easy to Love" (available on the Rhino CD, "
Judy Garland
: Collectors Gems from the M-G-M Films"); the patriotic "America (My Country Tis of Thee)" (written by
Henry Carey
and
Samuel Francis Smith
); plus two religious songs: "Abide with Me" and "The Rosary." Miss Garlands one musical moment in the release print was her unaccompanied rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" (music and lyrics by
Mildred J. Hill
and
Patty S. Hill
). The movies original poster raves, "Mickey woos! Judy sings! Best Hardy yet!"
c.
No complete copy of this film is known to exist. Please check your attic. (May 1999 update: reels 1, 4, and 11 were recently found.)
d.
This movie was originally titled "Route 66". The name was changed to "Cars" so as not to imply a connection with the TV show
Route 66
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
One of the characters is named "Coach Savini". This is a "tip of the hat" to horror effects artist
Tom Savini
, who perfected the classic zombie look in most of the
George Romero
films.
b.
Although the origin of the screenplay is not credited, the Motion Picture Herald stated that the film was based on a story written by Melville Crossman (a pseudonym of
Darryl F. Zanuck
), which appeared in Liberty Magazine. However, no other source mentions that story.
c.
Instead of making the cars headlights the eyes, as is done on most cartoons, the Pixar artists decided to put the eyes up on the windshield, because that made the characters more expressive. This idea was largely influenced by the Disney cartoon
Susie the Little Blue Coupe
, one of director
John Lasseter
s favorite cartoons.
d.
Buffalo Bill is the combination of three real life serial killers:
Ed Gein
, who skinned his victims;
Ted Bundy
, who used the cast on his hand as bait to make women get into his van; and Gary Heidnick, who kept women he kidnapped in a pit in his basement. Gein was only positively linked to two murders and suspected of two others. He gathered most of his materials not through murder, but grave-robbing. In the popular imagination, however, he remains a serial killer with uncounted victims.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
Juno was the Roman Goddess of childbirth and marriage. The name "Juno" also has other meanings for Canadians (where Juno was filmed and a number of cast and crew - such as
Ellen Page
,
Michael Cera
and
Jason Reitman
- were born). "Juno" was the code name of the beach where Canadian troops landed on D-Day. Approximately 1000 Canadian soldiers were injured or killed on D-Day while capturing this beach. "Juno" is also the name of the annual Canadian music awards (similar to the U.S. Grammy awards).
b.
An alternate ending was filmed in which Lt. Col. Anderson (
Dennis Farina
) arrives and sees Millers dead body.
c.
Fighting Stars Magazine ranked the climactic fight between
Chuck Norris
and
Tadashi Yamashita
as #13 on their list of the 25 greatest fight scenes of all time.
d.
The tires of Lightning McQueen are Buzzard models manufactured by Lightyear, a reference both to the real Goodyear "Eagle" tires used in NASCAR and character Buzz Lightyear from
John Lasseter
s
Toy Story
and
Toy Story 2
. A Lightyear Blimp, spoofing the real-life Goodyear Blimp, even appears at the race events.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
The neon lights on Flos V8 Cafe in the movie flash in the proper firing order for a Ford flathead V8.
b.
The Broadway production of "The Childrens Hour" by
Lillian Hellman
opened at the Maxine Elliotts Theatre on November 20, 1934 and ran for 691 performances.
c.
Catalina Sandino Moreno
did not practice swallowing pellets during rehearsals. Since the character of Maria did not know how to swallow them, Moreno and
Joshua Marston
agreed that it would be more realistic for her to try swallowing them for the first time on-camera. The pellets were made of easily digestible substances but neither Moreno nor Marston will reveal what exactly they were made of.
d.
Prominent Atlanta preacher Martin Luther King, Sr. (father of
Martin Luther King
) was invited to the cotillion ball held in Atlanta at the films premiere. King, Sr. had been urged to boycott the festivities by other community leaders because none of the black actors in the film were allowed to attend. A forward thinker, King, Sr. attended because he was invited - and brought along his famous son with him.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
Flo isnt based on any single car but shares elements of the 1951 Buick LeSabre, the 1951 Buick XP-300, and the 1957 Chrysler Dart - all actual show cars.
b.
The Autobots have upgraded their alternate modes: Bumblebee has received an upgrade and is now a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Ratchets color scheme now includes white and his green is more grass-green than his previous neon/yellow green Sideswipe is now a Chevrolet Centennial Corvette convertible
c.
The bag that Dean Corso carries throughout the film is a small bag carried by French soldiers around 1935. It was used to carry ammunition and other small items. It is called a musette mle 35.
d.
In-joke:
Tom Cruise
goes online with his laptop by typing in, not Usenet, but Crusenet.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cars (2006)?
a.
The scene where
Herb Brooks
makes the team skate back and forth on the ice all night, after their 3-3 tie with Norway, was actually done by the real actors over a span of three days - 12 hours a day. The director wanted the moment to be as realistic as possible.
b.
The films animators drew up over 43,000 sketches for designs of the cars.
c.
Alakina Mann
and
James Bentley
were cast after an intensive search that encompassed 5,000 children.
d.
For the filming of Petes team versus
Bobby Knight
s, the filmmakers had the teams play two games, from which they took bits and pieces to assemble what is seen in the film. Unlike the screen version, Knights team prevailed in both games.
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