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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Clueless (1995) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Clueless (1995) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995).
About the movie:
A US West Coast teen lifestyle parody centered around Cher, a popular high school girl who spends her days playing match-maker, helping her friends with fashion choices, and looking for a boyfriend.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
The scene where Joe goes shopping (supposedly in New York City) was actually filmed on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. You can see the familiar Gucci sign.
b.
The traffic jam scene in downtown Provo includes the cars of all the principal cast and crew.
c.
The scene where Cher wanders around and realizes her true feelings for Josh as fountains erupt is borrowed from
Gigi
, where Gaston does the same thing. The music playing when Cher stands at the top of the stairs in her white dress before her date with Christian is taken from the same movie. Gigi, incidentally, wears a white dress both times that particular theme is played.
d.
Loosely based on the career of cosmetics giant
Helena Rubenstein
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
The color palette of the movie was inspired by the paintings of
Mark Rothko
.
George Lucas
is a big fan of the painter.
b.
The films that Christian watches on video with Cher -
Some Like It Hot
and
Spartacus
provide clues to his sexual orientation. The first movie deals with cross-dressing men. The second includes the famous scene where a Roman master (
Laurence Olivier
) tries to seduce his male servant (
Tony Curtis
).
c.
John Candy
and
Steve Martin
eat dinner on the plane in a scene that is not in the theatrical version though it airs on the televised version. The scene ends with a long-haired passenger in front of Steve Martin letting his or her hair cascade down onto his brownie, completely covering it. No longer hungry, John Candy fishes through the hair to retrieve and eat it.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
The book Christian is reading during class, Junky by
William S. Burroughs
is another clue and indication of his sexual orientation - as the author, Burroughs had strong homosexual desires.
b.
Cindys car has the Pennsylvania license plate CHT 8635. This is the same license plate on the car driven by Jim Halpert on "The Office"
c.
Although one of the greatest female dancers in the history of the movie musical,
Cyd Charisse
singing in films was almost always dubbed, most notably by
Carol Richards
in
Brigadoon
.
d.
In order for it to sound like Nigel had Marlin and Dory in his mouth,
Geoffrey Rush
held onto his tongue as he said his lines.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
When Bud is in the diner at the beginning, there is a poster for
The Choppers
on the wall, which
Arch Hall Jr.
also starred in. Another poster in the diner is for
Wild Ones on Wheels
-aka Drivers To Hell- in which Wild Guitar director
Ray Dennis Steckler
had an acting role.
b.
The film had a 40-day shooting schedule.
c.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
does his trade mark splits a total of seven times during the film.
d.
Conrad Veidt
, who played Maj. Strasser, was well known in the theatrical community in Germany for his hatred of the Nazis, and in fact was forced to hurriedly escape the country when he found out that the SS had sent a death squad after him because of his anti-Nazi activities.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
One of the promotional items distributed to tie-in with the film was a booklet called How to Speak Cluelessly; in it was a lexicon of many of the invented terms used for the Clueless world (some of which became part of real teen lingo at the time). An example: a Baldwin is a very handsome male, as in the famous sibling actors.
b.
The film was shot in 38 days. The very first thing to be shot was the fight between Dixon and Rocky. This was done because
Sylvester Stallone
s training (which had been going on for six months) had to stop once the film went into production and he began to concentrate on directing. If the fight had been left until the end of the schedule, Stallone would not have been in as good shape as he was at the start.
c.
Stunt coordinator and fight choreographer for this movie was
Frank Dux
- the full-contact martial artist whose life was portrayed by
Jean-Claude Van Damme
in the movie
Bloodsport
. Moreover, Dux has a cameo appearance as one of the men fighting Louis Stevens in the car workshop.
d.
Mark Hamill
s wife gave birth to their first son (
Nathan Hamill
) early one morning, and Mark went straight from the hospital to shooting. This was the day they filmed the shots of Luke hanging by the weather vane below Cloud City, on Bespin.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
Alicia Silverstone
did not know how to correctly pronounce "Haitians" in the classroom scene.
Amy Heckerling
told the crew not to correct her because she liked it so much and wanted it to be in the film.
b.
Harrison Ford
wanted to go bareheaded in the film and not wear a hat (he is most famous for his performance in
Steven Spielberg
s Indiana Jones films, where Jones wore a fedora), but since it was a Western film he was convinced to wear a hat. In
American Graffiti
,
Harrison Ford
was asked to cut his hair (to go bareheaded with a period haircut) for the film. He refused, stating that his role was too short, and offered to wear a hat instead.
c.
Tom Cruise
and
Johnny Depp
were both considered for the role of Johnny Cage.
d.
The script was sent to
Julia Roberts
with a $20 bill attached. Included was a note from
George Clooney
that said "I hear youre getting 20 a picture now". This of course is a joke referencing Julia Roberts becoming the highest paid actress at $20 million per picture.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
James Caan
improvised the part where he throws the FBI photographer to the ground. The extras frightened reaction is genuine.
b.
A part-talkie, this demonstrates the difficulty
Carl Laemmle
had in securing Foxs Movietone system throughout 1929. He would often be unable to secure the equipment for longer than a week at a time and was faced with the predicament of rushing projects or releasing them in a less marketable part-talking format at a time when the public was clamoring for talkies.
c.
Stuntwoman
Lani Jackson
doubled for Arwen for some fight scenes that were cut from the film. Jackson does appear in the film trilogy as various stunt orcs.
d.
The band playing during the party scene is the Boston-based Ska band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
The location of the Browns family house was just a huge muddy field covered in brambles. The crew had to bring in items and sets to build all of the village, the house, the tracks, the garden and the trees.
b.
This was the first sound film exhibited in Lisbon, Portugal, at Royal Cine, Lisbons largest cinema then, at a special session attended by the President of the Republic,
Óscar Fragoso Carmona
and a select audience of VIP politicians and artists from various sectors. The session was preceded by a newsreel from MGM, a documentary about the Lisbon dockyards, and various American and French song numbers.
c.
Melanie Griffith
s character Kate says that she is from New Ulm, Minnesota, which happens to be the birthplace of her real-life mother, actress
Tippi Hedren
.
d.
The episode of
Beavis and Butt-Head
that Cher and Josh watch is called The Great Cornholio.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
The climactic wedding sequence was supposed to be held in the backyard of the house doubling as the home of Chandras parents. While driving around the night before, Matthew Naclerio pointed out Bill OReillys house along the road. "Thats where well shoot the wedding!" (The house can be seen in the background throughout the scene.)
b.
When Christian first appears at the class, Cher has new hopes for high school boys. But as the shot pans from her gaze to him in the doorway, just over his left shoulder on the wall in the classroom is a cut out headline from the newspaper which reads On the Road to Nowhere.
c.
Michael OShea, Stanley Prager, George Matthews, Joann Dolan , Joven E. Rola and Toni Favor all reprised their original stage roles in the film.
d.
This was the first film shown free to servicemen overseas. A 16 mm copy was sent to Iceland and shown 10 May 1942.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Clueless (1995)?
a.
When Count Olaf locks the orphans in the car, you can briefly see the words, "Last Chance" painted on the slanted roof. The Last Chance General Store was featured in the eighth book, "The Hostile Hospital".
b.
The Tatooine scenes were filmed in Tunisia. There is a town in Tunisia called "Tataouine". Some of the interiors and the courtyard of Lukes house were filmed in a hotel in Matmata, Tunisia. One can visit this 2 stars hotel and see some pictures and the painted ceiling in the room used for the dining room in the film. When Luke goes out of the farm, he appears in a flat deserted area, while the reality when you get out of the hotel show a lot of other houses, small stone hills and a lot of prickly peartrees (a variety of cactus very common in Tunisia).
c.
Chers last name is given as Horowitz, but shown on her report card as Hamilton. This may be an in-joke, as director
Amy Heckerling
s previously directed
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
, which featured a Stacey Hamilton.
d.
Disney Studios in Burbank was built with the profits from
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
.
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