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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Deep Impact (1998) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Deep Impact (1998)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998).

About the movie: Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive?

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		One of the NASA officials in the movie is played by Gerry Griffin, who is a former NASA flight director. Griffin presided over the Apollo 12 mission and later became director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
b.		The date that Hedwig and Tommy are arrested for the accident is shown on the arrest photo as 8-13-01, exactly 40 years after the Berlin wall was erected.
c.		When Nomi is first seen on stage dancing at The Cheetah, the song playing is Princes 319 (in reference to a room number). At the end of the movie when she goes to visit Cristal in her hospital room, Nomi is told by a nurse that Cristal is in room 319.
d.		"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 18, 1949 with Ray Milland reprising his film role.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		Amy Jo Johnson makes her last appearance, to date, on "Power Rangers" as Kimberly Ann Hart in this film. Miss Johnson appears in this film because she was contracted to appear in two "Power Rangers" movies.
b.		Feature film debut of Christopher Reeve.
c.		Joshua Colwell, who played one of the NASA officials in mission control, was also a technical advisor on the film.
d.		The inter-chapter quotations come from the book "Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai" by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, published by Kodansha International.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		Kristina Wayborn broke several toes in her foot while shooting the attack on the Monsoon Palace by Octopussys Circus. A bazooka she was to kick out of a thugs arms was supposed to be replaced with a plastic model, but the stuntman was holding a metal one by accident.
b.		Part of the movie was filmed at the actual garage where the actual robbery took place. The garage now is just a regular parking garage and no longer is used by Brinks.
c.		During the school assembly, one student makes the observation "Youre going to have more sex than anyone else in our class!" to Leo Biederman. This line was improvised by Jason Dohring, and the reactions from the other students are genuine.
d.		According to Frank Sinatra Jr. on the DVD Commentary, Sammy Davis Jr. was forced to stay at a "colored only" hotel during the filming because Las Vegas would not allow blacks to stay at the major hotels despite his appearing with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and the others at the Sands Hotel. He was only allowed to stay at the major hotels, therefore breaking Vegas unofficial color barrier after Frank Sinatra confronted the casino owners on his behalf.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		Darryl F. Zanuck initiated the production of this movie and wrote its story under the pseudonym of Melville Crossman.
b.		In a preview of the bonus feature menus for the "Alien Legacy" box set posted to USENET, the bio for Dallas had him as being born female and Lambert as being born male, suggesting gender reassignment before the events in the film. Fan reaction prompted this to be changed before production of the DVDs.
c.		Patrick Swayze and Katherine Kelly Langs debut.
d.		The movie begins in the year 1998, where Leo and Sarahs astronomy club is on top of the hills looking at stars and where Dr. Wolf died in a car crash. A year passes, and its 1999, the year when President Tom Beck announces to the world that a comet would threaten to hit the Earth in one year on August 16. Therefore, the date of the Wolf-Beiderman impact is predicted to occur on 16 August 2000.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		When Marcus Wolf (Charles Martin Smith) is trying to send email about the approaching comet, we see the first few entries in his e-mail inbox. Two of the messages are from "cshoemaker arizona.unv", one of which has the subject line "101 Mir jokes". Carolyn Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker are well-known comet experts, credited as "comet advisors" to the movie.
b.		The final scene when Forrest Taft gives the speech about the oil companies and air pollution, was originally 11 minutes long. Audiences complained that it was overlong and preachy. The scene was re-edited before release.
c.		Theatres receiving the first trailer and posters were warned in writing to return them to the distributor (Twentieth Century Fox) on time or risk not receiving further media, and possibly the film itself. This was done to attempt to prevent the "black-market" sale of the incredibly popular trailer.
d.		Terri Nunn of the band Berlin was in the running for the role of Princess Leia and had readings with Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		The traffic jam scene was filmed on Virginia State Route 234, a bypass that was under construction at the time. The roughly 1,800 vehicles used in the scene came mostly from volunteers from the Washington D.C. suburb of Manassas, Virginia.
b.		The movie has a very unusual prologue before the opening credits showing a very romantic Granger and ODonnell with subtitles.
c.		The crew were caught in a very dangerous Hurricane, Hurricane Iniki which hit the island of Kauai. The film-makers managed to capture shots from the Hurricane and use it in the movie. This incident was told in a recent episode of Storm Stories.
d.		Producer Edward Small re-released this film as a musical. Songs were dubbed onto the soundtrack. Some of the footage was doctored to make it look like some of the original cast were singing rather than speaking their dialog.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		Writer William Nicholson added the aspects of the film in which Maximus discusses the afterlife, seeking to make the character more accessible to audiences.
b.		The motorcycle that Leo rides at the end of the movie is a 1997 Yamaha XT225.
c.		The film is being developed as a TV series at Fox Studios.
d.		This movie covers the period of from 1942 Corregidor, Phillippines to his dismissal a decade later during the Korean War.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		Deep Impact was a NASA space probe designed to study the composition of the interior of the comet Tempel 1. On July 4, 2005, one section of the Deep Impact probe successfully impacted the comets nucleus. This is coincidental, as the scientists behind the mission and the creators of the movie devised the name independently of each other, at around the same time.
b.		Talked into making this film by his agent, Denzel Washington fired him shortly afterwards.
c.		The film portrays the league as initially unpopular and unprofitable, until demeaning gimmicks are used to attract male audiences. In reality, the league was popular and profitable from the start, largely because it played in towns in the upper Midwest that had no way of watching a live baseball game. Eventually, the league grew into a ten-team two-division league. The advent of televised baseball games in the early fifties, however, would lead to the demise in the popularity of the league.
d.		In the scene on the float platform, Danielle makes a point of how much younger she is than Frances. In fact, Brigitte Auber (b. April 1928) was a year and a half older than Grace Kelly (b. November 1929).

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		Tom Neyman, who plays the master, also helped John Reynolds make Torgos knees and he painted the portrait of the master and his dog.
b.		A line was edited in the Presidents press conference scene. President Beck stated "Life will go on, we will prevail." Originally, President Beck said "Life will go on, we will prevail...THIS IS NOT ARMAGEDDON!" The producers later realized that the movie was going to be in box office competition with the movie Armageddon.
c.		In order to give the film a documentary-style realism, the director drew each member of the crew - props, grips, mixers, etc. - from the ranks of WWII veterans.
d.		The original production budget started at $5,000 and was originally to be a short film. After filming most of the traffic jam sequences. The director invested another $10,000 to purchase more equipment and secure more locations to expand the story.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deep Impact (1998)?
a.		After discovering the comet, one of the astronomers is killed in a car accident. This mirrors the real life car accident death (July 18 1997, in outback Australia) of astronomer Eugene Shoemaker, who helped discover the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet.
b.		Keith Carradine created the role of Will Rogers in "Will Rogers Follies" on Broadway, and he has a cameo in this movie as Will Rogers.
c.		While this film was in production, rumors began circulating that co-stars Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro were having an affair. This was untrue, but they did develop a strong friendly rapport.
d.		As of the Little 500 in 2005, the "Cutters" have had a team every year since this movie was made. However, the original "Cutters" team, created after the movies release, never included locals. Race guidelines dictate that all racers must attend the University.