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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grandma's Boy (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grandma's Boy (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006).
About the movie:
A 35 year old video game tester has to move in with his grandma and her two old lady roommates.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
Kims Yum-Yum Donuts, a prominent location in the film and a local landmark in Dearborn, MI. was demolished in 2005. The location was free to use for the filmmakers. A Del Taco now stands in its place.
b.
The vintage rock t-shirts that Cliff wears throughout the film are from director
Peyton Reed
s extensive collection.
c.
The original title of the film was "Nanas Boy" and in the scene when Samantha and Alex are taking shots of tequila Samantha says, "Whats the matter Nanas boy? Cant hang?"
d.
Emily Blunt
backed out of
Iron Man 2
to do this movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
The crucified animal carcasses were borrowed from a local restaurant, which were then served to customers upon being returned.
b.
The literal translations of some of this films foreign language titles include 007 Against Octopussy (Brazil and Portugal); Octopus (Finland); Operation Octopus (Italy) and 007 Averts The Plot (China)
c.
Cecil B. DeMille
: at the studio during Normas visit.
d.
When J.P. is telling Mr. Cheezle about
Demonik
, Mr. Cheezle tells him its "very Miyamoto." Hes making a reference to
Shigeru Miyamoto
, a ground-breaking and award-winning game designer for Nintendo who created
Super Mario Bros.
,
Donkey Kong
,
The Hyrule fantasy: Zeruda no densetsu
and many more.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
b.
The video game featured in the movie,
Demonik
, was to be an actual video game that was to be released for the Xbox 360. The project was canceled when the production company Majesco Entertainment ran into financial troubles.
c.
Jennifer Aniston
s character Brooke gets a "
Telly Savalas
" wax job during the movie. In real life, Savalas was Anistons godfather.
d.
Film debut of
Basil Radford
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
The sound that is heard when the doors open and close to JPs office are the same sound clips that were used in the popular 1990s franchise games _Doom (1993) (VG)_.
b.
All the extras who portrayed zombies in the climax received for their services: a cap that said "I Played A Zombie In Day of the Dead", a copy of the newspaper from the beginning of the film (the one that says THE DEAD WALK!), and one dollar.
c.
The young man who rushes into the restaurant to warn the Eklund-Ward family that Dicky is being beat up by the cops, is actually
Sean Eklund
, nephew of the real
Micky Ward
and
Dick Eklund
and became New England Lightweight boxing champion in 2010.
d.
Chapter Titles: 1.Mystery of the Trail. 2.Kit Carsons Daring Raid. 3.Wagon of Doom. 4.The Half-Breeds Treachery. 5.The Gauntlet of Death. 6.Ride for Life. 7.Chasm of Fate. 8.Pueblo of Death. 9.The Red Menace. 10.A Duel of Wits. 11.Buried Alive. 12.Cavern of Doom. 13.Scorching Sands. 14.Mission Bells. 15.End of the Trail.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
The late Dominique Dunne auditioned for the lead role.
b.
Morgan Freeman
wanted his character (the President) to be wearing an earring. Director
Mimi Leder
turned him down. Later we see the President addressing the nation from the oval office. His sleeves are rolled up and one of Freemans tattoos is showing. The director liked this. She felt it gave the President an everyman look.
c.
The song "The Meanest Girl in Town" was one of the only songs not composed for this movie. It had been written for
Bill Haley and the Comets
and recorded by then in 1964 under the title "Yeah Shes Evil".
d.
When Alex tells Jeff to "Shut up" when he spends the night at his house, it was to keep him from ad-libbing even further about his sweet car bed.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
One of the posters for the film featured a shot of Rocky and Adrian holding hands. Although this was one of the most popular images associated with the film, the scene this image was taken from was cut from the film.
b.
Christine Taylor
:
Ben Stiller
s wife appears at the awards ceremony sitting a few chairs in from the aisle, seen for an instant as the camera follows Tugg down the aisle. She also plays Simple Jacks mother in the Simple Jack trailer.
c.
The actor playing Luca Brasi,
Lenny Montana
, was so nervous about working with
Marlon Brando
that, in the first take of their scene together, he flubbed some lines.
Francis Ford Coppola
liked the genuine nervousness and used it in the final cut. The scenes of Brasi practicing his speech were added later.
d.
The car Kane drove is a heavily modified Toyota Supra. The exact car he drove was featured in the beginning of 2 Fast 2 Furious.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
In
A.J. Quinnell
s novel
Dakota Fanning
s character in Italy was named Pinta. After director
Tony Scott
s changed the films setting to Mexico and discovered that "Pinta" is Mexican slang for "whore", he had the name changed to "Pita" and made her full name Lupita.
b.
The camera sequence of J.P. riding a Segway around his home has a cut in it because the cameraman ran into one of the large decorative metal dividers.
c.
Of the three lead actresses, only
Meryl Streep
and
Julianne Moore
share a scene together. This occurs at the end of the film where the older Laura visits Clarissa.
d.
John Travolta
allowed
Thomas Jane
to have his name first in the credits and advertising so that he could work on this project. In fact, he didnt mind it at all, allowing Jane to be put over so he can get recognition as the main character. This is the first time he has done so in his career.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
Another film based on a fictionalized account of the life and legend of lawyer William Fallon, the famous Great Mouthpiece of the roaring 20s.
b.
Cole Sprouse
and
Dylan Sprouse
both lost baby teeth during production and had to be fitted with temporary replacements. Dylan Sprouses tooth fell out in the middle of a take. Near the end of the movie, just after entering Hooters for his birthday, Sonny makes a reference to Julian about dealing with a missing tooth.
c.
June 2008 Ranked #10 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Romantic Comedy".
d.
The line "Youre a hooker" in the opening sequence was an idea of
Adam Sandler
s that he suggested on the day of the shoot.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
Alex is driving such a pile of garbage car because the production was running low on money when it came time to get a car for his character.
b.
Synonamess Botch is a play on the name of the 16th century artist, Hieronymus Bosch.
c.
This picture was the second and final film of a two picture contract between star actor
Burt Reynolds
and producer
David Merrick
. The first movie in the deal had been
Semi-Tough
.
d.
At the 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards, the film was nominated for five Razzies, including Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay. It took home two overall for
Maria Pitillo
as Worst Supporting Actress and for the film as Worst Remake or Sequel.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grandma's Boy (2006)?
a.
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.
b.
When Alex comes out of Samanthas office J.P. is standing facing the wall and you can see a poster that says
Gay Robot
, a TV-series written by
Nick Swardson
(Jeff) and a character from a sketch of the same name from
Adam Sandler
s 2004 comedy album "Shh... Dont Tell". There is also a small poster for "Gay Robot" on the shelf behind the desk in Mr. Cheezels office.
c.
The original story was about the doctors daughter getting kidnapped and no wife, but once MGM had
Cary Grant
cast they insisted on a re-write so that Grant would have a love interest in the film.
d.
Many of the films scenes were filmed at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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