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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).
About the movie:
As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
In China at the time working as a professional mining engineer, future President of the United States, Herbert Hoover and his wife were civilians under siege at the foreign legations compound. The future first Lady, Louise "Lou" Henry Hoover, collected shrapnel from Boxer artillery that is on display at the Presidential Library in West Branch, IA. The Hoovers picked up Mandarin Chinese while in China and used it at the White House when they didnt want to be overheard.
b.
The first party scene in the film was shot while a real party was taking place.
c.
This film (and
Stephen King
s novel) are both loosely based upon the life of famous psychic
Peter Hurkos
. Hurkos claimed to have acquired his alleged powers after falling off a ladder and hitting his head.
d.
According to production designer
Stuart Craig
, Tom Riddles Orphanage is based on buildings from the Liverpool Docklands, and it is influenced by Victorian-Georgian architecture. In fact Orphanages exterior uses original Victorian glaze bricks, to give the set a very hard structure.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
As in the novel and the play that the movie is based on, the Virginians name is never mentioned.
b.
Steve Martin
is seen dressed up as
Charles Chaplin
in this movie as Charlies "Tramp" character.
c.
Over 7000 girls auditioned for the role of Lavender Brown, and read from a scene with Madam Pomfrey, Hermione and Ron. Ironically,
Emma Watson
recommended
Jessie Cave
for the role, although Cave hadnt attended any auditions.
d.
Mike Myers
and
Dana Carvey
were offered cameos as Duane and Garf on "Duanes Underworld". They passed because they were busy with production on
Waynes World
at the time. In Waynes World 2 Bobby calls Wayne Dwayne (Duane).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
The first Harry Potter film to be rated PG by the MPAA since
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
.
b.
The main theme music of the film is the uncredited Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the ballet Spartacus by
Aram Khachaturyan
. This music was also used as the main theme for BBC TVs series
The Onedin Line
. The music played behind the black and white newsreel is Non-Stop by
John Malcolm
, used by Independent Television News in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s to introduce their main news bulletins. Malcolm apparently composed the piece to blow a raspberry at the musical prejudices of his tutor.
c.
To prepare for his role as Captain Haddock,
Andy Serkis
read the majority of the "Tintin" comics. He later commented that they had a surreal quality, similar to the Monty Python films.
d.
The skirts for the Christmas talent show are made of plastic; the costume designer says they were made of that fabric to "represent the Plastics".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
Tim Alexander
described Dumbledores ring of fire as "someone sprayed propane and then lit it." Then, to enhance the effect, the visual effects team spent a lot of research on molten volcanoes (which have a lot of heat but no actual flames), and other references, including flares that burn underwater. The whole fire scene was very time consuming, with computer graphics artist
Christopher Horvath
spending eight months on it.
b.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
The popular TRON arcade game (a tie-in to the original film) makes an appearance. However, the console shown is credited to the in-universe software company Encom, rather than the real creators Bally-Midway.
d.
Star Brad Dourif once referred to the movie as "the first real heavy-metal fable." Dourif admitted that he didnt understand the movie yet he was drawn to its strangeness.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
Dame
Maggie Smith
completed filming this film whilst undergoing radio-therapy as treatment for breast cancer.
b.
Episode titles: 1. Pirates of Pedro 2. Harbor of Hate 3. Pirates Playground 4. In the Fog 5. Isle of Intrigue 6. Trapped 7. Silent Valley 8. House of Mystery 9. Snowbound 10. The Mystery Car 11. Across the Border 12. Secret of Bouy #3 13. Human Plunder 14. Lost Island 15. Love and Law
c.
Mel Brooks
: As the voice of departing assassin after choosing the "lady" door over the "tiger" door only to discover theyre both tiger doors.
d.
The role of Maj. Penderton was extremely physically demanding, and the insurance company underwriting the production required proof that star
Montgomery Clift
was fit enough for the role, after his years of illness. Clifts long-time friend
Elizabeth Taylor
committed her large salary as insurance in order to secure Clift for the role. Clift subsequently died of a heart attack before filming began, and the role went to
Marlon Brando
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
Robert Towne
wanted
Tommy Lee Jones
to play Bill Bowerman, but he turned it down.
b.
The restaurant scene was filmed at the Hawthorne Grille (originally Hollys) located at 13763 Hawthorne Blvd., Hawthorne, CA. The building was demolished soon after filming.
c.
Most of the cars in the movie are modified pre-2004 Audi A2, A6 and TT models. There are even some unmodified cars.
d.
Shipped to some theaters under the moniker "Candlelit".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
The game that Angela is playing/debugging at the beginning of the movie is the Apple version of
Wolfenstein 3D
, similar to the console editions of the game released on the Atari Jaguar and 3DO.
b.
In the stairwell where we first meet Count Olaf, there is a portrait of Olaf in Shakespearian garb, reaching out with his hand. This is almost an exact duplicate of a picture of
John Barrymore
playing "Hamlet".
c.
Two new scenes were added that do not appear in the book: The collapsing Millennium bridge (at the beginning of the film, and which appears in the Third Trailer) and the Death Eater attack at the Burrow (seen in the second trailer). An attack on a Muggle bridge is actually mentioned in the original opening of the book by Cornelius Fudge, but not shown.
d.
Upon entering the music store in search of the Pick Of Destiny, KG (
Kyle Gass
) is seen wearing a
Trainwreck
t-shirt. Trainwreck is a group in which Gass is a vocalist and guitarist (under the pseudonym Klip Calhoun). He also produced the groups 2004 live album.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
This film is dedicated, among others, to
Steve Irwin
, whose last film this was.
b.
Jamie Campbell Bower
hoped to be cast as a young Riddle. He was instead cast as the teenage Gellert Grindelwald in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
.
c.
Professional Taekwondo instructors were used for some of the stunts, including WTF silver medalist Master Timothy Connelly.
d.
$500,000 was spent on the earthquake scene alone.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
Shot in Romania, most of it was filmed in Nicolae Ceausescus unfinished Academy of Sciences building in Bucharest.
b.
Shane Salerno
optioned the
Robert Graysmith
book "Zodiac" when he was just nineteen years old and developed it with Graysmith for several years before selling it to Disneys Touchstone Pictures in a seven-figure deal. Salerno wrote several drafts of the screenplay before multiple administration changes at Touchstone derailed the project.
c.
Thomas James Longley
and
James Lee Hunt
auditioned for the role of Tom Riddle, but lost out to
Frank Dillane
.
d.
Ryan Gosling
(Young Noah) wore brown eye contacts because
James Garner
(Old Noah) has brown eyes, and Gosling has blue.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)?
a.
Right after Captain Staros (Elias Kotias) has his big confrontation with Colonel Tall (
Nick Nolte
) where he refuses to make a frontal attack on the ridge he hangs up the sound power and mutters something in Greek. What he mutters is : "Hes lost it. He doesnt know what hes saying". Roughly: "Ta echi chasi aftos. Then xery tee moo lay." (This is not in the book. Kotias is Greek and may have added it himself - its the sort of thing Greeks say about most authority figures.)
b.
The original script included all of Dumbledores memories about Voldemort as outlined in the source novel, but the director insisted on trimming them down as, according to
Steve Kloves
, "..he wanted to showcase Voldemorts rise without getting overly involved with his past as Riddle."
c.
Because the much-hyped
The Blue Bird
was a financial flop, press humorists nicknamed the movie "The Dead Pigeon".
d.
According to
Eli Wallach
s autobiography,
Yul Brynner
had a major problem with what he perceived as
Steve McQueen
s trying to upstage him. According to Wallach, McQueen would do things when on screen with Brynner to draw attention to his character. Examples were his shaking of the shotgun shells and taking off his hat to check the sun during the hearse scene and leaning off his horse to dip his hat in the river when the Seven cross into Mexico. Brynner was supposedly so worried about McQueen stealing his limelight in scenes that he hired an assistant to count the number of times McQueen touched his own hat when he Brynner was speaking.
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