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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Independence Day (1996) - Part (5) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Independence Day (1996) - Part (5) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Independence Day (1996) - Part (5)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996).

About the movie: The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man's best weapon is the will to survive.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		The city of El Paso was so involved that director Harold P. Warren sent free tickets for the premiere to the press and all the aldermen and the Mayor of El Paso.
b.		Very little of the movie was actually shot on green screen. Instead, director John Moore opted to shoot in Toronto during the night, in order to add extra reality to his actors reactions.
c.		Originally, Shepard wrote the character of Sky as part Native American, but because of Wenders desire to cast Sarah Polley, that aspect of the character was set aside. Both agreed that her being Native American was not essential to the character, and Wenders had wanted to work with Polley because hed been so impressed with her acting in past projects.
d.		Production designer Patrick Tatopoulos presented director Roland Emmerich with two concepts for the aliens. Emmerich liked both designs so much, he came up with the idea to use one design as the actual alien and the other to be a bio-mechanical suit the aliens could wear. Both of Tatopouloss concepts appear in the film.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		The movie was filmed in color, then printed in black and white by special processing. However, at least one print was released with the first reel in normal color due to an error at the lab.
b.		Stock footage of the Hollywood Pantages theatre showing a Mavis Arden film is lifted out of Go West Young Man starring Mae West as Mavis Arden.
c.		The game film that Coach Parseghian is watching when Rudy walks in to ask if he could dress is actually from the game that Rudy played in.
d.		VMFA-314 "The Black Knights," the squadron Will Smith belongs to, had been stationed at MCAS El Toro until 1994.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		Several cast members listed in contemporary Hollywood Reporter news items did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were: Tom Kennedy, Bradley Page, Margaret Armstrong, Stanley Blystone, Monte Montague and Lloyd Whitlock. Cecil Kellaway is identified mostly from his voice, since his head is obscure in both of his scenes.
b.		In the scene where Cpt. Hiller (Will Smith) is talking to Gen. Grey (Robert Loggia) about retuning to El Toro, the giant screen behind them is displaying some sort of night vision display and the bottom of the screen is endlessly rotating through various numbers and stats. At one point, instead of numbers, the screen reads "And now I see with eye serene the very pulse of the machine - Wordsworth", an excerpt of a William Wordsworth poem entitled "She Was a Phantom of Delight."
c.		The role of Ophelia Powers was originally offered to Julie Newmar.
d.		This movie has the last footage of film director Ted Demme.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		Sean Connery did not mind taking second billing in the movie, pointing out to an interviewer, "For the amount of money theyre paying me for this, they can put a mule ahead of me." During filming he became a close friend of Richard Harris. Harris later agreed to play the cameo role of King Richard the Lionheart in Robin and Marian as a favor to Connery, and in the late 1980s there was talk of them making another film together.
b.		Filmed on standing sets left over from _Cafe Metropole (1937)_ with Tyrone Power (I) and Loretta Young.
c.		The number plate of the bus 2525 was California 539724.
d.		The street names seen on Davids laptop screen (Ashford, Volker, etc.) are the names of prominent crew members.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.		The movie was filmed nearly sequentially; as soon as their characters were killed in the movie, the actors returned home. The emotion that Charlie Sheen shows in the closing helicopter scene was largely real, knowing that he was finally going home.
c.		Film debut of George Montgomery.
d.		On the Bonneville Salt Flats, cast and crew wearing long pants still managed to get sunburns on their legs; the white salty surface reflected the sunlight up their pant legs.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		Nancy Lasseter, wife of John Lasseter, told her husband that he needed to make this film for all the people - largely women - who dont care about cars. Hence, the films nickname during production was The Nancy Factor.
b.		The character of Dimitri was based on a European prince who vouched for Anna Andersons identity as Anastasia. The prince had only met Anastasia once and during her childhood, though, so he was not considered a very credible source.
c.		The main helicopter used during the "Welcome Wagon" operation was a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane which was outfitted with an array of flashing lights. In the DVD commentary, producer Dean Devlin said that when they first test-flew the helicopter with the lights on, over 150 calls were received in Orange County from callers who spotted the helicopter and, unsure of what it was, reported it as a "UFO sighting".
d.		Last credited film of Erich von Stroheim.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		Christian Slater (as Peter), Stephen Dorff (as Simon Cable), and Jennifer Love Hewitt (as Anna Cable) were originally set to star.
b.		Billy Crystal was originally offered the chance to voice Buzz Lightyear, but declined. After seeing the finished film, he said the decision was the biggest mistake of his career. Upon learning this, Pixar offered Crystal the role of Mike in Monsters, Inc., which he readily accepted.
c.		The story is allegedly inspired by Eugène Ionescos allegorical play "Rhinoceros", in which citizens of a small French village inexplicably turn into the titular animals one by one. As a nod to this literary source, Robert Englunds character is named "Ian Essko".
d.		The scene in which Will Smith drags the unconscious alien across the desert was filmed on the salt flats near Great Salt Lake in Utah. Smiths line, "And what the hell is that smell?" was unscripted. Great Salt Lake is home to tiny crustaceans called brine shrimp. When they die, the bodies sink to the bottom of the lake (which isnt very deep) and decompose. When the wind kicks up just right, the bottom mud is disturbed and the smell of millions of decaying brine shrimp can be very very bad. Apparently, nobody warned Will.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		Rushed into theaters to cash in on the hype created by Orson Wells Halloween radio broadcast of War of the Worlds.
b.		In the German-dubbed version Elizabeth (the Young Girl at the Post Office) lines were re-dubbed from "Twenty Rugrats stamps please" to "Pokémon stamps please" because Pokémon was more familiar with the German audience than Rugrats that time.
c.		When Will Smith enters the squadron locker room, the extras (pilots) watching television are real pilots from VMFAT-101, the Marine Corps FA-18 Training Squadron.
d.		The casino scenes were shot at the Riviera between 1:00 am and 4:am so as not to get in the way of the real gamblers. Although the casino didnt want the shoot to interrupt its business, that didnt prevent it from trying to lure more punters inside by putting up a large banner that said, "Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci Filming the New Movie Casino Inside!"

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		The movies line "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." was voted as the #57 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
b.		The names of the pilots on the status screen aboard Air Force One during the first retaliation attack are the last names of several of the films associate producers and video unit team.
c.		Desmond Young questioned everyone " . . . from field marshals to Desert Rats". This is a reference to the nickname adopted by the British 7th Armoured Division of the "Desert Rats", derived from the jerboa image used as a unit badge. The term has been also applied to members of the British Eighth Army, though there is contention over their right to adopt this nickname.
d.		The "tornado" was a 35-foot-long muslin stocking, spun around among miniatures of a Kansas farm and fields in a dusty atmosphere.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Independence Day (1996)?
a.		When Cal and Andy walk through the bookstore, the first book thats prominently visible in the upper left corner is "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova.
b.		Not a single real fixed wing aircraft was actually in the air at any time in this film.
c.		The Perry High School marching band from Perry, Georgia portrayed the marching band of TC Williams HS. Perry was chosen because their uniforms were of the same colors as those of TC Williams HS. All of the band music in the film is actually played by them, and as thanks for their participation in the film, they were given a semi-truck trailer.
d.		Natasha Lyonne later appeared in an episode of Relax! in which Kevin Corrigan co-starred as Eddie Finnerty.

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