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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Jet Pilot (1957) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Jet Pilot (1957) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Jet Pilot (1957)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957).

About the movie: Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna. He falls in love with her, but she is scheming to lure him back to the USSR. But Shannon has a scheme of his own.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		Eileen Brennan and Hal Williams would go on to reprise their roles as regulars in the short lived 1981-83 TV series adaption. Damita Jo Freeman also co-starred in the series, but her characters name was changed from Pvt. Gloria Moe to Pvt. Jackie Sims.
b.		Howard Hughes intended to show off the latest in aircraft technology in 1950 (when this film was shot). By the time it was released to the public, in 1957, the aircraft featured were already obsolete.
c.		US$1 million was spent during the two days of filming at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
d.		George Tobias last film.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		The US Air Force, still taking advantage of Chuck Yeagers 1947 supersonic flight for publicity, offered his services as a stunt pilot. During a stunt involving the inverted dive of an F-86, Yeager misjudged the dive and overstressed the planes tail, causing the horizontal stabilizer to come apart while he was too low to eject. He barely managed to pull out.
b.		According to Richard Dreyfuss, he and Bill Murray did not get along during filming.
c.		The sunglasses worn by Cyclops are Oakley Pennys, although they look very similar to the glasses he wore in the original X-men they are in fact a different model (with Oakley Juliets appearing in the first film), both were modified with blinders around the lens. Oakley were also responsible for manufacturing the visor which Cyclops wears and in some shots Oakleys logo (a horizontally stretched "O") can be seen on the parts of the visor that cover Cyclops ears.
d.		As an additional marketing ploy a special "anti-cell" spot was created with Sid complaining to the audience about a ringing cellular phone. The same was done for Brother Bear, Robots and I, Robot.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		In their quest for authenticity, the Disney studios hired mostly Native American actors to do the voices. They also employed Native American consultants and had a session with a real shaman. Despite these efforts, prominent Native American activists issued an open letter condemning the film for its historical inaccuracies and stereotyping of the Indian people.
b.		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.
c.		Holden is named after a J.D. Salinger character. Zooey Deschanel, who plays Cheryl in this film, was herself named after a J.D.Salinger character.
d.		After intercepting the B-36 in a F-94 Starfire, they are shown departing in a F-80 Shooting Star.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		Don Bluth, John Pomeroy and Gary Goldman all left Disney to pursue this project, which had originally been rejected by their former employer as "too dark" to be a commercial success. They were followed soon after by 20 other Disney animators, dubbed "The Disney Defectors" by the trade press.
b.		The portrait of Zelda as a child also features a gray cat at the childs feet, an obvious foreshadowing.
c.		A reprise of "Chica-Chica-Boom Chic" sung by Alice Faye and Don Ameche was cut from the film.
d.		Russian "Yaks" were portrayed by Lockheed T-33As. Dark paint on the lower fuselage obscured the jet intakes, and the tip of the vertical stabilizer was painted light gray to change its outline.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		"The Hedda Hopper Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 19, 1946 with Susan Hayward reprising her film role.
b.		SWAT teams from all around Southern California actually train at the abandoned El Toro Marine Corps Base - the basic premise of the film - and also the place where Cultraro got the idea for the film.
c.		The original time machine was sold at the MGM studio auction in 1971, the same auction that originally sold the Ruby Slippers (see trivia for The Wizard of Oz). The winner of the auction was the owner of a traveling show. Five years later, the prop was found in a thrift store in Orange, CA. Film historian Bob Burns purchased it for $1,000. Using blue prints his friend, George Pal, had given him years earlier, he and a crew of friends restored it. The restoration crew included D.C. Fontana script consultant and writer on Star Trek and Michael Minor art director on Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Please see www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/props/timemachine.html for further info on this amazing prop.
d.		The last two flights of the first Bell X-1, Glamorous Glennis, were filmed for inclusion in Jet Pilot. It played the part of a Soviet "parasite fighter". The movie shows it being launched from Boeing EB-50A Superfortress, serial 46-0007. The X-1 was repainted for its role. The vertical stabilizer, fairings on the top and bottom of the fuselage, and the left wing and horizontal stabilizer were painted white. It continued to wear the movie makeup while displayed at the National Air and Space Museum until it was restored for installation in the Milestones of Flight Gallery in 1976.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		Introduced the song "Whos Sorry Now?" to the movies, which became a bigger hit than the movie ever would.
b.		Two opening title cards set the movies two periods and settings: "Easter Island, March 1886" and "Australia, August 1945".
c.		According to Halliwells Film Video & DVD Guide, this movie " . . . was probably the first film to use an action sequence to arrest attention before the credit titles."
d.		The gloss-black, prototype Northrop XP-89 scorpion appears in some scenes set in Russia.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		As of 2010, this is the only theatrical production in which James Bond dies during the course of events (in the concluding casino explosion).
b.		Dorothy Lamours last film.
c.		Airfield scenes set in Russia were actually filmed on the main flightline at George AFB, outside of Victorville California, which appeared suitably primitive.
d.		Originally cameo appearances were planned in the film for James Logan Howlett (Wolverine) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto), who were present during World War II (Logan was a soldier and Lensherr was a prisoner of war). These cameos were scrapped due to rights issues.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		In a later flight, his planes engine lost a turbine disk during a routine climb, forcing a dead-stick landing.
b.		Doc Ocks pier lab is supposed to be an old building that is slowly sinking into the river (exterior shots show that one end is already partially collapsed). For the interior set, the floor and ceiling were tilted at skewed angles to each other - which is extremely unusual and difficult to construct safely.
c.		A documentary which outlines a more factual and non-fictionalized account of the Battle of the Bulge entitled The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles was made and released a year after this movie was made.
d.		With Fearless, Jet Li has now been filmed as all of the "big three" amongst the historical martial artists in Qing Dynasty (1645-1911) China, whose exploits has been novelized and dramatized many times. They are 1) Fang Shiyu (c.1700s) in the Fong Sai Yuk series, 2) Huo Yuanjia (1868-1910) in Fearless, and 3) Huang Feihong (1847-1924) in the Wong Fei Hung series.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		Early in 1953, it was rumored that Audrey Hepburn would star opposite Marlon Brando as Desiree Clary in this film.
b.		Filmed between December 8, 1949 and February 8, 1950, this long held-back movie finally debuted on September 25, 1957 in Los Angeles, followed by its Manhattan opening at the Palace Theatre on October 4, 1957.
c.		The actors that play both the protagonist (Bruce Campbell) and the antagonist (Robert ZDar) have had the nickname The Chin.
d.		The bulk of the movie was filmed in the Catskill mountains inside a small cabin in the rural town of South Kortright, NY. Since filming took place during the weekends of January and February, the cabins coldest months of the year, this proved to create very difficult conditions during the exterior shots. It was not uncommon for temperatures, while filming outside, to be as low as -8 degrees Fahrenheit.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jet Pilot (1957)?
a.		Features a night intercept of a B-36B by a Lockheed F-94A Starfire. Although the scene is very dark, the rarely seen retractable 20mm cannon turrets of the B-36B are visible in the extended position.
b.		Fox first released the film with only a synchronized musical score, but then withdrew it to reshoot the last two reels with sound.
c.		William Holdens first film.
d.		Both William H. OBrien and William J. OBrien appear in this film (uncredited) saloon waiters.

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