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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : King Kong (1976) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : King Kong (1976) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976).

About the movie: A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		In the film, Chapman buys a copy of J.D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye, signs it as Holden Caulfield and writes in it This is my statement. The real Chapman did so before killing John Lennon.
b.		The e.e.cumings poem isnt actually on page 112 of the book that Elliot buys for Lee.
c.		The full-sized mechanic arms were suspended from a crane in order to extend and lift Jessica Lange 30 to 40 feet in the air.
d.		The name of the man who runs the hotel that Mel and Goldie check into following the helicopter chase is Norman as it is in Psycho

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		For shots of Kong holding Jessica Lange, the filmmakers built giant hydraulic gorilla arms. The hands were six feet across and the arms weighed 1,650 lbs. each. The design was complex, so the arms were not ready until shooting was well underway. When they were finally built, producer Dino De Laurentiis was invited to the set to witness a test. He walked into the studio, and the giant arm extended in his direction. Then the middle finger slowly uncurled and extended itself. De Laurentiis broke up. So did the arm. It was frozen, finger up, for a week.
b.		Keiko was originally supposed to be a high school student, intentionally as an homage to Asian schoolgirls in anime cartoons. However, certain powers that be found it to be too risky and she is now a college student in the film.
c.		James Newton Howard was going to compose with Hans Zimmer, but when he was replaced, Zimmer bowed out as well. Philip Glass and Geoff Zanelli came into the project instead.
d.		Anthony Quayle spent part of WWII in Albania organizing guerilla forces.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		The 40-foot Kong was constructed with a 3.5-ton aluminum frame, covered with rubber and 1,012 pounds of Argentinian horse tails, sewn into place individually. Its insides were comprised of 3,100 feet of hydraulic hose and 4,500 feet of electrical wiring. It was controlled by 20 operators and cost a total of $1.7 million.
b.		"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 31, 1951 with Alan Ladd reprising his film role.
c.		The actors playing the Romulans spent 2-4 hours applying make-up; three prosthetics were applied to the ears and foreheads, and Eric Bana had a fourth prosthetic applied for the bite mark on his head. The actors also shaved their heads in order to differentiate them from Vulcans; previous series designed the Romulans with ridged foreheads.
d.		Originally, Dustin Hoffman was directing the film. But he changed his mind after a few days of filming and hired Ulu Grosbard.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		The character of "Borat" was heavily criticized by the Kazakh Government, "being a concoction of bad taste and ill manners which is incompatible with the ethics and civilized behavior of Kazakhstans people". Sacha Baron Cohen aka "Borat" gave a faked press conference at the White House gates on 29 September 2006, just one day before an official visit of Kazakhstans president. The Kazakh government hired two Western public relations firms to counter Borats claims, running a four-page advertisement in The New York Times implicitly rebutting many of the claims made by Borat. Kazahkstan has since changed their strategy by playing along, going so far as inviting Borat to visit Kazahkstan.
b.		Samsung produced 10,000 cell phones like the one seen in the film (model SPH-N270) which sold out quickly.
c.		Prior to being a film, The Man in the Glass Booth existed as both a novel and a play, both written by Robert Shaw.
d.		Seven different masks were created by Carlo Rambaldi, and molded by Rick Baker to convey various emotions. Separate masks were necessary as there were too many cables and mechanics required for all the expressions to fit in one single mask. The masks were comprised of a plastic skull over which were placed artificial muscle groups activated by cables which entered the costume through Kongs feet, with the outer latex skins molded by Baker were placed over the top. The masks used hydraulics to provide movement, so much like the mechanical Kong and hands, the facial expressions were controlled by the team of operators working off-set with the control boards. To complete the look of a gorilla, Baker wore contact lenses so his eyes would resemble that of a gorillas.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		While filming Gregory Peck decided to become a cowboy in real life, so he purchased a vast working ranch near Santa Barbara, California - already stocked with 600 head of prize cattle.
b.		A lot of pre-release publicity was given to a giant mechanical robot being built by Carlo Rambaldi for use in this film. It appears on screen for less than a minute in the final version.
c.		Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale met while attending the University of Southern California Film School. One of USCs most famous school presidents was Rufus von Kleinschmidt, and several buildings on campus bear his name. Ironically, one of von Kleinschmidts many accomplishments was helping start the film school.
d.		Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke reprise their roles as Celine and Jesse from Before Sunrise written by Richard Linklater.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		Scott Careys cat was played by feline actor Orangey, according to the book "Hollywood Cats".
b.		An emergency distress call is transmitted to Sky Captain by means of visible radio waves, coming from a radio tower that is unrealistically large and out of proportion in relation to the size of the Earth. This is a reference to RKO Radio Pictures Inc., whose logo features an abnormally large radio tower sitting on top of the Earth, emitting visible radio waves.
c.		This movie was shot "Mariachi Style", meaning the audio was shot separately from the visuals and matched up in editing later.
d.		Jessica Langes screen test consisted of three scenes: Dwans discovery in the life raft by the Petrox crew Dwan convincing Fred Wilson to let her join the crew on the island Dwan throwing her fit and hitting Kong in the nose, which was a pillow positioned above the camera at the time.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		Cameron Crowe: [To Kill a Mockingbird] Immediately after the opening credits, William Miller and his mother are having a discussion about Atticus Finch, the protagonist of "To Kill a Mockingbird".
b.		Four ape suits were created and worn by Rick Baker and realistically depicted the appropriate musculature beneath the fur through a special undersuit with silicone-filled muscles. The hands of the costume used animatronic extensions, again controlled by operators off set, so as to give Kong appropriately gorilla-like long limbs.
c.		The same car Chris Farley and David Spade drive in Tommy Boy can be seen parked in front of the Rec Center Farleys character works at.
d.		A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		The seventeenth of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.
b.		The poem quoted by Peg Born (Lilli Palmer) is "The Tiger" by William Blake, an English poet and artist.
c.		Donald Pleasences character, Father Loomis, is named after the character he played in the Halloween movies.
d.		Carlo Rambaldis life-size mechanical Kong was constructed after establishing the size of the hands in comparison to Jessica Lange, then scaling the body to the hands. A 40-foot Kong model was then constructed to create the rubber and horsehair skin for the mechanical Kong.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		The yellow and red insignia on Ferriss beret is that of the 32nd armored regiment; the motto at the bottom illegible in the film reads "Victory or Death". This was Elvis Presleys regiment when he was in the army and in "G.I. Blues".
b.		The pool hall at Pleasure Island is in the shape of a giant eight ball with a tall cue-shaped structure standing nearby. This is a neat takeoff on the Trylon and the Perisphere at the 1939 New York Worlds Fair.
c.		Peter OToole was approached to play Dillinger/Sark, but after reading the script he became very interested in playing Tron.
d.		Other than the massive mechanical Kong, Carlo Rambaldi constructed the two mechanical hands that held Jessica Lange under the supervision of Glen Robinson at MGMs construction department. Made out of duraluminum metal with special bolts placed in the knuckles to prevent the hand from closing too tightly - even if the main cable in the wrist broke - and covered with rubber and Argentinian horsetails, the hands took 4-1/2 months to create.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (1976)?
a.		According to director Robert Wise, the movie was shot entirely in Reno, Nevada. They used the newspaper there, the City Hall, the street. Not one shot was filmed in the studio. IT was filmed in 22-23 days.
b.		José Ferrer won the 1947 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Cyrano de Bergerac" for his portrayal of the title role.
c.		Carlo Rambaldis mechanical King Kong is the largest mechanical creature ever created, towering a little over 40 feet.
d.		Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch were considered for the role of Jonah Hex.

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