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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knute Rockne All American (1940) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knute Rockne All American (1940) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knute Rockne All American (1940)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940).

About the movie: The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		The names of Dr. Evils lesser minions are displayed next to the buttons he pushes to send them into the fiery pits. In the opening scene, the following assassins end up in the pit: Generalisimo, Jurgen, Don Luigi and Rita, who is dressed as a meter maid (refering The Beatles song Lovely Rita). In the scene where Dr. Evil addresses the United Nations, his henchmen include four men in business suits. They are identified as Number 4, Number 5, Number 6 and Number 7. We can assume Frau Farbissina is Number 3.
b.		Despite having a major extended cameo in the second half the film. No footage of Peter Ustinov appears in the trailer.
c.		The movies line "Tell em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." was voted as the #89 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
d.		Stephen Boyd replaced Charlton Heston

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		There are several references to Frank Herberts Dune, including a bar named "Dune" and a scene where Mike is forced to insert his hand into a black box that inflicts pain as part of a test.
b.		Lloyd Bacon replaced director William K. Howard, who was discharged over a disagreement with the studio. Reportedly he wanted to have Rockne to convert to Catholicism in the film.
c.		From a budget of $1 million, the film lost over $600,000 - a huge amount of money for a small studio like RKO.
d.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 11, 1948 with Edward G. Robinson and Burt Lancaster reprising their film roles.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		Some filming was done in the same tank that was built for the filming of Titanic, in Rosarito, Mexico.
b.		The only film for which Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn (I) competed with a co-star for the same Best Actress Academy Award. However, the award went to Simone Signoret.
c.		James Cagney, eager to break out of gangster roles, lobbied hard for the part of Knute Rockne. But Cagney had signed a petition in support of the anti-Catholic Republican government in the Spanish Civil War. Notre Dame University had control over all aspects of the filming and would not okay Cagney for the role.
d.		According to Steve Boeddeker, the MPAA gave the film an "R" rating due to a single sound effect, which was later removed. It was the sound of the knife stabbing Lucius. Boeddeker has stated that the scene worked even better without it.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		William Holden, John Wayne, Robert Young, and Robert Cummings were considered for the role of George Gipp, but only Dennis Morgan and Ronald Reagan tested for it, with Morgan having the edge until the last minute.
b.		The effects of acceleration is shown by the way the actors faces distort. According to a magazine article this was done by gluing thin strips of flesh-colored fabric on their faces. The fabric was in turn tied to fishing line which was passed through the "acceleration couches" and pulled by crew members to stretch the skin.
c.		In 1971, United Artists distributed this film on a double bill with Lawman starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan.
d.		Robert Mitchums autobiography contains many spurious accounts of the making of the film; one, for example, concerns director Charles Laughton, and how he supposedly found the script by James Agee totally unacceptable, rewriting it himself. This has been disproved by the discovery of Agees 293-page first draft, back in 2004, which is, scene-for-scene, the film that Laughton directed.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		In addition to the fee he received for selling the rights to his life story, Al Jolson also was paid $25,000 for recording the songs for the film.
b.		Voted number 1 in Cuatros (Spain) "Tu película Disney"
c.		The football history portrayed in the movie plays fast and loose with a key element of college gridiron development. The film depicts Rockne developing the forward pass in the teens, as an undergraduate at Notre Dame. But the forward pass was legalized and used during the 1906 football season.
d.		The Ten Gentlemen of the title are portrayed by the following actors: George Montgomery (as Dawson), John Sutton (as Shelton), David Bacon (as Shippen), Dick Winslow, Roger Kirby, Stanley Parlan, Gene Rizzi, Max Cole Tom Neal, and John Meredith.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		When we see Alex and Eric sleeping, we can see the cover of the book Eric has been reading: US Army Technical Manual #31-201-1, which covers the making and use of Incendiary devices.
b.		After viewing the finished film at a private screening, John Wayne jokingly said, "Ill be damned if Im not the stuff men are made of!"
c.		Shot in 20 days.
d.		Elmer Layden eventually became the first to have the title Commisioner of the NFL after leaving his coaching job at Notre Dame in the 1940s.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		Pat OBrien, Ronald Reagan and Donald Crisp recreated their roles for a 12/2/40 episode of Lux Theater, but Gale Pages part was enacted by Fay Wray.
b.		"Baby Oliver" was cast before he was even born. The producers chose a woman who was pregnant with twin boys who would deliver about the time filming began so the baby would genuinely be a newborn baby, as his character is.
c.		After the arraigning judge refers to Willy Beachum as 007 he sleeps with Nikki Gardner. Rosamund Pike who played Nikki also portrayed Miranda Frost in Die Another Day. In that movie Miranda slept with 007.
d.		Several of the actors wrote messages on their helmets worn throughout the movie. Charlie Sheens helmet reads, "When I die, bury me upside-down, so the world can kiss my ass", while Johnny Depps simply reads, "Sherilyn", a tribute to Sherilyn Fenn, whom Depp was dating at the time. Mark Moses (Lt. Wolfe) had on his helmet a drawing of MAD magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman with the phrase "What, me worry?" and, according to Tom Berenger, this caused Oliver Stone to laugh hysterically once during filming.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		Jack Nicholson appeared in this film mainly as a favor to the director, Henry Jaglom. Nicholson did the film for no pay, his only demand was that he be given a new color television set.
b.		One of only two movies to be filmed on the University of Notre Dame campus. The other was Rudy.
c.		In a separately filmed trailer, Jack Mulhall and Dorothy Mackaill discuss the film.
d.		Chris Rock makes an appearance as the valet at the Playboy Mansion who complains about Axel bringing in a cement truck. This is his first role on the big screen; Rock was featured in an HBO comedy special (which featured aspiring comedians e.g. Robert Townsend, Marsha Warfield) which was produced by Eddie Murphy and his childhood friend Clint Smith.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		Patrick Stewart wanted his lifelong friend Brian Blessed to play Admiral Dougherty.
b.		The unnamed "disease" that killed George Gipp wasnt a disease, it was actually complications from strep throat.
c.		The temple on the hill in Cambodia on which Lara lands on is Phnom Bakheng which is just outside the South Gate of the city of Angkor Thom. Next, when we see her drive her jeep off, Lara is at Bayon, at the center of Angkor Thom. The temple with trees overgrown on it, where Lara falls into the hidden tomb, is Ta Prohm.
d.		This is the first "Star Trek" film to list its cast in alphabetical order, rather than by who the leads are. This was done to reflect the ensemble nature of the films cast.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knute Rockne All American (1940)?
a.		Universals The Spirit of Notre Dame was also based on Knute Rocknes life.
b.		The schools each character is going to, and their major: Troy: Berkeley, Theatre (basketball scholarship) Gabriella: Stanford, Pre-law Chad: University Of Albuquerque, Undecided (basketball scholarship) Taylor: Yale, Political Science Sharpay: University of Albuquerque, Theatre Ryan: Juilliard, Choreography Kelsi: Juilliard, Music/Songwriting
c.		The aircraft used for the fictional MiG-28s are Northrop F-5E (single seat) and F (two seat) Tiger IIs, which were used by TOPGUN as aggressor aircraft.
d.		Michelle Trachtenberg had never skated before. She learned professional skating for this movie in 10 months.

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