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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mean Girls (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mean Girls (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004).
About the movie:
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
The Russian spaceship
Aleksei Leonov
was named for the cosmonaut who was the first man to perform an extravehicular activity (spacewalk).
b.
The script was written in ten days.
c.
Initially,
Lindsay Lohan
was cast as Regina, but decided to play the "nice girl" so the public wouldnt base her real personality on Reginas.
Rachel McAdams
was chosen to play the "mean girl" because "only nice girls can play mean girls" according to the producer.
d.
Ione Skye
once dated
Anthony Kiedis
, lead singer of the
Red Hot Chili Peppers
, whose song "Taste the Pain" opens the movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
This sequel was announced after the weekend box office return of its predecessor
A Nightmare on Elm Street
.
b.
Nearly earned an R rating for explicit, risqué gags and jokes which were subsequently cut.
c.
During the filming of this picture the cast, director and some of the crew members actually lived in the house that serves as the exterior of the Van Buren mansion.
d.
Marlene Dietrich
s only Italian-made motion picture.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
During the scene where the Sheriff orders Grace Sherwood "ducked" in the lake for being a witch, the row boat was slowly filling up with water and had to be bailed out with paper coffee cups between shots.
b.
During the song "On The Open Road" Goofys key chain has the famous Walt Disneys logo "D" on it.
c.
In the scene where Cady was asked if her "muffin was buttered", the line was originally going to be, "Is your cherry popped?" The same goes for the girl who "made out with a hot dog" this was going to be "masturbated with a hot dog". These were omitted in order for the film to gain a PG 13+ rating instead of a R
d.
The Albert Hall sequence lasts 12 minutes without a single word of dialogue and consists of 124 shots.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
The Harvard scene is actually filmed at Manhattan College.
b.
Producer-star
Charles Ray
sank most of his fortune into this movie, which wound up costing over $1 million. It was a catastrophic failure and permanently damaged Rays career.
c.
Amanda Seyfried
, who plays Karen in the film, was initially supposed to play Cady, but producer
Lorne Michaels
thought she would be better as the "dumb girl".
d.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3718,
Billie Dove
talks to the audience about the movie.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
Daniel Day-Lewis
and
Judi Dench
had previously worked together onstage in a 1989 production of "Hamlet", as Hamlet and Gertrude. Day-Lewis infamously broke down during a scene and abruptly left the stage, never to return. Before filming began for "Nine", Day-Lewis sent Dench a note saying, "I promise not to run out on you this time."
b.
Kirk Douglas has announced that this will be his last movie.
c.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #75 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list.
d.
Tim Meadows
broke his hand before shooting and had to wear a cast, so the explanation that his character Mr. Duvall had carpal tunnel was added.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
Lacey Chabert
was the first and only choice for the role of Gretchen.
b.
Robert Montgomery
was accidentally knocked unconscious during the fight scene with
Norma Shearer
.
c.
When original director
Jonathan Demme
became unavailable, writer
Howard Franklin
and producer
Bill Murray
couldnt agree on who would be a good director for the project. So they decided to do the job themselves.
d.
David Mamet
worked on the film as a script doctor. He significantly re-wrote the script, making major changes to character and dialogue from
J.D. Zeik
s original. There was a dispute between the studio, the director and the WGA over the credit, with MGM and the WGA insisting that Zeik be given story credit and billing over Mamet. They wouldnt back down and so Mamet asked that his name either be removed or placed under a pseudonym. The credits of the film now read as "Story by
J.D. Zeik
. Screenplay by
J.D. Zeik
and Richard Wiesz".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
Although the movie was not filmed in the rich north suburbs of Chicago known as the North Shore (where it is said to take place), several real places in the area are mentioned. These include Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, Illinois (although the scene was filmed at Sherway Gardens in Etobicoke, Ontario), Walker Brothers Pancake House (the gift certificates at the end have the restaurants real logo), and Northwestern University. In addition, a deleted scene featured on the DVD mentions Heckys, a real barbecue restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. School scenes were filmed at Lincoln Park High School, Chicago. Exterior shots of the school were of Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, Etobicoke, as well as hallway scenes. Some scenes also filmed at a lake front park in Lincoln Park, Chicago.
b.
Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg
arranged for
Shia LaBeouf
to be on the casting shortlist for this film because he was impressed by LaBeoufs work on
Holes
. Disturbia, in turn, convinced Spielberg that LaBeouf could handle the action starring roles in
Transformers
and
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
.
c.
Cinematographer Michael Marius Pessah shot the black-and-white sequences on Fuji color film, removing the color in the transfer to create the glossy yet contrasted look.
d.
Development of this production started in 1966.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
According to casting director
Howard Feuer
,
Glenn Close
was paid "an outrageous fortune" for three weeks work as the leading lady. And while leads
Jeremy Irons
and
Ron Silver
were paid quite handsomely, supporting players
Julie Hagerty
,
Fisher Stevens
and
Uta Hagen
had to settle for scale plus 10.
b.
Amy Poehler
who plays Mrs. George is only seven years older than her on screen daughter
Rachel McAdams
(Regina George).
c.
Although its commonly believed that the famous "jump cut" is from the bone being tossed in the air to a ship floating in space, it is in fact not a spaceship, its a nuclear device circling the earth. So the bone being used as the "first" murder weapon is thrown to the "ultimate" weapon. Originally the "star child" was to detonate this device and all the other devices that were circling the earth.
Stanley Kubrick
decided against the ending as it was too similar to the end of his previous film
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
, where nuclear bombs are exploded.
d.
The pickup line used by the donkey when the carriage is driving through Far Far Away - "Hey, good lookin. Well be back to pick you up later" - is taken from a 1970s commercial for Mr. Microphone, which turned any radio or stereo system with an FM tuner into a PA for a hand-held wireless microphone.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
The title is taken from the phrase "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?", meaning taking massive effort in achieving something minor. (See: "using a sledgehammer to crack a nut".)
b.
The sequence with Lisa (
Jacinda Barrett
) was filmed months after principal photography was completed. It was decided after the film was done that a death scene needed to occur much earlier in the film. This is why the character is never mentioned before or after her appearance.
Anson Mount
actually had to wear a wig during this sequence because he had cut his hair significantly since.
c.
Martin Freeman
previously appeared in
Hot Fuzz
, which featured cameos by director
Peter Jackson
as "Santa Claus,"
Cate Blanchett
(Galadriel) as a CSI, and
Bill Nighy
(who played Sam Gamgee on BBC Radio) as a police officer. He also appeared in
Shaun of the Dead
, also opposite Nighy, as well as
Penelope Wilton
, who had been married to the previous Bilbo,
Ian Holm
.
d.
In the book upon which the movie is based, the most popular girl in a school is given the title "Queen Bee". In the movie, the character who fits that description is named Regina - "queen" in Latin.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mean Girls (2004)?
a.
Kevin Gnapoors phone number on his business card uses the North Shores real area code, 847.
b.
Harrison Ford
thought that "Frantic" was a misleading title for the film as the script didnt have a frantic pace. He suggested that "Moderately Disturbed" would be a more appropriate title.
Roman Polanski
wasnt amused.
c.
Shot in 45 days.
d.
Shot in six days.
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