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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miracle (2004) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miracle (2004) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004).

About the movie: Miracle tells the true story of Herb Brooks (Russell), the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Russian squad.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		Some historians claim Pontius Pilate was born in Scotland, where his father was posted as a Roman Centurion guard. On knowing this, Scottish comedian Billy Connolly tried to convince David Bowie to play Pontius Pilate "as a Scotsman." (Bowie did not.)
b.		First film of Ruth Roman.
c.		The book that Claire picks up is a collection of the writings of Shakespeare; the pages are open to Macbeth, a play which portrays a vengeful ghost haunting his murderer.
d.		The young men chosen to portray the members of Team USA were chosen primarily for their hockey skills due to the intensive nature of the filming; acting ability was secondary. In fact, for most of them, this was their first major film.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		In real life, the "Herbies" after the Norway game did not end with Mike Eruzione saying he played for the United States of America. They instead ended with Mark Johnsons frustration of having to do the Herbies, he smashed his stick against the glass.
b.		Director Jon Favreau was constantly harassed with demands to shoot/convert the film in 3-D, but he held his ground, claiming Westerns should only be shot on film.
c.		Ed Flanders was originally supposed to appear as the asylum warden, Dr. Temple, but assumed the role of Father Dyer as William OMalley (who played the part in The Exorcist) was too busy to reprise the role.
d.		Elizabeth Banks had previously played a family woman accused of murder in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		This film was indirectly referenced in numerous episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. In the original television spots for the film, Jimmy Smits name was announced in an unusual way: "Ellen Barkin. Switch. Jimmy Smits. Starts Friday." The writers of MST3K found it amusing that Smits name was announced after the title and not announced as "also starring Jimmy Smits" or "with Jimmy Smits", only as "Jimmy Smits". In various episodes, a character would say "Jimmy Smits" whenever the word "switch" was uttered or sometimes for seemingly no reason at all.
b.		It was challenging to show all four seasons within a 30-day filming schedule. Solutions included digitally darkening spring cherry blossoms to look like summer flowers and having crew members off camera throw falling silk leaves for autumn. There was a fluke snowstorm (unusual for March in Vancouver) and three different shots were coordinated that day before the snow could melt. Since fake snow can be expensive to put in a shot, this saved the film considerable money for the winter scenes.
c.		To avoid confusion, during filming Kurt Russell referred to the actors/hockey players cast as Team USA exclusively by their corresponding characters names or nicknames, not their real names. For the most part, the Team USA actors maintained this policy among themselves also.
d.		Although the connection was never acknowledged in the movie, the character of Johnny Nogerelli was originally intended to be the cousin of Danny Zuko from the first film. But with the character of Michael being the cousin of Sandy, the writers thought that there were too many similarities.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		The "man in Indiana" who chopped up six people and ate them the Liptons discuss is obviously a reference to Jeffrey Dahmer, with the first New York Post article about him in their paper.
b.		The notes for the first film of the Soviets that Coach Brooks is shown watching says, "19 February 1976 Moscow".
c.		One major reason for the films box office failure was the unforgiving process needed to have it ready for the studio-mandated June 18, 1993 release date, which left almost no time for follow-up editing or fine-tuning after a disastrous May 1st sneak preview. There were discussions about moving the release into July or August 1993, especially when Universal deliberately chose to open Jurassic Park on June 11th, but it was decided that doing so would turn off potential moviegoers. When the film was released and received widespread criticism, an anonymous movie worker said "We shouldnt have had Siskel & Ebert telling us the movie is ten minutes too long".
d.		In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #10 Greatest Movie of All Time.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
b.		One of the motivations behind making this movie was the indignation of many British World War 2 veterans (and civilians) over the movie U-571, in which the capture of the Enigma was shown to be done by American navy officers (despite the fact that the makers of that movie had indicated their movie to be a work of fiction and no accurate portrayal of the events leading to the capture of the Enigma).
c.		At the national team hockey tryouts, one of the main characters, Jack OCallahan greets another player Jim Craig, by saying, "Whats up, you sieve!" In ice hockey slang, a sieve is a goal tender who allows too many shots to go through into his/her net. Jim Craig was the goalie for the American team.
d.		With $42 million, holds the record the best opening ever for a movie musical. The former record holder was Mamma Mia!.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		The national anthem heard at Madison Square Garden is performed by Lauren Hart, who began singing the anthem on a regular basis at Philadelphia Flyers home games in 1997. Hart is also the daughter of late NHL Hall of Fame announcer Gene Hart, who broadcast for the Flyers from 1967-1995.
b.		Cyberdelia was built from scratch in an abandoned indoor swimming pool on the outskirts of London, with the center of the club in the depths of what was the pool. Producer Ralph Winter notes, "We never knew why, but the pool was designated an historic landmark, so great care had to be taken not to damage anything and to return it to its original state."
c.		In the new DVD version of the film, there are several added scenes. Elwood appears in one (sans sunglasses!) to tell his boss that he needs to quit because he wishes to become a priest.
d.		The film contains many references to William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, which was, according to Stephenie Meyer, a major influence for her writing of New Moon.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		The scene where Herb Brooks makes the team skate back and forth on the ice all night, after their 3-3 tie with Norway, was actually done by the real actors over a span of three days - 12 hours a day. The director wanted the moment to be as realistic as possible.
b.		Re-titled, and edited down to less than thirty minutes, it was sold to television in the early 1950s as part of a syndicated half hour mystery show.
c.		Lorenz Hart was asked to write more commercially appealing lyrics to "The Bad in Every Man" after this movie was released. The result was "Blue Moon," which was copyrighted under that title in December 1934.
d.		Ellen Page was rumored to star at one point. She later starred in the similar themed Super.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		Completed and copyrighted in 1914, but not released until 1915.
b.		The earrings that Howard Saint gives to his wife are not props but real Harry Winston diamonds, valued at $1 million.
c.		At theatrical showings in Monterrey, Mexico, women in the audience were given envelopes marked "Solo para mujeres" (for women only) containing tissues.
d.		While Al Michaels joined the film to recreate commentary for the games, Gavin OConnor decided to use the last 10 seconds of Michaels original "Do you believe in miracles?" call in the film because he felt he couldnt ask him to recreate the emotion he experienced at that moment. Thus they cleaned up the recording to make the transition to the authentic call as seamlessly as possible.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		The day that Herb has the players skate back and forth over the ice (after the tie with Norway) is known as "Herbies Day" by the cast.
b.		Allison Akin Clark (Jenny) and Jake Fry (Choreographer) worked together on a cruise ship before working together on this film.
c.		Official Selection Of The San Francisco Black Film Festival (2006)
d.		Ron Shelton has expressed distaste for the film because his script was completely revised by comedian Tony Hendra.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle (2004)?
a.		One of the producers, Pontus Sjöman previously worked with commercials in New York, where he met Ian McCrudden.
b.		The chanting played during the opening scene ritual includes the lineage of Buddhist teachers. Jodorowskys name appears exactly as the chant says "Shakyamuni", which refers Siddhartha Guatama, commonly known as "the" Buddha.
c.		Although Al Michaels and Ken Dryden recreated the bulk of their commentary for the film, the closing seconds of the game against the USSR use the actual original ABC Sports commentary from 1980.
d.		The film is inspired by the "Crazy Eights" unmanned train incident in 2001. The train, led by CSX Transportation SD40-2 #8888, left its Walbridge, Ohio, rail yard and began a 66-mile (106 km) journey through northwest Ohio with no one at the controls, after the engineer got out of the originally slow-moving train to correctly line a switch, mistakenly believing he had properly set the trains dynamic braking system, just as his counterpart in the movie did. Two of the real trains tank cars also contained thousands of gallons of molten phenol, similar to the fictional train in the film.

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