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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Phantasm II (1988) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Phantasm II (1988) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Phantasm II (1988) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988).

About the movie: Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		Kevin Troys character, Lux Lucre, is named after the screen name of devoted Browncoat Kerry Pearson, who died of complications from diabetes shortly before the release of Serenity. (During the Fishers Pub scene, the bartender mentions to Lux his fight with "Kerry Nice Guy Pearson" some years prior.)
b.		This is the first entry in the series to feature the biggest, most destructive and deadliest kind of sphere: the Gold Sphere. Its the one armed with a laser, that pursues Mike and Liz crashing through several doors and ends up killing an undertaker by drilling his body from the back to the mouth.
c.		Alfred Hitchcock: [bathroom] Marion hides in the bathroom to count the required number of bills.
d.		Barbara Edens movie debut.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		This is the only movie in the Phantasm series not to feature the character of Jody, Mikes brother, played by Bill Thornbury in the previous and subsequent installments.
b.		Dennis Quaid lost over 30 pounds to play Doc Holliday, who suffered from tuberculosis.
c.		Michael Thomas Dunn lost 15 pounds, stopped shaving, and employed sleep deprivation for his portrayal of a homeless man.
d.		This is the movie that was double-billed with Cry of Battle at the Texas Theater in Dallas where Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended after allegedly assassinating president John F. Kennedy.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		Cagliostro appears in this movie as Spawns mentor. In real life, he was an occultist in the 1700s who traveled Europe and Egypt and would eventually found Occult Freemasonry. He was also a noted charlatan who would eventually be imprisoned in the Bastille and banished from France, then tried in Rome for heresy, magic, conjury, and Freemasonry. He died in solitary confinement in the castle of San Leo in 1795.
b.		The new look and destructive weapons of the silver spheres seems to be heavily inspired by a short story entitled "Second Variety" written by Philip K. Dick, of whom Don Coscarelli is a devoted fan. Said story features a lethal type of small robots known as "claws" and literally described as "a churning sphere of blades and metal" that attack from ambush "spinning, creeping, shaking themselves up suddenly from the gray ash and darting towards any warm body".
c.		While he was writing the novel, William Peter Blatty was collecting unemployment benefits.
d.		Shah Rukh Khan was offered a part in the movie, but declined.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		This is the only Terminator film to win (or be nominated for) an Oscar. It won 4 (and was nominated for 2 others).
b.		Due to its menacing look and killing properties, the cast and crew jokingly used to refer to the Gold Sphere as the "Rambo" sphere during filming.
c.		The California Governor Humvee is an obvious caricature of then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was also the first private owner of a Humvee (High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle) in the USA.
d.		In order to make Det. Jack Mosleys limp look realistic on screen, Bruce Willis put a pebble in his shoe and kept it there throughout the length of the shoot.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		The character names "Maud Bailey" and "Christabel LaMotte" refer to a special form of castle, the Motte-and-Bailey, widespread in the 11th/12th century.
b.		The experiment the medical student mentions, where Darwin preserved a worm in fluid until it came to life, is mentioned in Mary Shelleys foreword to the novel "Frankenstein." The Darwin in question was Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin.
c.		This is the only installment in the Phantasm movie series that does not include the entire original main cast (Bill Thornbury and his character did not appear in this film), and the only one to replace a main character with another actor (James LeGros played the part of Mike instead of A. Michael Baldwin).
d.		The Universal Studios first announced the making of this picture on 6 September 1972.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		Hal Stewart is an amalgamation of various comic characters: his appearance was based on Jimmy Olsen, he was named after the Green Lantern (a title notably held by Hal Jordan and John Stewart), and his character was based on Spider-Man 3s Eddie Brock.
b.		For the filming of the prologue sequence, Reggie Bannister dyed his hair black in order to look as young as he was during the last scene of Phantasm, filmed 10 years before.
c.		The films classic last line was thought up by the writers at the last minute on-set.
d.		Chapter Titles: 1. The Lone Ranger Returns 2. Masked Victory 3. The Black Raiders Strike 4. The Cavern of Doom 5. Agents of Deceit 6. The Trap 7. Lone Ranger at Bay 8. Ambush 9. Wheels of Doom 10.The Dangerous Captive 11.Death Below 12.Blazing Peril 13.Exposed 14.Besieged 15.Frontier Justice

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		Sam Raimi, good friends with Don Coscarelli, actually visited the set on more than one occasion.
b.		Ruggero Deodato, the director of the controversial 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust, has a brief cameo as a cannibal in the film.
c.		At the very beginning of the movie, the sign for the trailer park where Rumpelstiltskin lives has the inscription "Abandon all hope ye who enter here", which is what is said to be on the gates of Hell, according to the English translation of Dante Alighieris The Divine Comedy.
d.		This film, which is presumed lost, contains the earliest known appearance of the legendary Erich von Stroheim, who appears as an extra in a restaurant scene, proving he began his career at least two months before he appeared in "The Birth of a Nation."

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		This movie marks James LeGros first starring role in his acting career.
b.		The "Illustra" scenes were filmed at a real department store, Boscovs. It easy to distinguish by the square chandeliers and neon department signs on the walls.
c.		The skydiving equipment the Gypsy Moths use in the film was sport parachuting state-of-the-art for the late 1960s. The three jumpers personal gear consisted of Para-Commander main parachutes in "Piggyback" containers and harnesses made by the Pioneer Parachute Company, Pioneer jumpsuits, Bell helmets, Altimaster wrist altimeters, and French-designed and manufactured "Paraboots". The goggles they wore were a commercially-available type identical to the Polaroid M-1944 military goggle, their light gloves a commonly-available work or truckers driving glove.
d.		On the Special Features of the DVD, Kane Hodder talks about a near-fatal take thats in the movie. When Jason falls through the stairs, only a certain amount of the steps were meant to give way. Kanes head narrowly misses one of the actual steps as he goes through.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		The scene in which Heidi is suddenly squirted in the face while milking a goat was planned without Shirley Temples knowledge. A tube of milk was attached to the goat udder where Temple couldnt see it, and when she was squirted, her surprised reaction was genuine.
b.		A special version of the final dialogue exchange was filmed exclusively for the theatrical trailer and television spots set inside the mausoleum instead of the hearse. This way; the dialogue could be featured in advertising and still not spoil the ending of the film.
c.		The title came from a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen on his album "Darkness On The Edge Of Town". Original plans were for the song to be featured on the film soudtrack but when Springsteen found out the song would be rerecorded by other vocalists, he withdrew permission for the song to be used.
d.		The film was shot with two endings. The original version of the film, previewed in Orange, California on 26 May 2004, had the other ending, in which Catherine Zeta-Joness character Amelia goes into Manhattan with Viktor. The changes to the film caused the start date of Steven Spielbergs next film Munich to be pushed back a number of weeks, which meant that Ben Kingsley could no longer appear in it, due to his commitment to appear in Roman Polanskis Oliver Twist.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Phantasm II (1988)?
a.		Peter Frampton wanted to get on the trampoline during the "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" sequence, but was disallowed because he wasnt insured.
b.		Before sending Marty back to 1885, Doc mentions that he uses the drive-in theatre so Marty doesnt run into a tree that existed in the past. In the first movie, one of the first things Marty does in 1955 is run into farmer Peabodys pine tree that existed in the past.
c.		Courtney Love was arrested several times in Mississippi and Tennessee during filming for wearing her outrageous and revealing costumes in public. While filming a particular scene in a jail, one of the female officers working mistook Love for being a criminal on her way in for booking and handcuffed her.
d.		A sequence involving an entire 2-story house exploding in flames was filmed using a genuine house which was in the path of the California 105 freeway construction. The production company bought the house for $200 from the State of California, under the condition that they would move it from the site. The house was rigged with primer cord, mortars, black powder bombs and a plenty of gasoline and blown up. Afterwards, the company kept their word and removed what was left of the house.

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