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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).

About the movie: Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		Eugene Walter was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter of the 1920s and 1930s. 1851 Ivar Street was the address of the Alto Nido Apartments, where Walter lived, sometimes worked, and, ultimately died in 1941. As Sunset Blvd. opens, William Holdens character Joe Gillis describes himself as a Hollywood screenwriter "living in an apartment house above Ivar Street." As the camera cranes up into the apartment, we can see its the Alto Nido. The apartments, and the "Alto Nido" sign out front that is glimpsed briefly in the film, are still there today.
b.		This film was shot in six weeks in the summer of 1972.
c.		The evil robots arrive in the parking lot of the Circle-K convenience store, the same place where Bill and Ted first meet Rufus in Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure.
d.		In a deleted scene, where the character of Sallah is confronted by a Nazi soldier, John Rhys-Davies who was suffering from cholera at the time was required to bend down. Unfortunately this prompted the very sick Rhys-Davies to soil himself.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		Filmed in 1967, released briefly in 1970, re-released in 1977.
b.		A video release, making note of the actors death before production began, lists on the cassette box, "Almost Starring Bela Lugosi". This same box also touted the film as being "science fiction gold".
c.		Production designer Norman Reynolds had found a rusty looking ship that was perfect for the Bantu Wind. However, when the time came for this sequence to be filmed he was horrified to discover that the ship had been repainted and now looked pristine. It had to be swiftly repainted to achieve its distressed look.
d.		Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		Alfred Molinas screen debut. His first scene on his first day of filming involved being covered with tarantulas.
b.		The suit that Tracy wears throughout the film was bought by him off the rack, at his insistence.
c.		Natalie Portman stated after the experience she had working with director Darren Aronofsky that she would work with him again at any point in the future.
d.		Murtaghs boat is called "code 7" which is the L.A.P.D code for a lunch break

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		Indys battered leather jacket was actually brand new and had to be artificially aged by the costume department. There were 10 jackets for general wear and tear and stunt purposes.
b.		The time machine has been through several variations. In the first draft of the screenplay the time machine was a laser device that was housed in a room. At the end of the first draft the device was attached to a refrigerator and taken to an atomic bomb test. Robert Zemeckis said in an interview that the idea was scrapped because he and Steven Spielberg did not want children to start climbing into refrigerators and getting trapped inside. (See also Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.) The Nevada desert bomb test was left out in order to reduce the budget. In the third draft of the film the time machine was a DeLorean, but in order to send Marty back to the future the vehicle had to drive the DeLorean into an atomic bomb test.
c.		To train for his part, John Leguizamo hung out with a gang of drug dealers and gangsters for a few days. They told him how to spot surveillance vans and deal drugs.
d.		Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman worked so well together in Stranger Than Fiction (2006), they wanted to do another project together and got involved in "Last Chance Harvey".

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		After filming this movie, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes became very good friends.
b.		The company could only get Eddie Murphy for a brief, six week window, to shoot his role in the movie. He was in between shooting Life and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and had just a brief time in his busy schedule to work on this project.
c.		The Security Team members in the Vampires lair are all wearing black Vforce Armor paintball masks with smoke lenses, (to obscure the eyes from the camera,) and without the sun visor section.
d.		The out-of-control airplane actually ran over Harrison Fords knee, tearing his ligaments. Rather than submit to Tunisian health care, Ford had his knee wrapped in ice and carried on.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		The Star Wars satellite program referenced in the film was actually true. This was a part of the Cold War between the U.S. and Russia in hopes that both countries would find territories outside their respective countries in order to plant satellite stations so each country would be alerted in case of a nuclear attack on either side.
b.		The three drone robots Huey, Dewey, and Louie (named after Donald Ducks nephews) were operated by four multiple-amputee actors: Mark Persons, Steve Brown, Cheryl Sparks, and Larry Whisenhunt.
c.		Indys whip is 10 feet long, although some shorter versions were used, depending on the shot required.
d.		This was Katharine Hepburns only Western.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		Indiana Joness hat came from the famous Herbert Johnson hat shop in Saville Row, London. The hat was the shops Australian model. On the Bonus Features DVD, costume designer Deborah Nadoolman said that in order to properly age the hat, she grabbed and twisted the hat, then she and Harrison Ford both sat on it, and it eventually looked like "a very lived-in and well-loved" hat.
b.		There were 15 takes of Sissy Spacek slapping Marisa Tomei. The final version of the film used the first take.
c.		Captain Gibbs is astonished when Carl says his license plate number is "UDUNOME". Carl explains that "MRCOOL" was already taken. As seen later in the film (and in the original Gone in 60 Seconds), it was taken in reality - by Lyle Waggoner.
d.		The heroin processing lab was built by the Corsican mafia, and was so realistic that the entire set had to be guarded by French police when it wasnt in being used by the film crew. The mafia also advised on the methods used by drug smugglers to get heroin in the US (concealing the drug in freighter weights) and, according to John Frankenheimer, organized the permits for the traffic jam during the chase at the end of the film.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		George Lucas did some second unit work on the film.
b.		Co-stars J.T. Walsh and John Ritter both died of a heart attack at the age of 54.
c.		John Singletons Oscar nomination for Best Director at the age of 24 makes him the youngest director to ever receive such an accolade, beating Orson Welles by a good 2 years.
d.		A Merry Widow is a short, strapless corset or corselette with half-cups for the breasts and long garters. It was first made by the foundations company Warners of Bridgeport, CT in 1952, to coincide with the release of this movie.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		The 70mm IMAX prints of the film each consisted of 45 reels, which once assembled, were roughly 9.5 miles long and weighed 450 pounds.
b.		The giant boulder that chases after Indiana Jones at the start of the film was made of fiberglass. On the Bonus Features DVD, sound designer Ben Burtt said that in order to get the proper sound effects for the giant boulder, he and the sound crew tried pushing boulders down a hill, but the sounds they were getting werent up to par with what they were looking for, and later that day, as they were leaving in a Honda Civic that they coasted down a gravel embankment, Burtt noticed that the sound was just what they were looking for, so he grabbed a microphone and held it near one of the Civics rear tires to record the effect.
c.		Shot in four to five months
d.		Co-stars Jackie Cooper and Gene Reynolds would be reunited years later on the other side of the camera when Reynolds produced over a dozen episodes of *MASH** that were directed by Cooper.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
a.		At the end of the film real footage is shown of the present day USS Mason featuring Bill Clinton and Tommy Hilfiger. Hilfigers production company THEntertainment produced the film.
b.		The film earned over $400,000 the first week of its release, quite a large sum for its time, especially since it was only shown in Los Angeles and New York.
c.		Average Shot Length = ~8.7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~8.1 seconds.
d.		Philip Kaufman shares story credit with George Lucas because they originally dreamed up the film together in the 1970s. Reportedly, it was Kaufmans idea to pursue the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Originally, Kaufman was going to direct.

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