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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004).
About the movie:
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Reportedly,
Miles OKeeffe
did all of his own stunts in this movie.
b.
Episode titles: 1. The Hooded Terror 2. The Tigers Eye 3. A Womans Perfidy 4. The Man from Java 5. Spies Within 6. A Living Target 7. Germ Menace 8. The Untold Secret 9. Poisoned Darts 10. Double Crossed 11. Haunts of Evil 12. Flashes in the Dark 13. Enemy Aliens 14. Underworld Allies 15. The False Signal 16. The Vial of Death 17. The Death Switch 18. At the Pistols Point 19. The Hooded Terror Unmasked 20. Following Old Glory
c.
John and Bernie run the Winchester. These are the real names of the landlord and landlady who used to run
Simon Pegg
s local pub, the Shepherds in Highgate. John used to make toasted sandwiches for regulars, hence the reference to "the Breville out back." Pegg and
Nick Frost
were regular attendees of the Shepherds Thursday night quiz, hence the line "we do the quiz" when Shaun is knocking on the Winchesters door.
Chris Martin
of
Coldplay
, who plays a zombie in the film, also used to attend quiz night.
d.
Keith Scott
was originally cast as the voice of Diesel 10
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Ryan Gosling
built the kitchen table featured in the movie in preparation for his role as Noah.
b.
Night of the Living Dead
director
George A. Romero
was given a private viewing of the film near his home in Florida. During the scene in which Ed (
Nick Frost
) yells into the phone, "Were coming to get you, Barbara," Romero was oblivious to the fact it was a direct lift from his film
Night of the Living Dead
and only found out later after a phone conversation with director
Edgar Wright
.
c.
Frank Sinatra
was supposed to costar with his wife,
Mia Farrow
in this film but a film Farrow was working on was running behind schedule, so she refused. Sinatra got so mad, he made the film without her (casting
Jacqueline Bisset
in the role instead) and served her divorce papers on the set of that film,
Rosemarys Baby
.
d.
Mick Preston
and
Darren Dupree Washington
(the police offer and the pimp) originally auditioned for each others role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
The character Andres Bonifacio played by
Anthony Quinn
is supposed to be the grandson of Andres Bonifacio, a leader of the Philippine revolt against Spain in the late 19th century. The real Andres Bonifacios only child died of smallpox, so he had no grandchildren.
b.
All of the newsreaders and television presenters are real people portraying themselves.
c.
To play Chopins piano solos,Columbia Pictures first attempted to engage
Artur Rubinstein
, then
Vladimir Horowitz
. Rubinstein was offended when he was greeted by Columbia president
Harry Cohn
with a boisterous "Hiya, Ruby!" Horowitz got along better with Cohn, but did not wish to perform the severely cut versions of the Chopin pieces the film required.
d.
Remains one of the 50 highest grossing movies of all time (as of 2010 at #30) without adjusting dollars for inflation and is the oldest film to have such distinction.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Rowan Atkinson
s first movie. His character was a humorous supporting character called Nigel Small-Fawcett. He would later parody James Bond himself as
Johnny English
.
b.
Jeff Goldblum
hosted Saturday Night Live to promote this film. Four years earlier, he had hosted a few months after
Jurassic Park
had opened. That appearance also included a brief appearance by cast mate
Laura Dern
, with whom Goldblum was romantically involved at the time.
c.
79 sets were constructed for the film.
d.
The "pyjama zombie" had his voiced dubbed over by
Simon Pegg
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Actors were encouraged to improvise after they nailed their scripted takes, with the exception of two brief scenes, which were completely ad-libbed. The first is Nick begging his wife for sex, the second features Nick pleading to be allowed back in the bedroom.
b.
Marlon Brando
was once interested in playing Pablo Picasso and was trying to reduce weight on a banana diet.
c.
At one point, a zombie can be glimpsed wearing a yellow cycling helmet and lycra shorts. Hes played by comedian
Michael Smiley
, who made appearances in
Spaced
as a bicycle courier named Tyres.
d.
Warner Richmond
was thrown from his horse shortly after shooting began and fractured his skull, which is why hes seen for a very short time in the beginning of the film and then not seen at all for the rest of it.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Shaun berates Ed for calling the creatures zombies (which they are, of course). This may be referring to the fact that many zombie movies (including
Night of the Living Dead
and
Resident Evil
) never mention the word "zombie" at all. More likely this is a reference to
Danny Boyle
, director of
28 Days Later...
, and his insistence that it isnt a zombie movie.
b.
The name of Ana Pascals bakery is "The Uprising".
c.
In the original draft of the script, the TV stations call sign was WJAS, the call sign of an actual radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the film was shot. The call sign was replaced with WGON, which was not issued to any station at that time (it had been issued to an AM radio station in Munsing, Michigan, but the station had gone dark some time before). WGON has now been issued to a licensed low power FM radio station (WGON-LP, 103.7) in Slidell, Louisiana.
d.
The practice of trying members of the British gentry before their peers was put to a stop in 1946, six years after this movie was made.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
On the DVD (at least the region-two and region-one versions), there is a feature that plays an edited version of the scene where Pete yells at Shaun and Ed for playing the music too loud ("Ive got to go to fucking work in four fucking hours!") that has been dubbed over for television airings, thus replacing all obscenities. "Fuck" is replaced with "funk," "prick" becomes "prink." The feature has the fitting title "Funky Pete" and is found in the alternate bits section.
b.
The production was beset by 15 mile per hour, dust-laden winds when they were filming at Edwards Air Force Base.
c.
Boos real name is Mary, as shown briefly on one of the crayon drawings she shows to Sulley in the scene where Boo is going to sleep on Sulleys bed. The actress who provided the voice of Boo is
Mary Gibbs
.
d.
Halle Berry
,
Jada Pinkett Smith
and
Beyoncé Knowles
were considered for the role of Fox.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
While flicking through the Yellow Pages, Shaun finds the number for an Italian restaurant named Fulcis, a reference to Italian horror director
Lucio Fulci
.
b.
Alvin Sargent
secured a seven figure deal to rewrite
Spider-Man 2
and work on
Spider-Man 3
.
c.
Chris Nahon
was originally slated to direct.
d.
Into the Spiders Web was based on two of the Christopher Brooke novels written by Warren Chaney. The books villain, The Spider Woman, eludes authorities as in the film version. She is captured however, in a third book, not part of the original feature.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
When Darth Vader crushes the neck of Captain Antilles, the actual sound you hear is of walnut shells being crushed. The same sound effect is used in
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
, when Han Solo is freed from the carbonite.
b.
Shot in only 54 days.
c.
According to writer-director
Edgar Wright
in the DVD commentary, when Ed attempts to cheer Shaun up at the Winchester with plans of binge drinking, he is actually summarizing the events of the next day (Z-day) entirely in drinking references. "Bloody Mary" - Checkout Girl, "Bite at the kings head" - Phillip, "Couple" - David and Di, "Little Princess" - Liz, "Stagger back" - impersonate zombies, "Bar For Shots" - firing rifle.
d.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
was offered a role, but he turned it down claiming that there was no substance in the character. Rumor has it that
Dolph Lundgren
replaced him but actually the part of Scandinavian Gunnar Jensen was written by
Sylvester Stallone
with Lundgren in mind.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaun of the Dead (2004)?
a.
When Shauns girlfriend objects to going out to the Winchester he suggest a few other pubs, one of which is the Shepherds, which actually used to be
Simon Pegg
s local pub in Highgate until it was closed and reopened as a themed bar.
b.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
c.
All the killers phone calls were really done by
Roger Jackson
on set with a cell phone. At one point, the crew were contacted by the police demanding to know who they were because they thought there was a real killer making the phone calls.
d.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
wanted the lead role but was not approached.
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