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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Spaceballs (1987) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Spaceballs (1987) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Spaceballs (1987) - Part (3)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987).

About the movie: Planet Spaceball's President Skroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal Planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		Rob Cohen and screenwriter Ezra Sacks actually attended Harvard. After the film crew was barred from filming in Harvard Yard, Cohen found ways to sneak his crew in to get the remaining shots they needed.
b.		Mel Brooks came up with the idea for this film when he discovered he had yet to spoof space movies, since he already destroyed the western films with Blazing Saddles, made fun of the horror genre with Young Frankenstein, and gave silent movies the ax with Silent Movie.
c.		Film was believed lost but has been found and is awaiting funding for restoration.
d.		Alan Arkin turned down the film twice because he didnt like the character he was being offered; he thought Aaronow was an inherently unlikable and stupid character. However, upon reconsideration, Arkin created a backstory for Aaronow - he hadnt been a sales man very long, he was a teacher by trade, but the school in which he worked had got shut down, and he needed a job to support his family. Arkin says that he played Aaronow as an innocent rather that the usual stage depiction of him as a weak willed bumbler.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		In very beginning of the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas you can hear the song "My Favourite Things", which is contained in this movie. During the 27 seconds this song is played, you can see a sign held by a Vietnamese man with the name "Selma" on it.
b.		Neil Jordan retained final cut on the film.
c.		In the DVD Commentary, Mel Brooks talks about the various Jewish-related jokes (i.e. "Druish Princess", etc.) and how he felt ashamed for putting those jokes in the movie in the first place, but also felt proud for leaving them in the movie.
d.		The scenes with the Spitfires were filmed in the UK. The Spitfires were from 602 squadron under the command of Squadron Leader Sandy Johnstone who were resting in early 1941 in Scotland after fighting in the Battle of Britain.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		Optimus Primes death is something of a series trademark. Starting from The Transformers: The Movie, almost every Transformers series has featured Optimus Prime (or his equivalent in Beast Wars: Transformers) dying, only to be resurrected some time later.
b.		After "The Brave One won the Oscar for Best Screenplay, independent producer Edward Nassour sued its producers the King Brothers over plagiarism. It seems the script for "The Brave One bore an uncanny resemblance to that for "Ring Around Saturn," a stop-motion animation feature Nassour had been working on with a script written by Paul Rader. The King Brothers settled the dispute by paying out to Nassour the sum of $750,000 in an out-of-court settlement. It turned out that blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo had written the script for "The Brave One" using the pseudonym of Robert Rich.
c.		Princess Vespas name is a joke in-and-of itself: Vespa is the Italian word for a wasp. In North American slang, the term WASP can connote a white vainglorious person of high breeding.
d.		The line quoted by Doc at the end of the fight at the OK Corral is historically true and was reported in the Tombstone papers reporting the fight. When confronted by one of the Cowboys at point blank range, the Cowboy reportedly said, "I got you now Doc, you son of a bitch," to which Doc gleefully retorted, "Youre a daisy if you do!"

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		Judy Garlands first film since A Star Is Born, seven years before.
b.		Zona Gale re-wrote her novel into a play, which was first produced by Brock Pemberton at the Belmont Theater, New York. The premier took place on 27 December, 1921. The following cast was featured: Carroll McComas as Lulu Bett, William Holden as Dwight Deacon, Catherine Doucet as Ina Deacon (billed as Catherine Calhoun Doucet), Jack Lionel Bohn as Bobby Larkin (billed as Jack Bohn), Willard Robertson as Neil Cornish, Louise Closser Hale as Miss Bett (misspelled as Louis Closser Hale), and Brigham Royce as Ninian Deacon, plus Lois Shore as Manona Deacon and Beth Varden as Diana Deacon.
c.		John Pomeroy was the supervising animator for John Smith and watched a number of Erroll Flynn (I) movies to get the movements of the character down pat. Once the look of Smith was finalized, 14 other animators were drafted in to make him come to life.
d.		The castle on Druidia is King Ludwig IIs Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. It has been modified by matte painting with additional ramps. Neuschwanstein Castle has been featured in many motion pictures, and is the original inspiration for the castle at Disneyland.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		Cameron Diaz was originally set to play Sonya Blade, but she broke her wrist before filming and was replaced by Bridgette Wilson.
b.		According to Hayden Panettiere, Christina Waters first appearance in the movie was her favorite scene to film because - unlike Christina - she always feels confident and comfortable in a bathing suit.
c.		Six complete Dot Matrix suits were built for Lorene Yarnell Jansson to wear and all of them were used up due to breakage on set. For the interior scenes, the feet were outfitted with roller skates, but for the desert exteriors she was given flat-bottomed shoes. Dots face was somewhat inspired by Joan Rivers who had already been contracted to provide the voice.
d.		Korngold composed a title song for the film, with lyrics by Al Dubin, to be sung during the party scene, attended by Errol Flynn and Kay Francis. This was dropped but the music of the song is heard in an instrumental version.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		More or less remade as El Dorado.
b.		Dolores Hart sings "Detour" in the film. The song was originally a hit sung by Patti Page. Her husband worked as a choreographer for this film.
c.		Steven Pasquales character "Dallas Howard" shares his name with Tom Skerritts character from the original Alien movie - Dallas was the captain of the Nostromo. Moreover, he says the line "Get to the chopper!", which was also said by Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in Predator. Perhaps a coincidence, he also shares his name with actress Bryce Dallas Howard who does not appear in any of these series.
d.		Every time Dark Helmet has his face covered, his voice is lower and more basal, similar to James Earl Jones when he played Darth Vader. In the DVD commentary, Mel Brooks says that the idea of Dark Helmets voice changing whenever his face was covered was actually Rick Moraniss idea.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		Frank Capra began work on the film. Inspired by his work on the Martin-Marietta Corp.-commissioned faux documentary, "Rendezvous in Space" for the 1964 Worlds Fair in New York, Capra (a chemical engineer by education) worked to make the picture for Columbia, but finally abandoned the project in preproduction in May 1966 when he couldnt bring the budget down to the $3-million required by Columbia worldwide production chief M.J. Frankovich. The eventual budget for the finished film (directed by John Sturges) was $8 million. Capra never made another film.
b.		The Boston area doubled for Paris in some scenes.
c.		The scene where the Megamaid sucks the atmosphere off the Druidian mountain is a parody of the Paramount Studios logo.
d.		When Trinity hacks the Power Stations computer, the password she uses is Z1ON0101.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		The scenes at the public park were shot without permits.
b.		The New York Central 20th Century Limited railcar featured (number 10006) was built by Pullman-Standard in 1939 and was scrapped in 1968. It was named "Imperial State" and featured four double bedrooms, four single compartments and two drawing rooms. The interior of the car seen in the film is actually a set built by MGM studios. When Cary Grant shuts the door, the wall can clearly be seen to move since the whole thing was manufactured out of plywood panels and painted to simulate the look of metal (including small fake rivets).
c.		A full face mask resembling a wrinkled bulldog was originally constructed for the character of Barf, but Mel Brooks quipped that if they were going to hide John Candy behind a mask, he might as well hire someone else for half the price. A nose and upper lip piece was tried next, which Candy approved but again Brooks did not. They finally settled on animatronic ears connected to a hairpiece, a small nose application and a patch over one eye just like the dog from the Our Gang shorts.
d.		Comic book artist Jim Steranko served as "project conceptualist" for the film.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		Howard Hawks said that he failed at making a good comedy here because of the characters were too "madcap", with no straight men/women to ground it. This comment may have resulted from his disappointment at the films commercial failure at the time of its release, although many now consider it Hawks best film.
b.		The name Dot Matrix was taken from a type of computer printer which was very popular with personal computers in the 70s and 80s prior to the invention of Ink-Jet and Laser printers.
c.		Buster Keaton doubled for Ford West, the actor playing Gillette, in the scene where the motorcycle he is driving (with Keaton on the handlebars) hits a deep pothole and bucks him off flat on his behind.
d.		The parade that Jigsaw catches Cecil is celebrating the pig season, the same animal in which Jigsaw uses to mask himself when capturing victims.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spaceballs (1987)?
a.		The advert on the back of the bus reads "Money isnt everything. Yeah, right!"
b.		Based off the short film "Ten Pounds" a short made a year before featuring the same cast.
c.		In the scene in which Powers Boothe picks up the scorpion and then crushes it with his bare hand was done in one take.
d.		During his scene, Michael Winslow did all the sound effects. In the commentary for the movie Mel Brooks jokes that they saved around a $1000 by letting him do this.

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