Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taps (1981) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taps (1981) - 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: Taps (1981).

About the movie: Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		Most of the battle names mentioned during the film are well-known. Two lesser-known ones are from the Viet Nam War. The first, Pleiku, is a town in the central highland region of Vietnam, the site of an USA base during the Vietnam War. It was the scene of a major Viet Cong attack in early 1965. The second, Plei Me, was a camp, 40 km south of Pleiku city, attacked and besieged in October 1965 by 33rd Regimant of the North Viet Namese Army.
b.		Roland Culver replaced a actor who dropped out
c.		Columbia released this film featuring the Spider, whom Stan Lee cited as an inspiration for Spider-Man (especially due to the web-pattern imprinted cloak that the Spider wears in this film). Decades later, Columbia released a Spider-Man film, and then a sequel to that film, where, yet again, a spider-themed protagonist fought an opponent named Octopus. (Also, in one of the Spider novels, he fought an opponent called the Iron Man, Stan Lee also created Iron Man.)
d.		Neill Blomkamp: When Koobus is tracking Wikus location, Neill Blomkamp is seen briefly saying Wikus coordinates.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		The office in Beverly Hills in the scene where Marcy is looking for a casting call is actually the office of Producer Brad Wyman (Monster), who is personal friends of director/writer, Daniel Yost. Mr. Wyman can actually be seen in the background as Marcy talks to the guy at the front desk in this scene.
b.		The disagreement between Cpt. Ramsey and Lcdr. Hunter over the origin of the Lipizzaner stallions throughout the movie foreshadows and illustrates the fundamental source of friction between the two men, both insisting that their mutually exclusive version of reality is the truth. Ironically, Cpt. Ramsey, (who believes the stallions are Portuguese) or Lcdr. Hunter (who says they are Spanish) are both incorrect. The Lippizaner stallions are in fact Austrian.
c.		The film was originally developed at Columbia Pictures by Producer Stanley R. Jaffe, but ran into a series of creative problems with the studio and it was one of many projects that went into "turnaround" under their banner. Jaffe was passionate about the project and then took it to Twentieth Century-Fox, who bought the script and immediately green-lit the project.
d.		Ursula Andress tested for the role of Lili which eventually went to Juliet Prowse. Also May Britt and Elke Sommer were considered for the role.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		Robert Rossen was dying when he made this film and many regard it as an act of expiation for his behavior during the McCarthy witch hunts in the 50s when he was a leading friendly witness.
b.		Eskay Harris Films produced this film in an attempt to capitalize on Vitagraphs planned production of Black Beauty, based on the Anna Sewell novel. They re-edited the existing film Your Obedient Servant with added footage and released it under the same title "Black Beauty". Vitagraph complained to the Federal Trade Commission, but not in time.
c.		The scene where Timothy Hutton and Ronny Coxs characters are discussing terms was shot with three to four cameras, one of them operated by Director of Photography Owen Roizman. Roizman made a bet with Director Harold Becker for $75.00 that his close-up shots would make the final cut of the film. It was Roizmans tight close up shots that made the final cut of the film, and Roizman who is $75.00 richer.
d.		The filmmakers were able to cast G.W. Bailey in his cameo role ("Man at Crosswalk with Dog") in part because he was an acquaintance of Jeremy Denzlinger ("Kyle Thompson"). (Though both actors hail from the Port Arthur, Texas area, they did not meet until Bailey began patronizing an Italian restaurant near their hometown, where Denzlinger was bar-tending during college.) The two actors had stayed in touch intermittently, and with Denzlinger serving as intermediary by calling Bailey, the producer got on the phone and convinced the venerable character actor to accept the small, non-speaking, nameless part, which the filmmakers and cast had come to reference as "Gay Man on Corner with Dog," and was the only role not filled during rigorous casting sessions. Bailey readily agreed to accept the role, as a boon to his protégés career, and his hilarious performance became an audience favorite.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		Sean Penn and a handful of other actors received military horsemanship training for the scenes as the leader of the schools mounted cavalry. He later stated "Its not like riding out on a backwoods trail-The trick is to salute, control the horse, keep in step with the other riders and try not to fall off."
b.		The high-majority of this movies main leading cast who played Nazis were English / British actors: Kenneth Branagh as Major-General Henning von Tresckow; Bill Nighy as General Friedrich Olbricht; Tom Wilkinson as General Friedrich Fromm; Terence Stamp as Ludwig Beck and British resident but Yemen born, Eddie Izzard as General Erich Fellgiebel.
c.		Steve Kahan: Richard Donners cousin plays a worker in the control room at the end of the film.
d.		Elizabeth Hurley wears a total of 19 different outfits as the Devil.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 19, 1951 with Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford and Janet Leigh reprising their film roles.
b.		Although Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and Al Rinker, as The Rhythm Boys, are heard on the soundtrack singing "Three Little Words", three African-American men are seen on the screen, supposedly doing the vocalizing, with megaphones disguising their lip movements so that there would not be a synchronization problem.
c.		Won Best Feature at Omaha Film Festival, Audience Award at Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, Best Narrative/Special Jury Prize at Vegas Film Festival, Audience Award and Best Feature Finalist & Audience Award at Kansas International Film Festival, Best Feature Finalist at Orlando Film Festival and Gold Kahuna for Excellence in Filmmaking at Honolulu Film Festival.
d.		The exterior shots of the film were shot at Valley Forge, but the interiors (including General Basches office) were shot on sets built in Vally Forges massive polo field by Alfred Sweeney and Stan Jolley.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		One of the cadets is nicknamed "Pigpen", a reference (most likely) to the characters of the same name in the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz.
b.		Indiana Jones does not say his signature phrase "Trust Me" in the film; Marion Ravenwood does. However he does say "Ive got a bad feeling about this," a line often used by Star Wars characters. Namely: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace), Anakin (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones), Obi-Wan (Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith), Luke (Star Wars), Han (Star Wars), Leia (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back), C-3PO (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi). Han Solo was played by Harrison Ford.
c.		One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
d.		In the DVD commentary, director Harold Ramis mentions that for the scene in which the Family Truckster jumps into the air, several of the crew members had made bets against 2nd unit director Dick Ziker that he couldnt jump the car more than 50 feet (even drawing lines in the sand to measure the distance). Ziker ended up winning that bet, as he jumped the car more than 50 feet.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		The film was originally titled "The Black Eagle", but was changed when it was discovered that Douglas Fairbanks was producing the similarly-titled The Black Pirate.
b.		Janet Waldo, voice artist and the original voice of Judy Jetson, recorded the part for this film but was later replaced by then-pop starlet Tiffany. Studio executives hoped Tiffany would attract a younger audience. Ms. Waldo continued (somewhat graciously) to voice the part in subsequent Jetsons productions.
c.		Even though the set was poorly constructed, it still tricked mall-goers into coming in and attempting to purchase shoes.
d.		One of many projects that were delayed by the 1980 strike by the Screen Actors Guild, which was finally settled late that year. Taps immediately started filming in January 1981.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		The Roosevelt quote, "All men who feel any power of joy in battle know what it is like when the wolf rises in the heart...", is from Rough Riders", published in 1899.
b.		The bank used was an actual bank that been inactive for exactly 20 years.
c.		Winans Coffee house in Norman, Oklahoma, was a willing supporter of the filmmakers earning the owner Jeremy Howard a credit as Associate Producer.
d.		The actors were given no more than a 35-page outline of the mythology behind the plot before shooting began. All lines were improvised and nearly all the events in the film were unknown to the three actors beforehand, and were often on-camera surprises to them all.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
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.		The film was originally going to be filmed at Riverside Military Academy, in Georgia, but the producers changed their minds after a tour of the campus, by which they decided that it "didnt have enough walls." RMA officials countered by saying that allowing production would have caused too much disruption of the cadets daily lives. After the movie was released, it seems that this held true.
c.		According to Ross Bagdasarian Jr., the name-sake son of the Chipmunks creator, in an Associated Press interview, the piano seen in the movie where Dave and the Chipmunks sing "The Chipmunk Song" is the actual piano that Ross Bagdasarian Sr. used to write and perform the song (as well as "Witch Doctor") that launched the Chipmunks franchise.
d.		On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Chris Tucker said that while he was filming this movie in Hong Kong, many locals mistook him for NBA star Kobe Bryant. In the film, while Tuckers character is running up the stairs, the old woman shouts "Move out of the way, Kobe" to him.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taps (1981)?
a.		Before Elizabeth Taylor could start Cleopatra for a $1 million salary, she was legally bound to finish her MGM contract by doing this film, which she hated, for her standard $125,000 salary.
b.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.		The gate seen at the end of the quad area was built specifically for the film and was dismantled after filming ended.
d.		The deformed Orc leader Gothmog is only mentioned once in the original novel of "The Lord of the Rings" - identified only as by name and as the Lieutenant of Morgul. His race is not given; it was the filmmakers choice to make him an Orc. The name Gothmog is shared with the leader of the Balrogs in Morgoths army in "The Silmarillion", J.R.R. Tolkiens history of Middle-Earth centuries before the events in "The Lord of the Rings".

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