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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Dark Knight (2008) - Part (8) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Dark Knight (2008) - Part (8) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008).
About the movie:
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
When
Chris Hemsworth
and
Anthony Hopkins
saw each other in full armors for the first time, Hopkins said "God, theres no acting required here, is there?"
b.
The horse that
William Shatner
rides is his, as are the home and farm where the sequence takes place.
c.
While filming the chase scene with the Joker and the SWAT vans, one of only four IMAX cameras in the world at that time was destroyed.
d.
Chris Nielsens fictional grave is located in Mount View Cemetery in Oakland, California. Near the scenes filming location is a real gravesite for an Anna Nielsen and her husband.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
S. William Hinzman
, the films cinematographer, cameos as the local that shoots at the feds operation station.
b.
Allegedly contains the first film footage shot of
Uschi Digard
.
c.
Most signs in the movie are written in Czech, albeit nonsensically and mostly without the proper diacritics. The banner at the secret resistance meeting says "to unite correct"; the warning signs in the factory read "Danger: Steam"; and the scribbles on the newspaper mean "From our readers letters". The labor decree that Pochenko draws up is only seen for a split second in one shot, but part of it says "further site updates are hereby postponed".
d.
On 20th February 2009, the movie became the 4th to have made more than $1 billion (US) worldwide.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
The part of the chauffeur was specifically written for
Tony Todd
, who only worked one day on this movie.
b.
The controversial "butcher cover" of
The Beatles
album "Yesterday and Today" can be seen hanging in the radio station.
c.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
d.
Heath Ledger
directed both homemade videos that the Joker sends to GCN himself. The first video involving the fake Batman was done under Nolans supervision. Nolan thought Ledger had done so well with that sequence, he felt there was no need for him to be there when it came time to film the scene where reporter Mike Engel reads the Jokers statement. He put his trust in Ledger and let him do whatever he wanted, ultimately pleased with the result after hed seen the outcome.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
By February 2002 this was the second highest grossing film worldwide after
Titanic
.
b.
The film featured new music from
Lou Barlow
and
John Davis
.
c.
The Mirror Queen using the blood of young girls to restore her youth is based on the legend surrounding Countess Elizabeth Bathory, one of the first serial killers, from the turn of the 17th century.
d.
Like its predecessor, the film has no opening credits or titles.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
Nothing is more terrible than active ignorance is a quote from
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
. It also sometimes given as Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
b.
Wally Pfister
personally filmed most of the films hand held shots.
c.
Over 100 cars were destroyed/wrecked during the filming of this movie.
d.
The re-start of production on this movie was announced on 11th January 2011. The press release from producers
Barbara Broccoli
and
Michael G. Wilson
stated: "...the 23rd James Bond film will commence production in late 2011 for a worldwide release on November 9, 2012.
Daniel Craig
will be returning as the legendary British secret agent, with
Sam Mendes
directing a screenplay written by
Neal Purvis
,
Robert Wade
and
John Logan
".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
Shot on a 35mm Technirama double-frame negative (which is as big as two regular Academy frames joined together) running horizontally through the animation camera, with each frame photographed three times (once with a red filter, once with a blue filter, and once with a green filter). This negative was then printed on both CinemaScope-compatible anamorphic film and Super Technirama 70mm film, the first film released in Super Technirama 70.
b.
The first comic book movie to ever win an Oscar for achievement in acting, specifically to
Heath Ledger
(posthumously) for his supporting role as The Joker.
c.
Director
Ron Howard
s wife
Cheryl Howard
can be glimpsed (4m:15s) as an audience member (center frame/red shoulder-length hair) attending Professor Robert Langdons (
Tom Hanks
) lecture on Religious Symbology. Seconds later (most noticeably 5m:40s) she can be seen clutching her copy of Langdons autographed opus at his book-signing desk, and asking for him to sign his last book.
d.
The band mentioned on the radio near the beginning is "The Coupe DeVilles", which features director
John Carpenter
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
In the scene where Veronica pushes Lake over a ledge, actress Ashley Bates accidentally really pushed actor Troy Walcott down the ledge. This shot appears in the movie, but his real fall wasnt captured.
b.
18 US soldiers died in the incident depicted in the film. The number of Somalis who died during the battle has been estimated between 500 and 2,000.
c.
Heath Ledger
posthumously won a total of 32 Best Supporting Actor awards for his work on this film, including the Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and Critics Choice award. The only awards he was nominated for but didnt win were the Satellite Award (which went to
Michael Shannon
for
Revolutionary Road
) and the London Film Critics Circle Award for actor of the year (which went to
Mickey Rourke
for
The Wrestler
).
d.
The set used for Dr. Steins lab uses items from Universals original
Frankenstein
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
Posters proclaimed the film as the work of "Academy Award winning" writer
Albert Zugsmith
; he never got close to that accolade in real life.
b.
When Batman tests the fingerprint on the bullet lodged in the wall, the name given is Melvin White. This name is perhaps a reference to
Mel Blanc
, who voiced nearly all of the classic Warner Bros. cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc.) The word "blanc" means "white" in French. Mr. White, is one of the Jokers many first identitys that he ever uses in the comics and is referenced in the 2009 Batman Game "Arkham Asylum" its also a play on words. since the Jokers face is painted white, its comical that he is Mr. White.
c.
All four cinematographers were Oscar-winners.
d.
Like an earlier
John Travolta
film
Saturday Night Fever
, the script was based on a magazine article.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
Billy Wilder
loved
Marilyn Monroe
s performance in
Some Like It Hot
and wanted her for this role but she died before production started.
b.
The used car lot set was built across an actual major highway in Arizona, which made filming very tough.
c.
In their face to face confrontations, neither Batman nor Joker refer to one another by name.
d.
The song playing during the phone call montage is "I Love it When You Call" by
The Feeling
. The lyrics of the song continue "but you never call at all" but this doesnt fit with the theme of the montage when Cam and Chuck are constantly on the phone. Therefore, some of the lyrics are blanked out of the soundtrack, leaving several gaps.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dark Knight (2008)?
a.
Celeste Holm
had only recently left 20th Century Fox after a bitter contract dispute with
Darryl F. Zanuck
. Who then had to rehire her at
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
s insistence.
b.
The school in the movie is William Dawes Elementary. William Dawes was one of the riders who, like Paul Revere, warned the minutemen that British troops were coming. Just like a child at his namesake school was trying to warn people what was coming.
c.
IMAX camera technician/consultant
Wayne Baker
has a cameo that is the only close up shot in the IMAX format in the film. He sits on the loading dock and reacts to the Batpod emerging from the wreckage of the Batmobile.
d.
When the male flight attendant puts the snake in the microwave, he can be seen hitting the snake preset button on that microwave - a somewhat unusual preset for a microwave.
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