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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The General (1926) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The General (1926)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The General (1926).

About the movie: When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		In the scene where Johnnie and Annabelle refill the water reservoir of the train, Marion Mack said in an interview many years later that she had no idea that she was supposed to get drenched. Buster Keaton had not told her what was supposed to happen, so the shock you see is genuine.
b.		When Superman makes his speech at the end of the film, he paraphrases Dwight D. Eisenhower when he says, "there will be peace when the people of the world want it so much that their leaders will have no choice but to give it to them."
c.		Although this started out as a "B" feature, it wound up costing approximately $1,000,000. It reportedly made its production cost back in only the first three days of release.
d.		Tupac Shakur got the role of "Bishop" over Anthony "Treach" Criss, who has a cameo as a member of Radames gang. Shakur nailed the role when he threw a chair during his audition.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		The closing title card, "Based on the character of The Bride created by Q and U", refers to the first initials of Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman.
b.		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.
c.		Gene Snitsky was cast to play Ritas boyfriend but due to schedule conflicts they could not shoot the scene, but reference to him remains in the film.
d.		The scene in which The Texas crashes through the bridge was the single most expensive shot of the entire silent movie era. The Texas itself remained in the river until WWII, when it was salvaged for scrap iron.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		In the train crash a dummy was used as engineer. It looks so realistic that the townspeople who had come to watch screamed in horror.
b.		At the end of the film, Solomon Vandy addresses a conference on blood diamonds in Kimberley, South Africa, describing his experiences. This conference actually took place in Kimberley in 2000. The conference resulted in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, a system now used by diamond traders to certify the origin of diamonds, in order to curb the trade and sale of conflict diamonds.
c.		Vitaphone production reels #2631-2638
d.		The house that the plane crashes into was built at one end of the only runway at Lincoln Park Airport, a very small airstrip in Lincoln Park, NJ USA (about 35 miles NW of New York City). The wrecked house was not removed for several weeks. While no planes have hit houses in the vicinity, one did bounce off the roof of a passing car several years earlier.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		John Schiffner is the real life coach and manager of the Chatham As.
b.		Buster Keaton always said that this was his favorite movie.
c.		Little Bills promiscuous wife is played by real-life porn star Nina Hartley.
d.		In one deleted scene, Frank Abagnale Jr. dresses as a security guard and stands outside a banks night deposit box, so people will give money to him instead of putting it in the box. During filming, despite the cameras, real people came up to Leonardo DiCaprio and tried to give him their money.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		Debut of Simon Oakland.
b.		Florida State University commissioned composer Jeff Beal to write a brand-new soundtrack for this silent film. It was premiered by the University Philharmonia along with the original film playing just above the orchestra.
c.		Edward Arnolds final film.
d.		Ten Thirteen Productions produced the film and the television series. On the last track of the movie soundtrack, if you let it play until 10:13, Chris Carter gives a description of some of the various conspiracies in the series and the movie. 10/13 is also the date in which the film came onto VHS in 1998.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		500 Oregon National Guardsmen play the 2 armies.
b.		Elizabeth Berkley: During the scene in the library where Jerry and Mike are "sweding" Ghost Busters, she is one of the girls standing in the library watching in confusion.
c.		VFX supervisor Mike Fink described the films scenes of the birth/death of the universe as "not narratively connected, but thematically complementary pieces."
d.		The film was acquired by Lions Gate at 2006 Sundance for nearly $3 million for worldwide rights.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		The gorilla is played by actor Charles Gamora, who also played Ethel the chimp in an earlier L&H short The Chimp.
b.		Isabelle Huppert was the first choice for Madame Mimieux, the former owner of the cinema featured in the film. But scheduling conflicts got in the way, so Quentin Tarantino cast Maggie Cheung in the role. The role wound up being cut out of the finished film.
c.		In the scenes with the opposing armies marching, Keaton had the extras (which included Oregon National Guard troops) wear the uniforms of the Confederacy and march in one direction past the camera, then he had them change uniforms to the Union blue and had them march past the camera in the other direction.
d.		Three tornados touched down during the films four weeks of production. No one was hurt, but hundreds of trees were lost at Hermitage Farm, where nearly 1/4 of the film takes place.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		The third Terminator film to have the line, "Come with me if you want to live." In The Terminator, Kyle Reese says it to Sarah Connor at the Tech-Noir club. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the Terminator says it to Sarah Connor when they first meet at the mental institution. In Salvation Kyle Reese says it to Marcus Wright when they first meet. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, a paraphrased version of this line ("Do you wanna live? Come on!") is spoken by John Connor to Kate Brewster when he and the T-850 rescue her in the graveyard. "Come with me if you want to live" is also spoken by Cameron in the pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, when rescuing the teenage John Connor from the Cromartie T-888.
b.		Buster Keaton wanted to use the real locomotive "The General" in the movie which was at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot in Chattanooga, Tennessee (its in Kennesaw, Georgia now), but was unable to, and had to dress up another 4-4-0 locomotive instead.
c.		This marks Ice Cubes first R-rated movie since Friday After Next.
d.		The doctor who says, "Thats gotta hurt," to Frisbee after he is shot is played by Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame, who also wrote some of the songs for the movie.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		In preparation for his role, Robin Williams trained for two and a half days at a photo developing training facility in Southern California on an Agfa MSC 101-D photo developing machine.
b.		Based on a Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, which frequently comprised very dark horror stories. Chuck Russell has said that the movie script started off in that tone before being transformed as a vehicle for Jim Carreys unique comedy.
c.		The first try at getting the cannonball to shoot out of the cannon into the cab caused the ball to shoot with too much force. To cause the cannonball to shoot into the cab of the engine correctly, Keaton had to count out the grains of gunpowder with tweezers.
d.		Contains approximately 800 miniature shots.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The General (1926)?
a.		The General is from "Valverde", the fictitious Latin-American country used in Commando. (The first Die Hard was originally supposed to be the sequel to that movie).
b.		The final battle scene sparked a small forest fire around the river. Buster Keaton, his crew, and the extras stopped filming to fight the fire.
c.		One version of the script contained a few scenes following the final confrontation between the detectives and John Doe. In one, Somerset is recovering in the hospital after being shot by Mills, and the captain delivers a letter to him from Mills which reads, "You were right. You were right about everything."
d.		The hull of the reproduction of HMS Bounty built for this film is built of steel, and only clad in wood. The reproduction of HMS Bounty built for Mutiny on the Bounty was built of wood, in the traditional manner.

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