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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Race (1965) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Race (1965)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965).

About the movie: Comedy about an early 20th century car race across three continents.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		With the exception of the title character "Danny Ocean", none of the principal characters have the same names as their counterparts in the 1960 version of the film.
b.		The third (of ten) dancing partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
c.		This movie is loosely based on an actual 1908 New York-to-Paris race.
d.		Banned in Kuwait and Bahrain, for religious reasons (forbidding visual depictions of a prophet, as Jesus is considered a prophet in Islam, not the Son of God).

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		Both the "Hannibal 8" and the "Leslie Special" are on display in the Hollywood Gallery at The Peterson Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California. The other "Leslie Special" is on display at the Tupelo Automobile Museum in Tupelo, MS. The Hannibal 8 driven by Professor Fate was powered by a Corvair 6-cylinder engine and 3-speed transmission. Six Hannibal 8 cars were built for the movie at a reported cost of $150,000 each, three of which used the lazy tongs lifting mechanism, so fragile that it broke constantly. The "Leslie Special" was designed and built by the studio using parts from several cars.
b.		This film is considered an "Ozploitation" (Australian exploitation) picture.
c.		Sam Elliott proclaimed that this was by far the most exciting CGI film he has been involved in.
d.		The announcer at the final game is Hilliard Gates, who announced the "real" game.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		Many theaters in the US sold out their screenings two months before the film was even released.
b.		The legendary Toshirô Mifune auditioned for the role of Mister Miyagi. Although he was great in the audition (according to director John G. Avildsen in the DVD Commentary), it was felt that his version of Miyagi was "too serious" and played much like the samurai warriors he played in the Akira Kurosawa movies. Because of this, he was turned down.
c.		During the ballroom scene, Jack Lemmons character as the crown prince can be seen dancing with one of the military officers.
d.		The note that Crash writes to Annie actually reads "Lets fuck" not "I want to make love to you". It can be seen over Crashs right shoulder when he writes the note in the dugout.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		Evan Rachel Wood was Christopher Nolans first choice to play Ariadne, but she turned it down. Nolan considered casting Emily Blunt, Rachel McAdams and Emma Roberts, but chose Ellen Page instead.
b.		The films senior military advisor, Maj. Gen. Meinrad von Lauchert, was the commander of the German 2nd Panzer Division during the real Battle of the Bulge. He then had the rank of Oberst (Colonel).
c.		In the DVD version, there are hidden faces in seven scenes. In general, they resemble the head that Jareth leans against before giving Hoggle the peach (David Bowies actual face at that time). The faces can be found: Upper right corner of the stone maze, just after the worm shakes its head and says "If shed have kept on going down that way..." To the right of the screen, after the rung under Hoggle breaks, as he watches it fall. Upper left corner of the hedge maze, as Hoggle is muttering "Get through the labyrinth, get through the labyrinth, one things for sure... " Lower right corner of the wall bordering the Bog of Eternal Stench, just after the ledge breaks under Sarah and Hoggle for the first time. During the wide shot of the hedge maze in the middle left on the stony floor just after the hat says, "Its so stimulating being your hat." In the forest as Sir Didymus says "We should reach the castle well before day."
d.		The ice floe sequence was shot on what is now known as Warner Bros. Sound Stage 16, the biggest and tallest sound stage on the Warner Bros. studio lot. Originally, in the early days of the studio, it was known as Stage 7. If you look closely at the water that surrounds the actors and the automobiles on the slab of ice, you can see a multitude of reflections from the lights on the stages catwalks. Stage 16 was originally a standard-sized sound stage, but when the studio needed room to film tall-masted ships in its earlier years, the entire stage was jacked up while steel and concrete pilasters were built underneath the structure for added support, doubling the stages height after the new foundation was poured. Its floor is retractable to reveal a deep flotation tank as well as windowed camera cabins for underwater filming. In "The Great Race," a portion of the gradually "melting ice floe" was attached to cables that kept the slab of "ice" in position and the portion which gradually gave way underneath Professor Fate was pulled down by an underwater diver in the tank.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		Ontario, Canada Premier Dalton McGuinty called for a boycott of sorts against the movie in March 2005. "I certainly will not be viewing that movie, and my advice and encouragement to Ontarians is that they would do the same," said McGuinty. "Its an unfortunate development for people to choose to capitalize on a terrible and horrific tragedy."
b.		Charles C. Wilson is credited in studio records for the role of "Welch", but that role was played by Willard Robertson. Also, Harry Tyler in the role of "Johnny" was not seen in the print.
c.		A moose head appears to hang on the wall of Professor Fates (Jack Lemmons) oddly-decorated dining room. However, when the Professor and Max run out the front door you can see that the rest of the moose stands in the foyer, with just his head poking through a hole in the wall. Ernie Kovacs originally did this gag on one of his TV shows. The fact that Jack Lemmon was a great friend of Kovacs suggests that this wasnt a coincidence. In addition, the gag goes back at least as far as the 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon "Kitty Kornered," in which a cat clinging to a moose head is being pulled by Porky Pig, and as a result pulls the entire moose out of the wall.
d.		This 1976 action-thriller movie features hang-gliding which first became a popular sporting pastime in the 1970s. Of the two James Bond movies in which hang-gliding appears, Live and Let Die and Moonraker, both were made during the 1970s, as was this movie.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		While filming a scene in a subway tunnel, Inger Stevens and Rod Steiger were nearly asphyxiated by carbon monoxide fumes. Steiger said years later that when they were being given oxygen, Stevens tried to refuse it. She said at the time she wanted to die; Steiger and the crew had to convince her otherwise.
b.		Ed Harris and Matthew Fox were originally cast in the movie but both dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
c.		In the films press kit, Natalie Wood divulges that she took fencing lessons, sidesaddle lessons and practiced smoking cigars, but her biggest challenge was driving the Stanley Steamer. The steering was difficult ("like turning a tractor, I suspect", she says) and going into reverse was nearly impossible.
d.		The drug Takashi ingests during the tricycle race is fictitious. So is Lamars drill silencer.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		Released at a time when musicals were rapidly going out of fashion, the film went notoriously over budget and behind schedule. Opening to mostly negative reviews, it was not the huge box office success that the producers had hoped.
b.		Writer Steve Niles originally conceived and pitched the story as a film for some years, but it was turned down by studios and thus reworked as a comic book. Eventually one of the producers who had rejected the original pitch worked on the movie adaptation.
c.		Features the largest pie fight ever staged, with a running gag that The Great Leslie remains clean while everyone else is covered in pie. Tony Curtis was required to change clothes several times when he was accidentally splattered with debris from a pie that had hit someone else. The pies used during the pie throwing scene were real, containing fruit, custard, whipped cream and other ingredients. Following this scene the crew devoured more than 300 leftover pies.
d.		Robert Lindsays character is named Sydney Lotterby. The real Sydney Lotterby was a BBC comedy stalwart with a long list of shows he either directed or produced, including "Some Mothers Do Ave Em", "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" and "As Time Goes By".

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		The full name of Tony Curtiss character (The Great Leslie) was "Leslie Galant III".
b.		Screenwriters Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary began writing the script in May 1997.
c.		In 1996, Lego released their line of time travel themed sets. As part of the promo for both the Time Cruisers and the Wild West sets being released, the comic section of the Lego magazine did a two part piece sending a character to the Wild West.
d.		The videogame recreation scene in the jungle was inspired upon the game Banjo-Kazooie (1998), developed by Rare Ltd., according to Danny Boyle.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		The film was simultaneously shown in 490 theaters on its opening weekend, the first time for Hollywood, setting the standard for subsequent films. The film was originally booked in about 1000 theaters, but MCA executive Lew Wasserman wanted that cut back, saying he wanted lines at the box office.
b.		When Professor Fate and Max are being chased by the train, the car was attached to the front of the locomotive by a short bar. The track was also prepared so as to protect the cars tires.
c.		As publicity for this movie, MGM offered $2,000 to the first woman that year to name their twin daughters Rose and Marie. The prize went to Mrs. Esker R. Owens of Fort Smith, Arizona.
d.		The scene in which Will Smith drags the unconscious alien across the desert was filmed on the salt flats near Great Salt Lake in Utah. Smiths line, "And what the hell is that smell?" was unscripted. Great Salt Lake is home to tiny crustaceans called brine shrimp. When they die, the bodies sink to the bottom of the lake (which isnt very deep) and decompose. When the wind kicks up just right, the bottom mud is disturbed and the smell of millions of decaying brine shrimp can be very very bad. Apparently, nobody warned Will.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Race (1965)?
a.		During the production Jack Buchanan had to undergo extensive dental work, including three root canal operations and was in pain for most of the filming.
b.		Film debut of Gene Evans.
c.		The pairing of Donald OConnor and Vera-Ellen was very well received, due to their complementary dancing styles and personalities. However, attempts to re-team them were unsuccessful, most notably with White Christmas, in which Danny Kaye replaced OConnor at the last minute due to his sudden and severe illness. Coincidentally, Danny Kaye is mentioned in "Call Me Madam" as a joke.
d.		Charlton Heston was originally offered the role of The Great Leslie. He considered it a "funny script" but had to turn the part down when the production schedule for The Agony and the Ecstasy was delayed. Tony Curtis then got the part.

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