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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The X Files (1998) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The X Files (1998)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998).

About the movie: Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		In the original trailer, the shot with Mulder & Scully running from the bees was used, albeit minus the SFX bees.
b.		Hollywood Reporter production charts listed June Haver in the cast, but she did not appear in the movie.
c.		Many real-life Marines are extras in the movie.
d.		The all-too-brief scenes which Clift filmed for "Raintree County" just before his accident represent the only color footage in films available of him before he was disfigured. All of his previous movies had been shot in black and white.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		The only Star Wars film that was not the top box-office earner the year of its release.
b.		Former LAPD bomb squad officer Herb Williams and former FBI agent William O. Heaton acted as advisors for the bomb sequence - and appeared in the movie as agents in a scene with Scully.
c.		George Pal had long planned to do a sequel to this film. Several submitted scripts were reportedly rejected by MGM.
d.		Abbie Cornish was rumored for a role.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		All Ferraris appearing in the movie were borrowed from Belgian Ferrari distributor Jacques Swaters, since the Ferrari factory had refused its participation because the movie ends with a victory for Porsche.
b.		The newspaper article Mulder reads at the end of the film (titled "Fatal Hanta Virus Outbreak in Northern Texas Reported Contained") was written by reporter Howard Dimsdale. The real Howard Dimsdale taught X-Files writers Frank Spotnitz and John Shiban at the American Film Institute, and was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, when he wrote under the name Arthur Dales, which was used as a name for the characters played in the series by Darren McGavin, M. Emmet Walsh and Fredric Lehne.
c.		During a Q&A at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, the screenwriter (Dodd) revealed that he started writing the script as a "free-writing" experiment with no plan, no outline, and no idea of what was going to happen. On page one, when he realized that he didnt even know the identity of the main character, he put that idea into the script, too. The writer also said that the story, for him, was a metaphor for trying to get a movie made. "I would not, could not, give up," he said.
d.		When George Bawart is showing Michael Mageau pictures to see if he could identify the Zodiac, the picture to the right of Arthur Leigh Allen (John Carroll Lynch), is Bob Stephenson, the actor who played the Zodiac when he shot Paul Stine.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		Part of the original SHOCK THEATER package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later with SON OF SHOCK, which added 21 more features.
b.		The young man who says Victor is "divine" at rehearsal is Blake Edwards son and Julie Andrews stepson, Geoffrey Edwards.
c.		Henry Spencer murdered twenty people. He reportedly cooperated on the making of the film.
d.		11:21 - the time Mulder goes to the Dallas Field Office, where Scully joins him and analyses the fossils. 11/21 is the birthdate of Chris Carters wife.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		An interviewer asked Ron Howard if John Wayne had given him any tips on acting. He said that, during the filming of the final shootout, Wayne took him aside and said he had some advice for him. As Howard eagerly awaited some profound advice, Wayne said "Ron, if you want to look menacing - close your mouth."
b.		619 - the number on the "Office of Professional Review" door (where Scully is interrogated by the Assistant Directors). 06/19 is the date that the movie opened.
c.		This film features Brute Force (Stephen Friedland) uncredited in the background, and just like George Harrison in Life of Brian he is in there with champagne glass.
d.		Deputy Clydes line about why a one armed man needed to carry three pistols: I dont want to get killed from lack of being able to shoot back is sometimes attributed to lawman/gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok who usually carried two pistols around his waist, another in a shoulder holster, sometimes another stuck in the back of his belt, and usually had at least one Derringer hidden somewhere on his person. While working as a lawman, he usually carried a sawed off shotgun as well. Hickok also laughed at Ned Buntlines report about his killing 20 men with 20 shots saying that his theory was start shooting and keep shooting until the man you were shooting at was dead.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		The character Janessa was originally named Jessica, after producer Sean Cunninghams sister.
b.		Marks the film writing and directing debut of David Duchovny.
c.		This film is based on four one-act plays by Eugene ONeill. Writer Dudley Nichols had to distill all four of Eugene ONeills one-act plays into one cohesive screenplay.
d.		In the chronology of the series, the movie takes place between the fifth season finale, episode #5.20 "The End" (with the CSM torching Mulders office) and the sixth season premiere episode #6.1 "The Beginning" (which deals with the gestating-breed of aliens in the movie).

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		Close examination of the Ro-Mans helmet reveal it to be very similar to the helmets worn by the moon-men on the lunar surface in "Radar Men from the Moon", a serial from Republic released in 1951.
b.		The following are the reasons each character is in detention on Saturday: Bender: pulls a false fire alarm Brian: flare gun goes off in his locker Andy (Andrew): tapes a guys butt cheeks together in the locker room Claire: ditches class to go shopping Allison: didnt do anything, she didnt have anything better to do on a Saturday
c.		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.
d.		Outside of the opening and closing scenes, everything else in the film is either set within the walls of the panic room or Megs house.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		Lena Headley, James Marsden and Norman Reedus were all in their late twenties when filming this movie. Out of the main cast, only Kate Hudson and Joshua Jackson were in the typical college student age group.
b.		The final scene takes place in Foum Tatouine, which is an actual place, used for filming the scenes on the planet Tatooine in Star Wars and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.
c.		When singing, the nuns were thought to have been too good. They were told to sing worse and sang horribly. The scene was dubbed over after the voices were flattened in editing.
d.		Director Roy Del Ruth was replaced by W.S. Van Dyke on 4 November 1941, after several weeks of production.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		Mighty Mouses first animated movie for theaters.
b.		The opening shot was not originally intended to be the first shot in the movie; it was strictly done as a test shot and wound up in the movie because it turned out better than expected.
c.		Publicity claimed May Robson did not use a double for the car chase.
d.		Conrad Strughold (Armin Mueller-Stahl) was named for the real Strughold, a Nazi scientist who conducted experiments on prisoners during World War II.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files (1998)?
a.		According to director Tony Scott, Val Kilmer had originally wanted to play the character of Clarence. Kilmer spent 8 hours in make-up being transformed into Elvis Presley. Fortunately, he was only required for two days of filming. The character is called Mentor in the closing credits so as not to face any litigation from the Presley estate.
b.		After consuming much alcohol and finding the bars bathroom locked, Mulder relieves himself on a movie poster for Independence Day. A line in Independence Day, spoken just after the first shot of the cable station, is "Yeah, I love X-Files too. I hope I get to see it." However, the feeling wasnt mutual: Chris Carter loathed ID4 and had Mulder piss all over the films poster to express his disdain for it.
c.		Emily Blunt has been attached to the project but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Abbie Cornish was later cast.
d.		Most of the time when Grendel is talking in the movie, he is speaking Old English, the language in which the original poem was written, which in sound resembles modern Swedish. Interestingly, he never speaks in the original poem. He only sings a song of sorrow (which most people take to be a wail) when Beowulf rips off his arm.

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