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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984).

About the movie: Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, is chronicled by hack documentarian Marti DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		This is considered a lost film.
b.		Much of the dialogue was ad-libbed.
c.		Presentations of this film on television (broadcast, cable or home video) required preservation of the widescreen format. This presented a problem in the U.S. since certain F.C.C. technical regulations did not permit a portion of the screen to be left blank as in letterboxing. The problem was solved by making the area above and below the frame gray. The regulations have since been changed and letterboxing with black borders is now permitted.
d.		The shot of the Enterprise approaching Spacedock is later re-used in various episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation with the Enterprise-D overlapping the original Enterprise (Another cost-saving method often used with Star Trek).

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean were given $10,000 to write a script, and made a 20-minute version of the film with the money to better demonstrate the improvisation they had in mind. Several scenes from this demo are in the final movie.
b.		Katherine Parker is said to be turning 30 years old where actually Sigourney Weaver was turning 39 at the time the movie was made (1988).
c.		The movie is set in Camden, Maine, a town in the mid-coast region of Maine. It is also quite accurate with the mannerisms, dialect, and social customs of those areas.
d.		Jeffrey Combs auditioned for the role of Jonathan Graves.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		During the filming of the scene in which Nancy runs alongside of and boards the moving train, no stunt double was employed. Louise Brooks actually performed the stunt.
b.		Nigel Tufnels name is a joke on Eric Clapton, derived from "dull name" and "location in London". Eric became Nigel, and "Clapton Pond" became "Tufnell Park": Nigel Tufnel.
c.		Riding on the back of this films success, the US Navy set up recruiting booths in the major cinemas to try and catch some of the adrenaline charged guys leaving the screenings. They had the highest applications rate for years as a result.
d.		Travis Bickles famous "You talkin to me?" scene may have been inspired by Robert De Niros training under Stella Adler, who (as an exercise) had her students practice different interpretations of a similar phrase. The legendary acting teacher was surprised to see one of her former students use "You talkin to me?" as a psychotic mantra. Martin Scorsese was encouraging De Niro just below the camera while shooting the scene, which lead to the rest of the "dialogue" Bickle has with his mirror.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		A total of five identical 1966 Thunderbird convertibles were used throughout the shoot: one star car, one camera car, one back-up car, and two stunt cars.
b.		Angelique Pettyjohn claimed that the love scene with John Ashley was not simulated. In any case, it was edited for television and now the uncut version cannot be found. Please check your attic.
c.		There is a deleted subplot in the movie which explains the cold sores on the band members lips: the band takes on an opening act for the tour and the lead singer, a slutty girl, sleeps with each bandmember, giving each one herpes in turn.
d.		When Professor Neweyes (Walter Cronkite) closes the museum door near the end of the movie, he says "And thats the way it is!", a reference to Cronkites famous closing line on the CBS evening news.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		Nigel rubbing a violin against his guitar during his solo is a parody of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, who used a violin bow to play his guitar during many concert performances.
b.		According to the DVD commentary, sequences deleted from the "Visions of Hell" include orgies and sadomasochism killing the Event Horizons original crew.
c.		A whopping $7.50 was the first-run admission price at its US premiere, at the Penthouse East Theatre, New York City in 1980. Average prices of movie tickets back then were around $3.
d.		A lot of the violence had to be trimmed to avoid an X rating. Moreover, some of the profanity also had to be toned down in order to secure an R rating.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		The purse Victoria uses as a weapon was Helen Mirrens own purse. It was given to her as a gift from Giorgio Armani. Since it went so well with the dress she was wearing, and the purse was part of the script, she asked if she could use it. The producers said yes.
b.		After the film opened, several people approached director Rob Reiner telling him that they loved the film, but he should have chosen a more well known band to do a documentary on.
c.		In Leigh Bracketts original draft of the script, Darth Vader was not Lukes father. The character of Anakin Skywalker actually appeared in the film as a Force ghost to train Luke. Anakins characterization was later split into the characters of Yoda, and to allow Obi-Wan Kenobi to appear in the film.
d.		According to Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles said many times that this film couldve been "much better than Citizen Kane." Also, while Welles always refused to watch any of his films, he was in a hotel room in the 70s with many friends and The Magnificent Ambersons was on TV, and he was talked into watching the rest of it. It is said that he was teary throughout, and confessed that although the ending didnt work, he still liked the film.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		The lurid cover art for Spinal Taps "Smell the Glove" was inspired by the misogynistic artwork on Whitesnakes 1978 album "Lovehunter".
b.		Elizabeth Taylor replaced Maria Flynn for the role of Priscilla. Some sources say Flynn was afraid of the dog on the set. Others say that she grew taller than Roddy McDowall or that the strong Technicolor lighting caused her eyes to water. In any case, production was halted. The producer was walking the 600 block of North Foothill Road in Beverly Hills doing his nightly patrol as an air raid warden when he met Francis Taylor, who patrolled the 700 block. Knowing he and Sara wanted to get their daughter into the movies, he asked him to bring Elizabeth to the studio. There she was introduced to Lassie and the production resumed.
c.		Captain Gibbs is astonished when Carl says his license plate number is "UDUNOME". Carl explains that "MRCOOL" was already taken. As seen later in the film (and in the original Gone in 60 Seconds), it was taken in reality - by Lyle Waggoner.
d.		Although they share co-screenwriting credit, Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass never met until the numerous awards ceremonies they attended when the film started garnering multiple awards.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		In the arena, Senator Amidalas gun makes the distinctive sound of a .44 Magnum, a reference to this sound accidentally being left in the sound mix when Princess Leia shoots over the chasm in the special edition of Star Wars
b.		Gary Oldmans character, Albert Milo, wasnt a real person, but is actually a portrayal of director Julian Schnabel.
c.		Shot in three weeks.
d.		Early home video versions of the film, which included the mock music video "Hell Hole" and other extras, had a special disclaimer inserted at the very end stating that the band did not actually exist.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		Sources have claimed Ernest B. Schoedsack was also a cinematographer, but he denies it, saying he was in the Iran filming Grass: A Nations Battle for Life during that time.
b.		William Peter Blatty wanted the film to be titled simply "Legion", just like his novel of the same name. The producers, however, wanted the title to be "The Exorcist III" for commercial reasons. Blatty even tried to convince them to alter it to "Exorcist 1990" in order to distance it from Exorcist II: The Heretic, which he despised, but had to settle for "Exorcist III" notwithstanding.
c.		The actors are all competent musicians, and the soundtrack is actually them playing.
d.		This movies title At Long Last Love is taken from one of the Cole Porter songs of the same name. The song At Long Last Love was written by Porter for his 1938 musical, You Never Know.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		RoboCops three Prime Directives ("Serve the public trust; Protect the innocent; Uphold the law") are reminiscent of the Three Laws of Robotics as devised by sci-fi author Isaac Asimov and first published in his short story "Runaround".
b.		For this film, Harpo Marx switched to a lighter red wig which actually photographed as blonde. In the film, he is referred to as a redhead. He would use the lighter wig in all future Marx Brothers movies. He went back to the darker red wig for The Story of Mankind which was filmed in color.
c.		Director Hamilton MacFadden was replaced by Lewis Seiler after only one weeks shooting, and cinematographer Daniel B. Clark was replaced by Ernest Palmer.
d.		In the scene where Derek comes and gets Nigel and David to come hear a song from their past on the radio, the radio announcers voice is being supplied by Harry Shearer, who played Derek.

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