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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - Part (3)

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.		In the course of the film, Spinal Tap has four different drummers: John "Stumpy" Pepys, Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs, Mick Shrimpton, and Joe "Mama" Besser. These names were inspired by the four different men who played the role of third Stooge in The Three Stooges films: Curly Howard, Curly Joe DeRita, Shemp Howard, and Joe Besser.
b.		Using the name "Monte Black" as the villain was something of an in-joke at Warners, where Monte Blue was a star during the silent era. After sound came in, he was relegated to minor supporting roles at the studio, albeit in some very good films like Casablanca and Key Largo.
c.		This was Bob Hopes last film for Paramount Pictures.
d.		The character played by Harrison Ford wears a name badge that reads "Lucas". George Lucas directed Ford in American Graffiti and Star Wars, two films which made Ford famous. G.D. Spradlins character is named "R. Corman", after producer Roger Corman.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		Shooting lasted three-and-a-half months in Morocco, a month in Spain, and five weeks in London.
b.		As the film was improvised by all the performers, Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer went to the Writers Guild hoping to give proper credit to everyone. The Board of Directors voted 15 to none that the credits should stay as it was including only the four of them.
c.		Dorris Bowdon was convinced that she had got the role of Caroline, because her husband Nunnally Johnson wrote the screenplay. When she found out Linda Darnell got the role, she considered leaving Johnson.
d.		Director Chris Weitz has himself adapted Philip Pullmans work, citing the film and its sequels to be influenced by Barry Lyndon and Star Wars. He also mentioned that the film would make no direct mention of religion or God, two of the key themes of the books - a decision attacked by fans of the trilogy. According to Weitz, New Line Cinema feared that "perceived anti-religiosity" would make the film financially unviable in the USA. However, Weitz reassured fans by saying that religion would appear in euphemistic terms.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		John Travolta was offered the role of Bellocq, but was forced to turn down the role due to his commitment with Grease.
b.		In the first song, where Belle sings in the town, she sits by a fountain. As she reads the book (described earlier, as an adventure with a prince in disguise. It sounds just like Beauty and the Beast), she flips to a page, with a picture. Look closely, and you will see see that she is in the bottom right, the beast in the middle left, and the princes castle in the middle.
c.		All of the characters last names are tied into horror films.
d.		Theres a common misconception that the "too small Stonehenge" disaster is a parody of Black Sabbaths oversized Stonehenge sets from the Born Again tour. This is impossible, the Stonehenge Spinal Tap scene existed as early as 1982 when the film existed as a 20-minute short, and Black Sabbath didnt begin using their Stonehenge sets until 1983.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		While filming the sequence near the end of film where Dorothy rides atop the Cowardly Lion, actress Fairuza Balk became so overwhelmed by the temperature that she passed out on the sound stage.
b.		Faced with an impending rainstorm which threatened to ruin filming of Barbara Jeans assassination (with no recourse, as the productions budget had run dry), Robert Altman reportedly screamed at the sky, ordering the rain to stop. The rain did indeed stop, and filming of the scene was completed.
c.		In the final scene which takes place in Tokyo. Nigel wears Sadaharu Ohs Yomiuri Giants baseball jersey. Oh is the worlds all-time Home Run king with 868 Homeruns.
d.		Contrary to many published references, this was not a student film, although students were recruited from Northwestern University to work in bit parts and as extras.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		There is no actual "Isle of Lucy" in the United Kingdom off Englands coast, where Spinal Tap supposedly played a blues/jazz or jazz/blues festival. In one of the most subtle and overlooked gags of the film, they are really just paying homage to the classic television show, I Love Lucy.
b.		After Nadine, director Robert Benton commented that he desperately wanted to work with Kim Basinger again and so he offered her the role of Toby in this film. She was not able to work it into her schedule, though. He has said that one day he will find a way to work with her again.
c.		Alice Eve and Keira Knightley were considered for the role of Peggy Carter. Emily Blunt turned down the role.
d.		There are mostly only two Critters in this movie, and the second one gets a haircut from a laser rifle, in order to separate the looks for both Critters. However this is also an obvious reference to Critters 2 where one Critters gets a similar haircut from a laser rifle held by a bounty hunter.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		Marty Di Bergi wears two different US Navy caps - one in the film and one in Catching up with Marty Di Bergi in the Special Features on the DVD release. In the film, the cap appears to read USS Coral Sea OV-48. This should be USS Coral Sea CV-43. The USS Coral Sea was an aircraft carrier in the US Navy 1946-90, the second ship to bear that name. In the special features, the cap is from the USS Wadsworth FG-9, a guided missile frigate in the US Navy from 1978-2002. The Wadsworth was transferred to Poland in 2002 and renamed the General Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
b.		Brad Dourif had to shave his eyebrows off, and because he was recalled several times during the trilogys filming, he ended up doing that five times over the course of three years.
c.		This film represents an instance where a movies MacGuffin (a formula) is also its title.
d.		The hotel in the mountains is clearly meant to be the AhWahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Its kitchen has won prizes and they serve an elaborate Christmas dinner, but its expensive and you need to book about a year in advance.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		The name of the department store is C. F. Coles. In Australia, there is a supermarket chain called Coles, operated by G. J. Coles & Co. The company has been in existence since 1914, and so was a known company from the time of the original Miracle on 34th Street (1947). C & F are four letters down from G & J respectively.
b.		Carrie Fisher was considered for the role of Rizzo.
c.		An unofficial remake of El disputado voto del señor Cayo.
d.		A popular bar/music venue on the east side of Milwaukee changed its name to Shank Hall after the fictitious Milwaukee location at which the band appears midway on their fateful tour.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		Film debut of Hal Landon Jr..
b.		The "Oceans Eleven" group appear on camera together in only a single shot. It is at the very end of the movie as they are walking on the sidewalk in front of the Sands.
c.		Frank Sinatra plays Detective Joe Leland from the novel (The Detective) by Roderick Thorp. Thorp wrote a sequel (Nothing Lasts Forever) where Leland is trapped in a Claxxon Oil Corporation skyscraper after its taken by German terrorists and must rescue his daughter and grandchildren. Twenty years later the novel was filmed with some changes: the daughter became his wife, Claxxon became the Nakatomi Corporation and Joe Lelands name was changed to John McClane. The film was released under the title Die Hard.
d.		Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		On set, the characters in the "Lovestained" crew all had comical names they were referred to by, though none of them are listed in the credits: Jake Weingard (the camera op played by John Schneider), Rufus Beatus (the sound guy played by Trev Campbell), Mike Chewey (the other sound guy played by Isaac Leggett), Dale Squeetus (the grip played by Pat Fallon), and Francis Clapstick (the slate guy played by Alexander Boruff).
b.		Before the first song of the film, an announcer introduces the band with this: "Ladies and gentlemen, direct from Hell, Spinal Tap." This is a play on Venoms intro tape from the early 1980s, which went: Now, from the very depths of Hell...Venom!"
c.		Cut from the movie was "Me and the Ghost Upstairs" (music by Bernard Hanighen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer), sung by Fred Astaire and danced by him with the films dance director, Hermes Pan, who was covered by a sheet. The prerecording and rehearsal footage still exist. Mr. Astaires commercial waxing, initially released by Columbia Records on a single, has been reissued on two import CD box sets: "The Centenary Collection" from by the British label Castle Pulse, and "Songs & Pictures 1928-1944" on EPM Music, a French company.
d.		Brad Pitt and Edward Norton originally signed on for the movie that would have reunited them for the first time since Fight Club. However, Pitt pulled out before Thanksgiving 2007, when rewrites were made impossible because of the writers strike. He was replaced by Russell Crowe. Pitts departure delayed the start of shooting, and made Norton unavailable as he was committed to start shooting Leaves of Grass in January. He was replaced by Ben Affleck.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)?
a.		The original choice for the lead character was Walter Brennan playing Grandpa Steinmetz. However, since he was seriously ill with emphysema the studio cast Helen Hayes as Grandma Steinmetz instead.
b.		Verbal Kint is the only one not shown getting arrested for the line up at the beginning of the movie.
c.		According to Rob Reiner on the Criterion DVD commentary, his characters name, Marty DiBergi is an homage to Martin Scorsese (Marty), Brian De Palma (Di), Steven Spielberg (Berg) and either Federico Fellini or Michelangelo Antonioni.
d.		The passage that we see Kathleen Kelly reading during her bookshops story time to a group of kids (including Joe Foxs aunt and brother) is from "Boy: Tales of Childhood", an autobiographical childrens novel written by Roald Dahl.

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