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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Twister (1996) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Twister (1996) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996).
About the movie:
A couple on the point of divorce keep meeting each other because both are researchers who chase tornadoes.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
On Captain Macks resume it says under education that he was the Citizen of the Week 5th Grade at Jes Terrero Elementary. The movie is directed by
Jessy Terrero
.
b.
Trailers contain a shot not in the film: a truck tire hurtling towards the viewer.
c.
The animated short
Trail Mix-Up
was released theatrically with this movie.
d.
The final word spelled by Dylan is logorrhea. This is the winning word from the documentary
Spellbound
which tracks several participants in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bell in 1999.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
The original Director of Photography was
Don Burgess
(best known for his collaborations with
Robert Zemeckis
), but he and many other crewmembers walked off the set midway through filming after a series of heated arguments with director
Jan de Bont
.
b.
Michael Papajohn
who plays Guard Papajohn, was
Adam Sandler
s stuntman in
The Waterboy
, making the hard hits as Bobby Boucher. In The Longest Yard, things came full circle as Michael has his own stuntman.
c.
Ben Affleck
s high school chemistry teacher (Ed McGillicuddy) makes a cameo appearance in the scene when they are leaving the funeral.
d.
Vince Vaughn
had to keep the crowd at the Mitch-a-Palooza scene (over 300 of extras) under control by entertaining them for at least an hour.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
In the movie Mr. Creedy says: "Youve got nothing but your bloody knives and your fancy karate gimmicks. We have guns." This line is similar to one from Mr. Almond in the book, a character that was excluded from the movie.
b.
Co-writer
Robert Benton
got the idea for his script from his father who had actually attended the separate funerals of Parker and Barrow.
c.
The instrument package used in the movie, "Dorothy", is actually a homage to the instrument pack real tornado researchers attempt to place in the paths of tornados, "T.O.T.O.".
d.
Dan Inosanto
, who played The Professor, is the foremost student and leading protégé of
Bruce Lee
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Jetsun Pema
is the real-life sister of the
The Dalai Lama
. In this film she plays the mother of the
The Dalai Lama
and hence her own mother.
b.
A jet engine from a Boeing 707 was used to generate wind in some scenes.
c.
When the film went to the top of the US box office, it gave
Jim Carrey
the distinction of being the first actor to have 3 films go straight to number one in one year.
d.
The mathematics homework that the Devil removes from the classroom blackboard was effectively to prove Fermats Last Theorem - a legendary problem from 1630 that was often the subject of stories about people selling their souls to solve it. The problem was eventually solved in 1995 by Andrew Wiles and colleagues (with computer, not satanic, assistance).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Elijah Wood
: Robert Rodriguez (I) wrote the role of The Guy with him in mind. Wood had previously starred in Rodriguezs
The Faculty
shortly before finding out about
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
. The suit that Wood wore was originally one for the character Juni, but they spray-painted it silver and Cellotaped it to him as it barely fit. In the shot where Wood is kneeling down, talking to the others, he is actually looking at the ground to give the impression that he is towering over everybody.
b.
For the most part, this was
Billie Dove
s last film. She retired to raise a family and was reportedly disgruntled over the "behind the scenes" interference from
Randolph Hearst
over the amount of time alloted to her on film.
c.
"It sucks" was originally going to be used as one of the taglines for the film, but the producers felt that it worked too much to the advantage of disappointed audiences and critics.
d.
Mirren has also starred as Queen Charlotte in
The Madness of King George
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Henry Daniell
, who plays Professor Moriarty in the film, had an earlier villainous role as William Easter in
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
, and as an ally of Holmes, Anthony Lloyd, in
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
.
b.
Remade with
Rock Hudson
and
Jennifer Jones
,
A Farewell to Arms
and as a TV miniseries with
George Hamilton
and
Vanessa Redgrave
,
A Farewell to Arms
.
c.
The character Louis full name is Louis de Pointe du Lac. Louis was based on
Anne Rice
as she grieved for her deceased daughter, Michelle. Louis was even given
Anne Rice
s birthday of 4 October.
d.
In order to get the background skies looking suitably stormy, the truck cab sequences had to be flooded with high-intensity lighting for contrast. As a result,
Helen Hunt
and
Bill Paxton
suffered minor retinal burns through much of the filming.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
The original story came to Zach in a dream.
b.
This film was once believed to have been lost. A copy was found in the vaults of producer
Howard Hughes
, following his death, along with copies of two other "lost" films produced by Hughes,
The Racket
and
The Mating Call
.
c.
A recording of a camels moan was slowed down and used as the sound of the tornado.
d.
The soundtrack album for this film contains "(I Want To Be) Elected" by
Alice Cooper
, as sung by
Bruce Dickinson
.
Rowan Atkinson
appears in the song, making comments throughout as Mr. Bean, who is running for British prime-minister. His lines contain many references to Atkinsons series
Black Adder the Third
. For example,
Vincent Hanna
appears reading off the votes, like he did on the first episode of Blackadder III. Like in that episode, all the parties listed off "no votes" until Atkinsons, who received all the votes (so Bean gets elected in the song). Also, Beans speech starts off "Unacustomed as I am to public speaking..." like Prince Georges did in the episode "Sense and Senility".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Was the first movie released on DVD, and the last to be released on HD-DVD.
b.
Cole Porter
s original lyrics were slightly bowdlerized for the movie. For example, Astaire sings a line in "Stereophonic Sound" about how audiences dont want to see a kiss "unless her lips are scarlet/and her mouth is five feet wide." In the original Broadway musical, the lyrics were "unless her lips are scarlet/and her bosoms five feet wide."
c.
Originally Young Matt was to be played by
Jack Salvatore Jr.
. Test audiences reacted negatively towards him and the girl originally playing Young Jenna (
Shana Dowdeswell
), so the parts were re-cast and the scenes were shot again.
d.
The
Jaws
spoof in the beginning of the film was made of layers of cotton on a piece of plywood with a hidden wire track for the airplane to "fly" around.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
The real town of Wakita, Oklahoma had part of its old downtown area demolished by the film crew for the scenes after the twister passes. The studio then paid for the downtown to be rebuilt. The town also kept the new fire truck used in the film.
b.
Stadium scenes were filmed at Lane Technical High Schools athletic field in Chicago, Illinois.
c.
Major Konig, played by
Ed Harris
,can be seen wearing gloves with the index finger and thumb on its right hand removed. This was quite common for snipers in cold conditions as it helped prevent frostbite in the hand, while allowing them to make delicate changes to their weapon and ensuring a smooth trigger squeeze.
d.
When the Epstein brothers won an Oscar for their script, they became the first (and as for 2007 the only) Academy Award winning twins.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Helen Hunt
was injured while filming the scene where the truck drives through the corn, when the door was forced back into her head. For later shots, the door was wedged open.
b.
Was filmed in 24 days.
c.
No copy of this film is known to exist. Please check your attic.
d.
This is the first of 14 pairings of
Myrna Loy
and
William Powell
and the first of three movies they would make together in 1934.
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