Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : WarGames (1983) - Part (4) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : WarGames (1983) - Part (4) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983).

About the movie: A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		The movie was shot completely in sequence.
b.		The Tic-Tac-Toe scene was used as part of a montage for the "Hard to Explain" music video by The Strokes.
c.		There is a sequence in the movie that is supposed to take place in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The exterior of the D.C. landmark is shown, but the Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, was used for the interior shots. Two scenes were filmed there: one in the first floor of the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda, and one in the buildings Supreme Court chamber.
d.		In the film Dick Goodwin mentions that the Reuben Sandwich as being the only "truly invented" sandwich in the world and he credits a Reuben K (actual name Reuben Kulakofsky) as having invented it. It was entered into a national sandwich competition in 1956 by a Fern Snider. Truth is that the inventor of the sandwich is unknown and the recipe goes back to about 1908 which is about 20 years before Mr Kulakosky first invented it.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		The keypad lock tones heard when the guard unlocks the infirmary door are the tones used by touch-tone telephones. The tones heard correspond to dialing 222333 on a touch-tone phone.
b.		Juliette Binoche was originally cast in the Mira Sorvino role. She had to pull out at the last minute. She is thanked in the movie credits.
c.		Some of the scenes of Benjamin in "Berkeley" were actually filmed at the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and USC (University of Southern California).
d.		Along with President Bill Clinton and Fidel Castro, the picture on the far left is Beau (Kevin Costner) with Rob Reiner (the director). Hugh M. Hefner was originally supposed to be pictured, but Hefner objected at the last minute; Reiner was added in digitally.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		The basic plot as well as many of the name of the brewing company are references to William Shakespeares "Hamlet". The castle in "Hamlet" was Elsinore. The heir to Elsinores father was murdered by her uncle, who then comes to her as a ghost. In Hamlet, the uncles name was Claudius, and in the movie he is named Claude.
b.		Graphics on the large NORAD war room screens were rendered in advance by an HP 9845C desktop computer running BASIC. In 1982 the 9845C was comprised of a base with built-in keyboard and a 14" color monitor that mounted on top. Cost of a 9845C was about $90,000 (inflation-adjusted) and the entire "desktop" computer weighed about 100 pounds. The computers resolution was not good enough to project on a large screen or to be filmed from directly, so a high-resolution monochromatic display was connected. The images were filmed from the display, one frame at a time, one color at a time, using filters for red, green, and blue. The process took about 1 minute per frame of film.
c.		The author of the novel that the film was based on, Robert Ludlum, died while the film was in postproduction, on 12 March 2001.
d.		Body Count:16

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		Throughout the film, Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) is constantly drinking beer, yet he is seldom seen drinking the same brand. Buttermaker is seen at various times in the film drinking Budweiser, Miller High Life, Schlitz "Kingers", Pabst Blue Ribbon, and original Coors. He is, however, shown drinking Budweiser on several occasions.
b.		Peter Fonda turned down the role of Wilbur Whateley.
c.		The NORAD Computer System (NCS) used 1950s-era systems in 1983. After WarGames, visitors for the NORAD tour constantly asked to see the modern computer rooms. Partly driven by this, in coming years color displays (mostly on Sun workstations) started replacing the much older equipment. Incidentally, NORAD only detected threats. Strategic Air Command, until 1992, handled responses to threats.
d.		There are only 2 deaths on-screen, all other characters are simply just harmed.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		Matthew Broderick would work with John Wood and Dabney Coleman again. Wood in Ladyhawke. And Coleman in Inspector Gadget.
b.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 1, 1948 with Wallace Beery, Coleen Gray and Margaret OBrien reprising their film roles.
c.		Because of this film, makeup and industry technological contributions became recognized by the Academy Awards in 1981. Makeup artist Rick Baker was the first to receive an Oscar in the new category. William Tuttle was the first makeup effects artist to receive an Oscar (being an honorary one) for his work on 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.
d.		The film debut of Robert Carradine.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		In the "Cavern"-like sequence, shot at the Whiskey in L.A., Bruno/Bruce is played by his brother, David Willis, wearing a John Lennon type of hat. He was a P.A. on the production and was pressed into service when Bruce failed to show because he was still in Hawaii.
b.		The scratchy film (and film bubbles) only happened in the 70s at the end of a reel - not the entire movie. The point where the print experienced the most stress.
c.		Author Dr. Seuss/Theodore Seuss Geisel and (after his death) his widow had been approached previously to authorize a live-action version of the story. After the success of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, Mrs. Geisel saw the potential of a live-action interpretation.
d.		John Badham: recorded voice on the pocket tape recorder in the infirmary and dubbing John Woods voice in the helicopter scene.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		Banned on release in a section of Queensland, Australia, by the then Bjelke-Petersen government due to its drug references (when Freddy overdoses a former junkie teen). The ban stood until 1990.
b.		According to director Ray Dennis Steckler the films original title was Face of Evil.
c.		The infirmary door lock keypad has 16 buttons. With a six-digit code as audibly signified as using only two of those buttons, each pressed three times in succession, there would be only 120 possible combinations. Adding the restriction that they be adjacent to each other, there would be only 24 possible combinations for David to try, and only 12 if they were known to be adjacent horizontally.
d.		At the end of the film there are 17 survivors. However, there were only 16 survivors of the crash that the film is based on. The real-life counterpart of the character "Hugo Diaz" died in the avalanche.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		The story is based on true events. The real George Tweed died in 1989.
b.		Steve Guttenbergs first film.
c.		This is an non-exhaustive list of the possible war scenarios run by Joshua in Global Thermonuclear War: U.S. First Strike, USSR First Strike, NATO/Warsaw Pact, Far East Strategy, US USSR Escalation, Middle East War, USSR China Attack, India Pakistan War, Mediterranean War, HongKong Variant, SEATO Decapitating, Cuban Provocation, Atlantic Heavy, Cuban Paramilitary, Nicaraguan Preemptive, Pacific Territorial, Burmese Theaterwide, Turkish Decoy, Angentina Escalation (possible misspelling of "Argentina Escalation"), Iceland Maximum, Arabian Theaterwide, U.S. Subversion, Australian Maneuver, Sudan Surprise, NATO Territorial, Zaire Alliance, Iceland Incident, English Escalation, Middle East Heavy, Mexican Takeover, Chad Alert (repeated twice), Saudi Maneuver, African Territorial, Ethiopian Escalation, Turkish Heavy, NATO Incursion, U.S. Defense, Cambodian Heavy, Pact Medium, Arctic Minimal, Mexican Domestic, Taiwan Theaterwide, Pacific Maneuver, Portugal Revolution, Albanian Decoy, Palistinian Local (possible misspelling of "Palestinian Local"), Moroccan Minimal, Czech Option, French Alliance, Arabian Clandestine, Gabon Rebellion, Northern Maximum, SEATO Takeover, Hawaiian Escalation, Iranian Maneuver, NATO Containment, Swiss Incident, Cuban Minimal, Iceland Escalation, Vietnamese Retaliatio (possible truncated name for "Vietnamese Retaliation"), Syrian Provocation, Libyan Local, Gabon Takeover, Romanian War, Middle East Offensive, Denmark Massive, Chile Confrontation, S.African Subversion, USSR Alert, Nicaraguan Thrust, Greenland Domestic, Iceland Heavy, Kenya Option, Pacific Defense, Uganda Maximum, Thai Subversion, Romanian Strike, Pakistan Sovereignty, Afghan Misdirection, Thai Variation, Northern Territorial, Polish Paramilitary, S.African Offensive, Panama Misdirection, Scandinavian Domestic, Jordan Preemptive, English Trust, Burmese Maneuver, Spain Counter, Arabian Offensive, Chad Interdiction, Taiwan Misdirection, Bangladesh Theaterwid (possible truncated name for "Bangladesh Theaterwide"), Ethiopian Local, Italian Takeover, Vietnamese Incident, English Preemptive, Denmark Alternate, Thai Confrontation, Taiwan Surprise, Brazilian Strike, Venezuela Sudden, Maylasian Alert (possible misspelling of "Malaysian Alert"), Isreal Discretionary (possible misspelling of "Israel Discretionary"), Libyan Action, Palistinian Tactical (possible misspelling of "Palestinian Tactical"), NATO Alternate, Cypress Maneuver, Egypt Misdirection, Bangladesh Thrust, Kenya Defense, Bangladesh Containmen (possible truncated name for "Bangladesh Containment"), Vietnamese Strike, Albanian Containment, Gabon Surprise, Iraq Sovereignty, Vietnamese Sudden, Lebanon Interdiction, Taiwan Domestic, Algerian Sovereignty, Arabian Strike, Atlantic Sudden, Mongolian Thrust, Polish Decoy, Alaskan Discretionary, Canadian Thrust, Arabian Light, S.African Domestic, Tunisian Incident, Maylasian Maneuver (possible misspelling of "Malaysian Maneuver"), Jamaica Decoy, Maylasian Minimal (possible misspelling of "Malaysian Minimal"), Russian Sovereignty, Chad Option, Bangladesh War, Burmese Containment, Asian Theaterwide, Bulgarian Clandestine, Greenland Incursion, Egypt Surgical, Czech Heavy, Taiwan Confrontation, Greenland Maximum, Uganda Offensive and Caspian Defense.
d.		Director Buzz Kulik began the picture, but was replaced by Roger Spottiswoode.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WarGames (1983)?
a.		In 2011, Warren Beatty still recalled the practical jokes that his friend Jerzy Kozinski played during the production. On one occasion, eating at a restaurant the night before a big shoot, Beatty realized his feet were sweating profusely. He soon realized Kozinski had been sneaking under the table to pour small amounts of hot tea into Beattys shoes.
b.		The character of Joey Zasa was based on two mob kingpins of the 1960s and early 1970s. One was Joe Columbo, who organized the Italian-American Civil Rights League, which was supposedly a civil rights organization but was actually intended to stop FBI investigations into mob activities. Colombo embarrassed others in the Cosa Nostra by keeping a high public profile and enraged Mafia bigwigs when they discovered he was making a fortune from the organization and not sharing any of the money with them. He was shot in New Yorks Columbus Circle (though he didnt die until several years later) during a rally by his organization. The hitman, a black gangster, was immediately shot and killed "person or persons unknown", according to police reports. The other is Joe Gallo, who organized the hit on Colombo, was known (and reviled by other mobsters) for recruiting blacks and Hispanics into his crew and hung out with several Hollywood and Broadway celebrities, including actor Jerry Orbach.
c.		The computer display showing "Game Time Elapsed" and "Game Time Remaining" is framed in a bezel with stenciled labels reading "GST", "TEP", "SIM", and "TTG". These are standard acronyms used with electronic, and other, test equipment. Respectively, they stand for Ground System Test, Test Evaluation Plan, Scientific Instrumentation Module, and Time To Go.
d.		The trial scenes were filmed in the same courtroom in which Alferd Packer was tried in Lake City, Colorado.

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