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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wildcats (1986) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wildcats (1986)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Wildcats (1986).

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1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wildcats (1986)?
a.		Stadium scenes were filmed at Lane Technical High Schools athletic field in Chicago, Illinois.
b.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 27, 1947 with Betty Grable reprising her film role.
c.		This is the first James Bond film ever in the series that a car chase will be the main action piece in the pre-credits opening sequence (the opener in The Living Daylights was a chase with a Land Rover jeep).
d.		Robert Zemeckis had a replica of the house built. Five different versions of the bathroom set were constructed. So various parts of the same scene could be filmed at different times on opposite coasts.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wildcats (1986)?
a.		The movie was floating around the studio for six years, and at one time Sean Penn was set to direct with Robert De Niro to star.
b.		Debut of Wesley Snipes.
c.		Due to the massive cost overruns on the film Cleopatra (which was filming contemporaneously), Darryl F. Zanuck had to agree to a fixed filming budget. After he had spent the budgeted amount he started using his own money to pay for the production.
d.		Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voriss original script "Nottingham" turned the traditional story on its head by portraying the Sheriff of Nottingham in a more sympathetic light and Robin Hood as more of a villain. The script was extensively re-written by Brian Helgeland because director Ridley Scott wanted the Sheriff of Nottingham to be a more conflicted character. New rewrites were done by British playwright Paul Webb and later by Tom Stoppard, who reworked the story while the movie was already being filmed.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wildcats (1986)?
a.		Although it was produced and shot in New York City, the Toronto band Broken Social Scene is featured prominently on the soundtrack. Broken Social Scene even recorded some original music for the film.
b.		The picture of the boy in the spinning newspaper that has the headline, "Boy Trapped In Refrigerator Eats Own Foot", is Billy Koch, the grandson of producer Howard W. Koch. His grandfather called him up one day and asked him for a photo of himself, so Billy grabbed his second grade school photo. It was only after the film came out that he found out why his grandfather wanted the photo.
c.		Final film of Ann Doran.
d.		May 14, 1938, East Orange, New Jersey: While refusing to discontinue showing the reissued The Birth of a Nation, as requested by the East Orange City Council, the Ormont Theater deleted sections of the film termed "objectionable" in a petition signed by 608 people. A.J.Rettig, manager, hit back at the petitioners, saying agitation had been started to "cause unnecessary harassing of an orderly and peaceful business."

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wildcats (1986)?
a.		In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #79 Greatest Movie of All Time.
b.		The novel and film were based on actual missions flown by pilots of the U.S.S. Essex and U.S.S. Valley Forge against bridges at Majon-ni and Changnim-Ni, North Korea, in the winter of 1951-1952. The two rescue missions depicted in the film - the sea rescue of a pilot down in the Sea of Japan, and the attempted land rescue of a pilot down behind enemy lines -- both took place on the same day, February 8, 1952. However, unlike in the film, the jet pilot and rescue pilot from the U.S.S. Valley Forge who were shot down behind enemy lines both survived. They were captured by the North Koreans, taken to a prison camp, and released at the end of the war. At the time James Michener wrote his novel, the two pilots were officially listed as "Missing, presumed dead."
c.		In the bathroom scene, Balthazar uses the Hungarian Mirror trick against Maxim Horvath. Horvaths last name is a typical Hungarian surname. It means "Croatian".
d.		The football song Wildcats team performs at the end of the movie when the credits are rolled is a parody of the 1985 Chicago Bears video of "The Super Bowl Shuffle," the year the Bears won the Super Bowl.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wildcats (1986)?
a.		LL Cool Js song "Football Rap," which appears during the opening credits, did not appear on the films soundtrack album, nor was it ever commercially released.
b.		With "Weird" Al Yankovics appearance in this movie, he is the only actor, outside of the main characters, to appear in all three movies to the series.
c.		Chocolate syrup was used for blood during the monster attack scenes.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 6, 1950 with Laurence Olivier reprising his film role.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wildcats (1986)?
a.		Actor Christopher Bradley (Chad) said there was a great deal of difficulty shooting his death scene makeup. The plastic appliance that was suppose to attach to his throat wasnt sticking properly and time was running out as it was nearing time for the crew to be out of the location. This only allotted the film one shot of the actor with his throat cut, which is why its used more than once in the film.
b.		MGM paid Faulkner $50,000 for the film rights to his 1948 novel.
c.		Though the actual saxophone playing is original Charlie Parker performances, the body and fingering during those are performed by Charles McPherson, who had to learn to breathe exactly like Parker did in the recordings.
d.		Film debut of Woody Harrelson.