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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Woman of the Year (1942) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Woman of the Year (1942) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Woman of the Year (1942)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942).

About the movie: Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		First cinema film of Eric Porter.
b.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 19, 1943 with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy reprising their film roles.
c.		Joel Hodgson (creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000) and writing partner, Nell Scovell, did a pass on the script early on. They added the opening cartoon sequence and were the first to make Ape talk. As typical of a lot of credit arbitration, the first writer and last writer received on-screen credit.
d.		The original title of the film was "Shes De-Lovely". The estate of Cole Porter asked them to change the title.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (1848 - 1932) was an Italian sociologist and philosopher. He made important contributions to economics, particularly in the study of income distribution and in the analysis of individuals choices.
b.		Richard Dreyfusss father was an extra in the film and spent six months on location; however the scenes in which he appeared never made the final cut.
c.		Although filming was originally intended to be done in New Orleans, budget realities forced the production to be relocated to Australia. They were the first production to use the new Kurnell studios, and enlisted regional actors for virtually every role.
d.		The Liverpudlian voice of the trumpet player in the ant band is modeled after Ringo Starr of the Beatles.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		The first of nine films to feature Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.
b.		In addition to both Peter Parker and Norman Osborn wearing their enemys costume colors during the Thanksgiving dinner scene, Harry Osborn is seen wearing all of the colors. Hes wearing a green shirt, red tie and blue coat.
c.		Most of the posters in Junos bedroom are by Tara McPherson.
d.		Scott Hicks mentions (commentary at 01:31:46) that the "11" on the window after the flashback ends was meant to tell the viewer that Bobby Garfield recalled the entire flashback in only seconds of real time before the condensation on the window evaporated.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (1880 - 1936) was a German historian and philosopher.
b.		The following cast was considered: Warren William or Richard Barthelmess instead of Warner Baxter Kay Francis or Ruth Chatterton instead of Bebe Daniels Loretta Young instead of Ruby Keeler Joan Blondell instead of Ginger Rogers Glenda Farrell instead of Una Merkel Frank McHugh instead of George E. Stone
c.		Chapters: 1. The Spider Strikes, 2. The Bridge of Terror, 3. The Fur Pirates, 4. Death Rides the Sky, 5. Brother Against Brother, 6. Dangerous Waters, 7. The Ghost Town Mystery, 8. Battle in the Clouds, 9. The Stratosphere Adventure, 10. The Gold Ship, 11. Harbor Pursuit, 12. The Trail of the Spider, 13. Fire Trap, 14. The Devil in White, 15. Brothers United.
d.		When Trish is helping Andy package up his toys for sale she mentions that "the only other person that has as many toys as you, is my friend Eric Gilliland". Eric, who is a real friend of Catherine Keener, was the head writer on the Roseanne show and has written and produced many others.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		The North American meaning of "ringer" means: Fraudulent entry, somebody who is fraudulently substituted in a competition.
b.		Hepburn refused to reveal who wrote the screen play to Louis B. Mayer until after he bought the project from Hepburn. Hepburn was afraid that Mayer would low-ball the two authors (Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr.) because at the time they were both relatively unknown.
c.		Real life train engineer Jess Knowlton served as a technical advisor to Denzel Washington. Knowltons daughters actually work at Hooters, which is how Washingtons Frank Barnes characters daughters wound up being similarly employed.
d.		Kevin Smith: [Star Wars] When Ollie picks Gertie up from school in the street sweeper, she says, "Punch it, Chewy."

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		Guillermo Cain modeled the Super Soul character after The Big Bopper.
b.		This movies first two segments are The Dawn of Man and The Stone Age. This picture was released around the same time as the serious prehistoric drama La guerre du feu (Quest for Fire (1981)) as well as the prehistoric comedy Caveman. These three movies were all first-released in 1981.
c.		Theatrically released in the USA with Another Froggy Evening as the preceding cartoon.
d.		The cookbook that Tess receives, Gibsons Housewifes Cook Book by Carroll Gibson, is a fictitious book.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		The white van used in the film was owned by one of the directors mother. The SUV that the villain drives, was owned by the director himself.
b.		Both Connie Gilchrist and Grant Withers (as Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap) are in studio records/casting call lists for this movie, but were not seen in the final print.
c.		This version runs approximately 15 minutes longer than the original.
d.		Tim Allen was originally cast as the title role, but couldnt do it because he was filming The Santa Clause 2.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		The Broadway musical version opened at the Palace Theater on May 29, 1981, ran for 770 performances starring Lauren Bacall and Harry Guardino and was nominated for the 1981 Tony Awards for the Best Musical, Book and Score.
b.		According to Ron Howard in an interview with "The Directors", the scene where Helen discovers the nude pictures, was actually an incident that happened to producer Brian Grazer.
c.		When Spade visits the murder scene of his partner, in the background can be seen a poster for a film called Swing Your Lady, an in-joke directed at Humphrey Bogart who was one of the stars of this B-movie. Bogart referred to it as "the worst picture I ever made".
d.		Referred to, in the title story of the short-story collection We Were Writers for Disastrous Love Affairs Magazine by Adam Thomlison, as "that Woody Allen musical." It is to date Allens only musical.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		The films title only appears once throughout the entire movie, where Vinny (Robbie Gee) tells the dog, "Dont Snatch!" as it takes the squeaky toy. It is said to the dog because its the dog who eats the diamond.
b.		The football helmet that Martin puts on at the beginning is a Daniel Boone football helmet - a reference to directer Jim Mickles high school.
c.		The entire final sequence where Tess tried to win Sam back by making him breakfast and thus proving her marriage to Sam worth saving was written and filmed after the original ending tested poorly in preview. Apparently the original final sequence is lost.
d.		A short clip used in the trailers and TV commercials shows a ring of energy emanating from what appears to be the hedge maze that is featured during the final action sequences. This footage does not appear in the US theatrical release.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Woman of the Year (1942)?
a.		Director Herk Harvey and writer John Clifford both waived their earnings in order to get the film made under the initially miniscule $17,000 budget.
b.		The alien eggs were made to appear more vivid and pulsating at the request of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. After watching Alien, he thought the eggs were too static.
c.		As Katharine Hepburns close friend and frequent director, George Cukor was a natural choice to direct, but for her first film with Spencer Tracy, Hepburn wanted Tracy to be as comfortable as possible, so as a quasi-producer, she hired George Stevens, who had directed her in Alice Adams. As Hepburn said, "I just thought he (Tracy) should have a big, manly man on his team - someone who could talk about baseball." Cukor (who was openly gay and known for his friendships with actresses) would later become a good friend of Tracy and would direct both actors in Keeper of the Flame, Adams Rib and Pat and Mike.
d.		June 2008 Ranked #2 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Animation".

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