Thursday, January 29, 2009

Day 16


What movie features Sharon Stone in outfits designed to match Kim Novak's from Vertigo?  Basic Instinct

What 1995 movie was the first film to feature characters who attend weekly "plastic corrosion awareness meetings"?  Toy Story

What movie did Warren Beatty opt to shoot in seven basic comic book colors?  Dick Tracy

What cinema smash hit did cynical critics call "Die Hard on a bus"?  Speed

What infamous ship name was revealed on the bad guys' sinking tanker in Waterworld?  Exxon Valdez

What movie character shilled for Virgin "Shag-lantic" Airways by chirping, "Five times a day? Yeah, baby"?  Austin Powers

What Muppet Christmas Carol star admitted that as a child, his mum pasted his ears to his skull to keep them from sticking out?  Michael Caine

What reality show debuted in New York City with an angst-ridden cast of Eric, Julie, Heather, Becky, Kevin, Norman and Andre?  The Real World

What 71-year-old actor celebrated his Oscar win by doing a set of One-handed push-ups on stage?  Jack Palance

What year was the Earth supposed to erupt in nuclear fire, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day?  1997

Who got hitched to director Sofia Coppola the same year he was nominated for an Oscar for Being John Malkovich?  Spike Jonze

What movie first challenged Jim Carrey to use his butt to crack a joke?  Ace Ventur  Pet Detective

What movie prompted Richard Corliss to write a review in which the first letter of each paragraph spelled out: "SHE IS A HE"?  The Crying Game

What city did Nicolas Cage's film characters crash a plane, lose his fiancĂ©e in a poker game, and drink himself to death in?  Las Vegas

What animated Disney title character, originally modeled after Michael J  Fox, was later retooled to resemble Tom Cruise?  Aladdin

What was the first animated Disney feature not based on an existing story?   The Lion King

Who accepted her Emmy Award in 1998 by gushing: "This is for all the fat girls"?  Camryn Manheim

What actor got a record 11th Oscar nomination in 1998?  Jack Nicholson

What movie title was an anagram of Rocket Boys, the Homer Hickam book it was based on?  October Sky

What Oliver Stone movie was loosely based upon mass murderers Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate?  Natural Born Killers

What Disney feature was the first animated film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?  Beauty and the Beast

What updated Disney classic was the first animated feature to appear on giant IMAX screens?  Fantasia 2000

What National League baseball team's cap did Billy Crystal wear in City Slickers?  The New York Mets 

1 comments:

Mike said...

I have some trivia on my Fun And Useless Trivia blog if you are interested.

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