SPRING BREAK MOVIE QUIZ

or PROFESSOR FATE’S SPRING-LOADED GREAT-RACING SPRING BREAK MOVIE QUIZ

The SLIFR University staff has put together yet another nerdy 

movie aptitude quiz/survey. Here's mein answers.











1) WILLIAM DEMAREST 

OR BRODERICK CRAWFORD? 
Demarest.

2) WHAT MOVIES IMPROVE 

WHEN SEEN IN A STATE OF 

ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS?

Bakshi's animated version of LORD OF THE RINGS 

from 1978. That old-school rotoscoping is already 

pretty trippy.

3) FAVORITE STUDIO 

OR PRODUCTION COMPANY 

LOGO?
I really like the animated logos for Ridley and Tony 

Scott's production company "Scott Free"..

4) CELESTE HOLM 

  OR JOAN BLONDELL?
Blondell!

5) WHAT IS THE MOST 

OVERRATED "CLASSIC" 

FILM?
Aside from its incredible production design, I've never 

understood the love for Mankiewicz's CLEOPATRA 

(1963). Or Cukor's MY FAIR LADY (1964).

Also, I don't know if it's considered a "contemporary 

classic" yet, but I can't stand Paul Haggis's Oscar 

winner CRASH (2005). It's one of the most insulting 

things I've ever seen

6) 

WHAT MOVIE DO YOU KNOW 

FOR SURE YOU SAW, BUT 

HAVE NO MEMORY 

OF SEEING?
Apparently I saw SERENITY in '05 but have no 

recollection of it. It was very late at night and a 

stressful time in my life. I need to see it again! 

I really enjoyed the "Firefly" series.

7) 

FAVORITE HAMMER FILM? 
Currently my favorite would be BRIDES OF DRACULA.. 

I've just always loved the setting 

and mood of that one.

Though "Best" would have to be the CURSE 

OF FRANKENSTEIN in my opinion.












8) GREGORY ITZIN 

   OR JOE PANTOLIANO?
Holy crap, Joe! Hands down.

9) CREATE A DOUBLE FEATURE 

WITH 2 DIFFERENT MOVIES 

WITH THE SAME TITLE. 

NO REMAKES
Hong Sang-soo's beautiful NIGHT AND DAY 밤과 낮 

from last year and Michael Curtiz's Cole Porter 

musical NIGHT AND DAY from 1946.

Another interesting double-bill would be Lupino's 

OUTRAGE (1950) & Kirby Dick's documentary 

OUTRAGE (2009).












10) AKIKO WAKABAYASHI 

         OR MIE HAMA?
Mie Hama as Kissy Suzuki. Mamma mia.

11) CAN YOU THINK OF A 

(NON-PORN) MOVIE THAT 

INFORMED YOU OF THE 

EXISTENCE OF A SEXUAL 

ACT YOU HAD NOT KNOWN 

OF PRIOR? 
I remember walking into a cousin's room when I was 

little and glimpsing a really risqué oral scene from 

BASIC INSTINCT (1992) between the 2 leads and being 

completely shocked and VERY curious.. I was like 

"why is he doing that to her" and my cousin changed 

the channel and said something like "They're just 

crazy. Now get the hell outta here!" It was awkward, 

but also pretty darn funny.

12) 

CAN YOU THINK OF A BLACK 

& WHITE MOVIE THAT MIGHT 

ACTUALLY IMPROVE IF IT 

WAS IN COLOR?
In general, No. I don't have an inner Ted Turner. But 

I've always kinda wished Hawks had shot 

RED RIVER (1948) in technicolor.

13) 

FAVORITE ALMODOVAR?
LAW OF DESIRE (1987). I don't  know if he'll ever 

top it, even though he got close with TALK TO ME 

(2002)! and I also think it's Antonio Banderas' 

best performance.

14) KURT RAAB 

           OR UDO KIER?
I don't even see how there's any competition. Udo is 

one of the most fascinating people to look at before 

he even opens his mouth to speak with his hilarious 

German accent.

*

15) 

WORST MAIN TITLE SONG
Limp Bizkit's "Take a Look Around" in John Woo's 

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II is one of the lamest 

thing I've ever heard in a movie. 

16) LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN 

A THEATER? ON DVD, 

BLU-RAY OR OTHER

 INTERESTING LOCATION 

/ FORMAT? 

in Theatres: THE GOOD, 

              THE BAD, THE WEIRD @DIFF 
Blu-ray: 

   THE LORD OF THE RINGS (theatrical-cut) trilogy
Dvd: Leo McCarey's 

         MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Criterion)











 17) 

FAVORITE MOVIE REFERENCE 

WITHIN A WOODY ALLEN MOVIE?
It's the most childish, but I've always loved the part 

in ANNIE HALL when he describes having a 

childhood crush on the evil queen from SNOW WHITE 

and it becomes a corny animated film for a second.

18) MARY ASTOR 

OR CLAUDETTE COLBERT?
Claudette.

19) FAVORITE TRAILER?

20) ODDEST DOUBLE BILL 

YOU EITHER SAW OR SAW LISTED 

IN A THEATER
In 2006, while I was visiting my girlfriend at ACU, 

The Paramount Theatre in Abilene TX was showing 

a double bill of PARADISE NOW & WIZARD OF OZ. 

It struck me as odd. Why those films? I want answers!

21) FAVORITE 

   PHIL KARLSON FILM?
KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL!!

22) FAVORITE 

"SOCIAL PROBLEM" PICTURE?   
John Ford's adaptation of GRAPES OF WRATH

23) YOUR FAVORITE 

HARRYHAUSEN FILM / MONSTER?
Those spooky-scary-skeletons 

from JASON & THE ARGONAUTS.

 

24) WHAT WAS THE FIRST 

MOVIE YOU SAW WITH 

YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER? 
Woody Allen's MATCH POINT in early 2006.

25) JOHN PAYNE 

 OR RONALD REAGAN?
John Payne. I actually don't love any of the Reagan 

performances I've seen. But, what can I say? At least he

 was a better actor than he was a president.

26) 

MOVIE YOU FEEL A CERTAIN 

PRESSURE OR OBLIGATION 

TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE 

NOT ACTUALLY SEEN
My friends that saw it at SXSW say I need to see A 

SERBIAN FILM to believe it. I don't know if I wanna. 

I don't do well with films that graphically depict rape 

or violence towards women. I might just avoid it 

all together

27) 

FAVORITE 

"PSYCHEDELIC" MOVIE
Again, an adolescent choice; but the Beatles' YELLOW 

SUBMARINE is it for me in terms of Psychedelic 

imagery. The animation and colors just go 

places live-action psychedelia couldn't.

28) THELMA RITTER 

          OR EVE ARDEN? 
Thelma!

29) FAVORITE ICONIC SHOT 

OR IMAGE FROM A FILM?
I could do an entire post on this. 

Here's my current top 10 favorite shots.

In that order:
1) THE 400 BLOWS
2) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
3) DAYS OF HEAVEN
4) ANDREI RUBLEV
5) RAISING ARIZONA
6) THE PIANO
7) GERRY
8) ROBOCOP
9) E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
10) SPIRITED AWAY












30) WHAT IS THE MOVIE THAT 

INSPIRED THE MOST MEMORABLE 

ARGUMENT YOU EVER HAD ABOUT 

A MOVIE?
Defending Verhoeven's SHOWGIRLS is a never ending 

argument with one friend. 

31) RAQUEL TORRES 

       OR LUPE VELEZ?
Torres has got nothing on Lupe Velez.

32) FAVORITE ADAPTATION 

OF SHAKESPEARE ON FILM?
Though not in Shakespearean speech, mine 

would be Kurosawa's samurai Macbeth 

THRONE OF BLOOD (1957). As far as in 

the actual classic tongue, I'd pick Branagh's 

HENRY V (1989).

33) 

WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN IN 3D 

          -- YES OR NO?
I'm interested in seeing that version of 

FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN just to be 

a completionist, but I mostly hate old 3D.












34) 

FAVORITE MOVIE RATING?   
R for "Restricted".

35) OLIVIA BARASH 

       OR JOYCE HYSER?   
Olivia.

36) 

WHAT WAS THE MOVIE THAT 

CONVINCED YOU YOUR 

FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE 

WAS YOUR FAVORITE 

MOVIE GENRE?

Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD (1985). Saw it on VHS 

when I was 12 and it scared the shit out of me. And I 

thought about it for months. The scenario, the main 

character's plight, etc. Most kids back then weren't 

daydreaming about zombies at school. I'm not saying 

horror is the best genre, I just have more fun watching 

them over other types of movies.

37) FAVORITE 

BLAKE EDWARDS MOVIE?
VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982).

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