PROFESSOR PEABODY'S SPRING BREAK FILM QUIZ

aka PROFESSOR PEABODY'S HYSTERICAL HISTORICAL WAYBACK SPRING BREAK FILM QUIZ

originally posted
APRIL 17, 2009
(old stuff from the now gone "Refined Picture Show" blogspot)


Another great quiz by Dennis Cozzalio.

1) FAVORITE BIOPIC
Personally 

it's MALCOLM X (1992)

2) DYAN CANNON 

   OR TUESDAY WELD?
Both are total dreams, but I choose Tuesday.

3) BEST EXAMPLE OF SCI-FI 

FUTURISM RENDERED SILLY 

BY THE EVENT OF TIME 

CATCHING UP TO THE 

PREDICTION
Though I love the movie, STRANGE DAYS (1995) 

really under shot it with the year 1999 setting. Ha!

Most of the stuff in that film still doesn't exist, & it's 

almost 15 years later. I guess Bigelow and Cameron 

were just being really optimistic about technology.

4) ANNETTE FUNICELLO & 

FRANKIE AVALON OR 

TROY DONAHUE & 

SANDRA DEE?
Blech!... I guess Funicello & Avalon?

>:-(

I'm sorry I kind of hate these movies.

5) 

FAVORITE RAOUL WALSH
White Light, WHITE HEAT (1949)

6) SOPHOMORE FILM WHICH 

REPRESENTS GREATEST 

IMPROVEMENT OVER THE 

DIRECTOR'S DEBUT
Off the top of my head,

Agnes Varda's CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 

7) 

ICE CUBE OR MOS DEF?
Ice Cube more as a screen presence..

and Mos Def more as a rapper.

8) FAVORITE MOVIE ABOUT 

      THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
It used to be PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974)

 but now it's WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY 

(2007).

9) 

FAVORITE LOONEY 

     TUNES SHORT
PORKY IN WACKYLAND

10) DIRECTOR MOST DESERVING 

OF RESPECT OR UPWARDLY MOBILE CRITICAL 

REASSESSMENT

Bong Joon-ho of the new directors.

and Ida Lupino for the classic era

11) RUTH GORDON 

OR MARGARET HAMILTON
Maude <3

12) BEST FILMED ADAPTATION 

         OF A PLAY
THE RULING CLASS (1972)

13) BUDDY EBSEN 

  OR EDGAR BUCHANAN?
Edgar..

14) 

FAVORITE JEAN RENOIR
RULES OF THE GAME ('39)

15) FAVORITE ONE-WORD 

   MOVIE TITLE, AND WHY
REPULSION (1965)

because it fits the theme of that 

film perfectly.

16) ERNEST THESIGER 

 OR BASIL RATHBONE?
Thesiger!

17) SUMMER MOVIES ---

YOUR HIGHEST & LOWEST 

EXPECTATIONS
I'm most excited for Tarantino's 

war movie and the new 

TERMINATOR!

And worried the STAR TREK reboot will suck. 

because I hate those TRANSFORMERS screenwriters 

and I think JJ Abrams works better on tv. 

(was not a fan of M:I-3)

I don't want it to be a loud dumb action 

movie like STAR TREK: NEMESIS 

(2002).

18) 

WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE 

A PARENT, WHAT WOULD BE 

YOUR IDEAL PICK AS FIRST 

MOVIE TO SEE WITH YOUR 

OWN CHILD OR 

NIECE / NEPHEW? WHY?
SNOW WHITE 

& THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

Because it's brisk, bright, & colorful..

19) L.Q. JONES 

    OR STROTHER MARTIN
L.Q. Jones, baby!

20) MOVIE MOST RECENTLY 

SEEN IN THEATERS? 

ON DVD/BLURAY?
at the theater: CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE

on Blu ray: Oliver Stone's W.

21) DO YOU SEE MORE MOVIES 

THEATRICALLY OR AT HOME? WHY?
On average I see more at home. but not by 

too much. I watch one film per day on tv 

(since about 2003) and at the very least 2 

at the theater in a week.

22) 

NAME AN AWARD-WORTHY 

COMIC PERFORMANCE 

THAT WAS COMPLETELY 

IGNORED BY OSCAR AND 

HIS PALS
Sally Hawkins last year in 

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY.

23) ZAC EFRON & VANESSA 

HUDGENS OR ROBERT 

PATTINSON & KRISTEN 

STEWART?
I wish the pairing was Efron and K.Stew. 

I actually think they're both great actors 

in their own right.

photoshop. but you get the idea

24) NAME A GREAT (OR 

MERELY VERY GOOD) MOVIE 

THAT IS TOO PAINFUL TO 

WATCH A 2ND TIME
A great one is Koreeda's 

heartbreaking 

NOBODY KNOWS (2004)

25) BEYONCE KNOWLES 

OR JENNIFER HUDSON?
Beyonce as an actress.

26) FAVORITE 

ROBERT MITCHUM MOVIE

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER ('55)

27) FAVORITE MOVIE FEATURING A 

'60s MUSICAL GROUP THAT IS NOT 

EITHER THE BEATLES OR THE 

MONKEES
Does the 

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT 

(1979) rockumentary count?

28) MARIA OUSPENSKAYA 

       OR UNA O'CONNOR?
Una! She's great in everything.

29) FAVORITE 

VINCENT PRICE MOVIE
De Toth's HOUSE OF WAX

30) NAME A MOVIE CURRENTLY FLYING 

UNDER THE RADAR THAT IS 

DESERVING OF RABID 

CULT STATUS
This movie called ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY 

LANE that I saw at SXSW two years ago! Like the 

original SCREAM (1996), it's a stylish send-up 

of the slasher genre.

31) IRENE RYAN 

OR LUCILLE BENSON 

(OR BEA BENADERET)?
Bea!

32) SINGLE LINE FROM A 

MOVIE THAT NEVER FAILS 

TO MAKE YOU LAUGH OR 

OTHERWISE CHEER YOU 

UP (THE LINE DOES NOT 

HAVE TO COME FROM A 

COMEDY)
Chris Farley's whole "That Veronica Vaughn 

is one piece of ACE" bit from 

BILLY MADISON (1995). 

Why, yes. I am still 10 years old..

33) ELLIOT GOULD 

OR DONALD SUTHERLAND?
Love both, but prefer Sutherland.

34) BEST PERFORMANCE 

BY A DIRECTOR IN AN 

ACTING ROLE
John Huston in CHINATOWN (1974)

35) FAVORITE STANWYCK
THE LADY EVE (1941)

36) OUTSIDE OF READING FILM 

CRITICISM OR OTHER LITERATURE 

ABOUT THE MOVIES, WHAT SUBJECT 

DO YOU ENJOY READING OR 

STUDYING WHICH YOU WOULD 

SAY BEST ENRICHES OR 

ILLUMINATES YOUR UNDERSTANDING 

AND APPRECIATION OF LIFE, A LIFE 

THAT INCLUDES THE MOVIES?
World History. (particularly through 

a sociological lens)