Howdy all, Evn speaking.
Remember how, a couple o’ weeks back, Deborah axed Tuesday Trivia? Well, I am nothing if not a fan of reincarnation, so it’s now going strong over at my blog.
Oh, except it’s Wednesday Trivia instead of Tuesday Trivia this week, on account of I was feeling ranty yesterday. And also, it took me forever to come up with a theme.
Anyway, go over and kick some ass. My readers totally think they’re better than you right now.
This is a round robin. I am really busy at work. Go wild.
Name the actor based on TV and film roles (I can’t tell if these are easy or hard; I’ll give hints if needed):
1. A cop (tv), a shepherd (tv), a friend’s lawyer (tv)
Solved by Tom Hilton.
2. A nun (tv), a bipolar mother (tv), a soap star (movie)
TIE: Solved by Tom Hilton and Melville.
3. A bank employee (movie), an immigrant (tv), a political volunteer working backstage (movie)
Solved by Melville.
4. A bus driver (tv), a sheriff (movie), a pool player (movie)
TIE: Solved by Tom Hilton and Melville.
5. A law firm bigwig (tv), an expatriate (movie), a jazz saxophonist (obscure movie only I have seen)
HINT: A dancer (movies)
6. A medical resident (tv), a wine enthusiast (movie), a lesbian (movie)
Solved by Wendy.
7. A brother-in-law (movie), a reporter for the Boston Globe (tv), an advertising guy (tv)
HINT: God these are such easy clues, I don’t even know what to do with you people. Okay, a television production guy (tv)
Solved by Ben.
I think we’ve done this before. I’m skipping the first four credited actors (at least, and the rest aren’t necessarily consecutive). Guess the movie (preferably without peeking at IMDb) based on the supporting cast.
1. Robert Loggia, Vivica Fox, Harvey Fierstein
Solved by Christina.
2. Christopher Walken, Bronson Pinchot, James Gandolfini
Solved by Ben.
3. Jane Alexander, Robert Walden, Stephen Collins
Solved by Melville.
4. Jean Dixon, Pat Flaherty, Robert Light
Hint: Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray, Mischa Auer
Solved by Melville.
5. Alison Lohman, Loudon Wainwright III, Marion Cotillard
Solved by Christina.
6. Bob Hoskins, Jim Broadbent, Sheila Reid
Solved by Tom Hilton.
7. Akim Tamiroff, Dennis Weaver, Joanna Moore
Solved by Tom Hilton.
Thanks so much to arghous for his unusual guest trivia while I was gallivanting in Hollywood. Here’s some character math. The equation should equal a movie.
1. Alfie + de Wynter = Kipling?
Solved by Tom Hilton.
2. Alfie + Hamlet = science fiction?
Solved by Tom Hilton.
3. Godfather plus Janet’s ex = The Bank Job?
Solved by Evn.
4. Ripley + Judge Turpin = Trekkers?
Solved by Melville.
5. Trewlaney + the Prime Minister = Becoming Jane?
Solved by Christina.
6. Wednesday + a Friend = opposition?
Solved by Tom Hilton.
7. Maria + Crockett = hunt?
Solved by Daven, George, & Hogan.
O.K., your mission with each of these questions is to name the leading actor and name the film starring him consistent with the given clues, based on a theme, which you should name as well.
1) He gave us the archetypal suave assassin. He gave us the perfect embodiment of misogyny. And just after this film, by stepping down he gave us George Lazenby. So for all that, why not give him something in return? How about a wife with the face like a pig? Some unused oysters? I know — let’s give him the very best duck!
2) He famously almost died during the filming of the so-called “Elderly Gang Goes Off to War” flick, but before that got to play a character who was able to spend a few hours catching up with his lost, mandarin-eating, human-pyramid-forming(-and-collapsing) servant.
3) Some say his vehicle to stardom was sort of a want-monikered trolley. But in another role he battled against racism (he was also apparently cool with cross-dressing).
4) In between movies where he’s shooting hordes of Axis soldiers or hordes of American Indians, he found time for the shooting of this (ironically less savage) film (to help out Good & Plenty potential concessionaires?).
5) After breaking up with the lunar-pizza-pie-eyed guy but before his snagging the Legion d’honneur, he starred in this movie (with the former Brooklyn Dodgers and the woman who would later have to act in bed with Bob Newhart) where gets upstaged by a rabbit and gets his subtitles all mixed up before he gets the girl.
6) One of his characters didn’t cry over spilt milk (nor over the spilt blood of his once-future-father-in-law, for that matter). Soon after he plays a man trying to get a visa to America (a simpler time where America would let in even the Russo-Chinese?!).
7) We’ve seen this guy above (so don’t bother renaming him, sorry!), but this time he’s trying to play a local (and well enough, too, that many movie-goers felt gypped when they didn’t notice him). This film costarred an actor playing a wannabe-farmer years before his other wannabe-farmer TV role made him a household name.