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Tuesday Trivia: Cast of characters

Each movie can be guessed by its cast. These are character actors and secondary roles; none of the actors named is in the top four billed actors in its movies.

1. Geraldine Chaplin, Mary Beth Hurt, Robert Sean Leonard, Jonathan Pryce
Solved by George (comment #3).

2. Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, J.T. Walsh , Christopher Guest
Solved by Christina (comment #5).

3. Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen, Regis Toomey, Elisha Cook Jr.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

4. Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin
Solved by George (comment #2).

5. Barbara Hershey, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Michael Madsen
Solved by Evn (comment #6).

6. Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Scatman Crothers, Vincent Schiavelli
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

7. Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Dalton
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

Tuesday Trivia: All solved

I thought you were going to need hints, but you came through.

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Tuesday Trivia: All Quotes

1. “God bless Mama, Poppa, Captain Midnight, Veronica Lake, and the President of the United States.”
Solved by George (comment #2).

2. “Play that song about the Irish chiropodist.”
Solved by Melville (comment #4).

3. “I got nothing particular against hanging a murdering rustler; it’s just I don’t like doing it in the dark.”
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #1).

4. “Good-looking people don’t have any spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but we’re smarter.”
Solved by Hogan (comment #6).

5. “I’m on my feet all day long listening to women talk and they only talk about one thing: How some guy fucked them over.”
Solved by George (comment #5).

6. “Can’t trust a woman in a pants suit. Men wear the pants. The world doesn’t need anymore Hillary Clintons.”
Solved by Barbs (comment #7).

7. “Automobiles are a useless nuisance. Never amount to anything but a nuisance and they had no business to be invented.”
Solved by George (comment #2).

Damn. I forgot trivia.

You guys must hate me. Checking back here all day, and finding nothing. I suck.

Okay, here’s a day-late starter, play amongst yourselves:


He tells the story of being embarrassed by an erection at a school age pool party.

Today’s movies all start with “F” (not counting “the” etc.).

Go!

Tuesday Trivia: Twenty Questions

You can ask twenty yes/no questions (one at a time) to find this movie. Winner can post the next movie.

Movies are posted with a starting letter and number of words. Starting letter does not count the, a, etc. Number of words does count the, a, etc.

All films are posted using their U.S. title.

My movie starts G and has 7 words in the title.

GO!

Tuesday Trivia: Actor math (all solved!)

Let’s see if this works: I’ll describe two characters from two different movies, and then the third movie is one featuring the two actors. Got it?

1. Deranged veteran plus part of an Israeli hit team equals high stakes poker game.
Solved by Trevor J (comment #1) and Hogan (comment #9).

2. “Blondie” plus “Old Lodge Skins” equals a bunch of post-Civil War misfits seeking a homestead.
Solved by Melville (comment #4).

3. A crooked theatrical producer plus a real-life journalist equals a jewel heist gone wrong.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #14).

4. An evil Cardinal plus the President of the United States equals future noir.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #6).

5. An obsessed fan plus a chauffeur’s reluctant employer equals a Southern restaurant.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #7).

6. A femme fatale with a thermal problem plus a screenwriter’s twin equals a high school reunion.
Solved by Trevor J (comment #2).

7. A pirate plus a Philadelphia lawyer equals an obese mom and a mentally retarded brother.
Solved by melissa (comment #3) and Trevor J (comment #5).

Tuesday Trivia: All Solved

That was tough!

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Hey I added hints (corrected)

Or, y’know, hint.

Okay, I only saw that one question needed a hint before. That question was solved, but I’ve added a hint for the other unsolved question.

Tuesday Trivia: Random stuff

1. A British woman and an American man, while dancing, discuss constipation.
Solved by Pax (comment #17).

2. He wants to marry his true love, a deaf woman, but he gets another woman pregnant and does “what is expected.”
Hint: This is the second time directing for a renowned actor who has appeared in small, character roles in both films. The two films were made 13 years apart.
Solved by Hogan (comment #21).

3. This adaptation of a theatrical play is very similar to the original, and is adapted for the screen by the playwright. The exception is a new scene was written for the movie, featuring a character who was written specifically for the actor who played him.
Solved by Trevor J (comment #4).

4. A female athlete is criticized for her uni-brow.
Solved by Hogan (comment #19).

5. Actors appearing as themselves in this movie include Julia Roberts, Harry Belafonte, Gary Busey, John Cusack, Peter Falk, and Louise Fletcher.
Solved by Melville (comment #3).

6. “You make love as you eat, with a great deal of noise and no subtlety.”
Solved by Hogan (comment #12).

7. He takes his friend’s wife to visit him at the sanitarium, and gets her pregnant on the way back.
Hint: Recently remade, starring an actor who was also in another recent remake of the original star’s work. The other recent remake featured the original actor in a different role.
Solved by Melville (comment #24).

Sorry I’m late: Tuesday Trivia

Do it yourself trivia, because I can’t get out of meetings.

Topic: Movies starting with”T” (not counting “the”):

This cult movie was meant to be a lesbian love story, and ended up as a friendship (big surprise). The small but significant role of a radio DJ is played by the star of another, much better-known cult movie.

First right answer posts the next question.