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STACK Quiz - December

Season's Greetings, STACK Readers! Use your knowledge to answer Bob J's Film Buff Bafflers in this month's Stack Quiz for your chance to win a cool $250 JB Hi-Fi voucher prize!

1.   "I'm not sure that winning is all that important," said which Oscar nominee (whilst undertaking close to 300 interviews to promote himself and the movie)?*
   


 2.   Who got removed from the cover of Time Magazine's December 1941 issue?*
   


 3.   Which actress was once married to a descendent of a famous Wild West outlaw?*
   


 4.   Which former English footballer shared a steamy scene with Sharon Stone; and in what movie?*
   


 5.   Which cowboy actor held the record for being married more times than any of his counterparts?*
   


 6.   Who had a nervous breakdown at nine years old, was a regular drinker at ten and attempted suicide at twelve?*
   


 7.   Who was the first director to be Oscar-nominated for his first three movie features?*
   


 8.   In early Hollywood, where would you have found the "Million Dollar Rug"?*
   


 9.   What subject does Professor Snape teach Harry Potter during his sixth year at Hogwarts?*
   


 10.   Who supposedly made the statement: "I'm here to make a film about the end of the world and this sure is the place for it"?*
   
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3.   Sandra Bulock "was married to Jesse James"

6.   Drew Barrymore

4.  3) Stan Collymore
Former Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Leicester striker Collymore made the leap into the acting world by playing British footballer Kevin Franks in Sharon Stone sequel Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction. Luckily for Stan, the role wasn't too demanding, especially as his character came to a sticky end in the opening scene.

8.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Court_(Alexandria_Hotel)

2. DUMBO

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033563/trivia

In December 1941, Time magazine planned to have Dumbo on its cover to commemorate its success, but it was dropped due to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

9. DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS

Snape primarily teaches Potions at Hogwarts, though in the sixth novel he teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts, a position which he was known to have desired throughout the series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Snape



10. AVA GARDNER

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PWFstrcUivYC&pg=PA407&lpg=PA407&dq=%22I%27m+here+to+make+a+film+about+the+end+of+the+world+and+this+sure+is+the+place+for+it%22&source=bl&ots=DbIqZOpUdY&sig=CzCAFQaxKPOUDgaaWxKWi-SKobc&hl=en&ei=-s3VTv-FHPGWiQfd9b39Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%27m%20here%20to%20make%20a%20film%20about%20the%20end%20of%20the%20world%20and%20this%20sure%20is%20the%20place%20for%20it%22&f=false

5. TOM MIX?

7. Francis Ford Coppola

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola

 1. 'I'm not sure that winning is all that important', said which Oscar nominee,
whilst undertaking close to 300 interviews to promote himself and the movie?
   
 2. Who got removed from the cover of Time Magazine's December 1941 issue?
 
 3. Which actress was once married to a descendent of a famous Wild West outlaw?
 
 4. Which former English footballer shared a steamy scene with Sharon Stone and in what movie?
   
 5. Which cowboy actor held the record for being married more times than any of his counterparts?
 
 6. Who had a nervous breakdown at nine years old, was a regular drinker at ten and attempted suicide at twelve?
   
 7. Who was the first director to be Oscar-nominated for his first three movie features?
   
 8. In early Hollywood, where would you have found the 'Million Dollar Rug'?
 
 9. What subject does Professor Snape teach Harry Potter during his sixth year at Hogwarts?
   
 10. Who supposedly made the statement: 'I'm here to make a film about the end of the world and this sure is the place for it'?
 

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3 Maybe Sandra Bullock? wasn't she married to a Jesse James?

 9 The defence against the arts

10 Ava Gardner

Where is everyone.

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they're here.

1 maybe Peter Finch...not sure though.

Was bored so found some answers  :D

2. Dumbo

4. Stan Collymore - Basic Instinct 2

6. Tuesday Weld

8. Alexandria Hotel

3. Sandra Bullock

6 is definitely Tuesday Weld

yep I think you're right - he married 5 times

yep Peter Finch

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dH2Lb_YhIhAC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=I'm+not+sure+that+winning+is+all+that+important+Peter+Finch&source=bl&ots=Z73H-aWEWz&sig=Lso191yCHi1qsPZjDdGZJOZmV5w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dEb8ToaqPKa1iQeJ1qyYAQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=I'm%20not%20sure%20that%20winning%20is%20all%20that%20important%20Peter%20Finch&f=false