Stack November quiz

[KL70]

The November questions are already in the latest Stack magazine on page 73, before being on the website.
It doesn't look like anyone got all answers for the October quiz, which are below.

1} What re-released historical film, had an additional prologue inserted, showing US servicemen on
board an aircraft, discussing Roman history.
 
2} What's the role link : Glenn Ford, Shirley Maclaine, Sandy Dennis, Jennifer Jones, Sidney Poitier, Bette Davis.
 
3} Whose hero turns out to be just a humble hotel bellboy ?
 
4} What famous US producer had to visit a UK prison, to get his film back on track ?

5} In what movie does does a character ask for the moon to be put in their bubbly ?
 
6} What's the curious Western, where a tough guy and his travelling companion, get mistaken for train robbers ?
 
7} What happens after a hopeless attack on 'The Anthill' ?

8}  What 2001 film depicts 2 brothers with a troubled upbringing, steeped in madness and Old Testament fervour ?
 
9} What director's last film, was a straight remake of his 1933 original, with a different title ?

10} What film features an actress wearing an extremely long head veil, that appears to float during a dance sequence.
 
 
October answers.
1} Harold Lloyd's 'The Milky Way'.   
2} Bulldog Drummond and Carl Petersen, Deadlier than the Male.
3} Robert Keith,  Young at Heart.  A remake of Four Daughters.
4} Faye Emerson married Elliot Roosevelt (1944-1950).
5} Priest.
6} Nazi Agent (1942),  Conrad Veidt.
7} It Grows on Trees (1952).
8} Lee Patrick Elisha Cook played their same roles in The Maltese Falcon, in  The Black Bird (1975).
9} She was then Hollywood's oldest working actress.
10} The African Queen.

[JRN]

5} In what movie does does a character ask for the moon to be put in their bubbly ?

Trouble in Paradise

http://www.filmsite.org/moments00.html

6} What's the curious Western, where a tough guy and his travelling companion, get mistaken for train robbers ?

Run For Cover

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048570/


7} What happens after a hopeless attack on 'The Anthill' ?

The survivors are court martialled/executed ???

http://hopelies.com/2011/05/24/the-brutal-absurdity-of-war-paths-of-glory/



9. What director's last film, was a straight remake of his 1933 original, with a different title ?

Frank Capra chose to remake his delightful Damon Runyon based comedy Lady for a Day (1933) as his last production Pocketful of Miracles (1961),

http://www.classicfilmguide.com/indexaccd.html

[marcoz]

3} Whose hero turns out to be just a humble hotel bellboy ?

Le Roi De La Pedale

http://books.google.com/books?id=M-vUF6Y_4RUC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=le+roi+de+la+pedale+humble+bellhop&source=bl&ots=AkopfDApgh&sig=I8a1BXPN_bTPf4X5LuMcNdMaonM&hl=en&ei=nWGzTojAD-eziQKr97Rt&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=le%20roi%20de%20la%20pedale%20humble%20bellhop&f=false


Looks right - are the films usually this obscure 

[JRN]

3} Whose hero turns out to be just a humble hotel bellboy ?

Le Roi De La Pedale

Looks right - are the films usually this obscure 

The answer appears to require a CHARACTER whose HERO turns out to be the bellboy. 

And yes, they are often very obscure!!!!

[JRN]

AFRAID TO TALK apparently has a bellboy hero:

http://mikegrost.com/cahn.htm

[marcoz]

10} What film features an actress wearing an extremely long head veil, that appears to float during a dance sequence.

Singin in the Rain


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc16m2B2K1g

[marcoz]

The answer appears to require a CHARACTER whose HERO turns out to be the bellboy. 

Yes, it's a diificult parsing of language. To me "Which hero" would suggest a character and "Whose hero" suggests a film. Not sure to be honest.

[marcoz]

2} What's the role link : Glenn Ford, Shirley Maclaine, Sandy Dennis, Jennifer Jones, Sidney Poitier, Bette Davis.

They've all won Golden Glode Awards.

I'm not sure if this is what they mean? My source is googling each name and "golden globe wiki". You'll find each has won a Golden Globe.

[JRN]

The answer appears to require a CHARACTER whose HERO turns out to be the bellboy. 

Yes, it's a diificult parsing of language. To me "Which hero" would suggest a character and "Whose hero" suggests a film. Not sure to be honest.

Good point, "whose hero" could mean the actor, or the director, even the writer!

[Darth.Vader]

10} What film features an actress wearing an extremely long head veil, that appears to float during a dance sequence.

Singin in the Rain


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc16m2B2K1g

Strictly speaking, Cyd Charisse is wearing a long scarf, not a head-dress or veil. I wonder if it makes any difference? Is there another film out there that is a better fit?



The quiz is now online at http://www.stack.net.au/comp.php?goto=280

Again it's only $250 this month so it looks as though they've given up on the jackpots- even though they did not have a July winner. Plus they have yet to announce winners for August, September & October.