Film Kwiz
Steve Press
Part I: Short answer questions.
1. Why does Herr R. run amok?
2. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
3. Who's minding
a. the mint?
b. the store?
4. What price glory?
5. Where were you when the lights went out?
6. What, no beer?
7. a. Who is Harry Kellerman and
b. why is he saying those terrible things about me?
8. What did you do in the war, daddy?
9. What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
10. Quo vadis?
11. Where's Poppa?
12. What's new, pussycat?
13. Why didn't they ask Evans?
14. Who slew Auntie Roo?
15. What's up,
a. Doc?
b. Tiger Lily?
16. What have I done to deserve this?
17. Who's
a. that girl?
b. the man?
18. Why did Bodhi-Dharma leave for the East?
19. What ever happened to Baby Jane?
20. What's buzzin', cousin?
21. Who'll stop the rain?
22. They shoot horses, don't they?
23. Who's that knocking at my door?
24. Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?
25. What about Bob?
Part II: True or false.
1. Only angels have wings.
2. The bad sleep well.
3. Father was a fullback.
4. She done him wrong.
5. Every girl should be married.
6. She's gotta have it.
7. Dead men don't wear plaid.
8. It's a mad mad mad mad world.
9. Hangmen also die.
10. The good die young.
11. He married his wife.
12. The postman always rings twice.
13. It happens every spring.
14. Night has a thousand eyes.
15. Men don't leave.
Part III: Essay questions. Select three (3), and answer in 1500 to 2000
words each.
1. Critics have debated whether THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (Frank Tashlin,
1956) represents the apex or the nadir of faux-misogyny in American
cinema. What do you think? Your discussion must include an
explanation of what it is that the girl can't help and why she can't
help it. (Hint: why does Julie London sing about the Crimea River?)
2. Discuss the Talmudic significance of Jewish guys from New York riding
around in cars in BYE BYE BRAVERMAN (Sidney Lumet, 1968) and THE PLOT
AGAINST HARRY (Michael Roemer, 1969/1989).
3. In ATLANTIC CITY (Louis Malle, 1981), Lou (Burt Lancaster) says, "You
should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in the old days." What would you
have seen? (Marine biologists may NOT select this question.)
4. Discuss the function of ritual in the depiction of the Bar Mitzvah in
THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ (Ted Kotcheff, 1974), JOSHUA THEN
AND NOW (Ted Kotcehff, 1985), and UNSTRUNG HEROES (Diane Keaton, 1995),
with particular reference to the differences between the Canadian and
American variations.
5. The neo-noir "cult" film, MS. 45 (Abel Ferrara, 1981), contains
elements of the three major European influences on classic American
film noir: German Expressionism, French Poetic Realism, and Italian
Neo-realism. Or does it?
You may begin...............................................................
...........................now.
--Steve
Amy Terlaga
>Part I: Short answer questions.
>
>1. Why does Herr R. run amok?
He was afraid of Virginia Woolf
>2. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
See number 1.
>4. What price glory?
What price, indeed.
>5. Where were you when the lights went out?
In Georgia.
>6. What, no beer?
Just some Spaten.
>7. a. Who is Harry Kellerman and
> b. why is he saying those terrible things about me?
Too much Spaten.
>8. What did you do in the war, daddy?
I fought the Spatens.
Uh, make that Spartans.
>9. What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
I'm here for the Spaten.
>14. Who slew Auntie Roo?
Netanyahu, that's who.
>17. Who's
> a. that girl?
Marlo Thomas
>24. Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?
Bob
>25. What about Bob?
Duh. See number 24.
>
>
>
>Part III: Essay questions. Select three (3), and answer in 1500 to 2000
>words each.
>
>3. In ATLANTIC CITY (Louis Malle, 1981), Lou (Burt Lancaster) says, "You
> should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in the old days." What would you
> have seen? (Marine biologists may NOT select this question.)
Duh.
The Atlantic Ocean. Is this a trick question?
--amy